By Phoebe Young
“Most of my friends from the UK took sensible, vocational degrees that guided them straight to the safe and sturdy rungs of the London job ladder. I set off in a similar direction, and spent my student loan on studying English Literature at the University of Sheffield. I absolutely loved my course, which had many overlaps with art movements, theories and history. During my final year, I forlornly realized that I had no aching desire to rush into marketing or teaching. I actually wanted to be, ahem, an artist.”
From there, the author changed her course a couple of times and is finding her way in the world of employment. In this article, Phoebe Young shares a few words of advice: