A tip for those that want to be in college

Unlike traditional degrees or pathways like studying to become a doctor or scientist. You don't really need a degree to have a creative career in certain fields. Creative fields like graphic design you might need a bachelor's degree if you want to work for a firm. Otherwise, you can pursue your passion all you need is heart and a truly amazing portfolio. Going to college is great for making connections and if you really want to go I suggest major in something else that also interests you. Why? It's due to the fact that most creative degrees are useless to the workplace. There are so many jobless graduates with degrees in film, fine art, photography, and etc.

I would suggest finding something else you are interested in to major in. The number one major I would say is some form of business because as a creative person you will need to understand business in order to survive as a freelancer. You can still minor in the field you want to go into if it's creative. Unless you are trying to be an architect, then I suggest you major in Architecture with a minor in business. An architecture teacher once told me that all the architects who end up losing their business is because they don't know a single damn thing about business.

Is College the best path for creative people?

The answer depends on what creative field you want to enter. Most of them will just require you to have a good amount of skills aka a stellar portfolio. College is a good place to make connections and work with people who have similar interests as you. Besides that, most of the knowledge can be learned on your own. Like the only way for an artist to improve is pencil mileage. You have to draw every day, you only improve by doing it over and over again.

I'm the type that really can't sit for hours to read a book about photography even though I love photography. I prefer to do it and learn from doing. It's like a basketball player who just wants to play but is forced to watch a game. There are a lot of people who fail to find jobs even with their college degree because their portfolio might not be up to par with some people who didn't go to college. The reason is they were self-taught, they had to learn everything on their own and had to force themselves to draw every day in order to get better.

Some people will get the degree just because they want the security of the degree. If you get a bachelor's degree more jobs will open up to you, you would be able to teach elementary school, teach English in Asia, and much more. I think that this is not the worst path and I don't judge anyone who is going to college for security.

There are a ton of resources available for anyone to become better at their chosen profession. But you can only get better if you use that information rather than just write it down. You need to be practice, remember Michael Jordan wasn't good in the beginning he had to work hard to get where he ended up.