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17746967 No.17746967 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any well paying /lit/ careers that aren’t being an author?

>> No.17746978

>>17746967
>well paying
No
>jobs
You could be a literary critic, though I would then be obliged to hate you

>> No.17747068

>>17746978
It kind of sucks because I want to have money but reading and writing are the only things that really interest me. I suppose I could have a boring career for a bit.

>> No.17747084

>>17746967
Teacher or professor at a high end private school.

>> No.17748141

>>17746967
Copy editing, translation

>> No.17748178

>>17746967
Being a lawyer is the original /lit/ career

>> No.17748339

>>17747068
Technical Writing. Depending on who you're working for it can be very grating, but it pays decent enough.

>> No.17748344

>>17746967
Being an author is a well-paid career? Kek

>> No.17748386

>>17746967
Go for a high paying career, make the grind and live frugally and proceed to retire at 50 into your cabin in the woods.
That's the most lit life possible nowadays.

>> No.17749492

>>17748344
It certainly can be

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17749804

>>17746967
Ambassador to Russia

>> No.17750482

>>17749804
How does one unrionically get a job as this?

>> No.17750650

>>17750482
If you're American, the Foreign Service. Any citizen can sit for the exam provided they meet the basic minimum requirements (age, criminal status, etc.)

You're probably not gonna make it tho anon, almost nobody does, that is the cost of letting everyone have an opportunity. On the bright side one of the most talented diplomats in the service from a time was wage slaving at McDonald's when she took the exam, so anyone can pull through!

>> No.17750677

>>17746967
allegory of the cave

>> No.17750766

Is it still possible to make a living working at a magazine or a journal? Like, being a staff writer or an editor or a proofreader, or something.

>> No.17750821

>>17747068

Learn a language then you can translate

>> No.17750833

>>17746967
Realistically you should approach literature as a hobby and not as a career. Find something that can sustain you and then read things you like in your off hours.

>> No.17750914

>>17750650
Do you think I'm likely to get in with foreign service if I have relevant degrees and can speak Russian and French? I don't even necessarily want to be the ambassador himself, but working in that field seems like it would be very cool.

>> No.17751720

>>17746967
Unironicaly skilled labor such as mechanistry, forestry, welding, etc. Bonus points if you either live in a rundown urban slum or in the middle of nowhere.

>> No.17753283

>>17746967
Lecturer at a private school. Smart kids, ample time to read and write, get paid more than most academics, free trips and travels to various countries.

>> No.17753305

gonzo journalism

>> No.17753326

>>17748178
is it over if I don't go to a good college for law?
or skill development can pick me up

>> No.17753332

>>17746967
no