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⌈ Secret Post #3011 ⌋

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(Transformers: War for Cybertron)

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[iZombie]

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[Amazingphil]

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[How to get away with murder/Scandal]

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[Russell Brand]

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[Hand of Fate]

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[Homestuck, The Nostalgia Critic, Channel Awesome]

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(An American Tail)

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[Mark Steel]

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[Once Upon a Time]

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[X-Files, The Lone Gunmen]

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[Divergent series]

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[One Piece]

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[Criminal Minds: Derek Morgan]

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[Bad Suns: Salt music video]

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[Accuracy of Death/Sweet Rain/Shinigami no seido]

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[Steven Universe]

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[One Piece]

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Absolutely, although now I sort of feel like I'm the crusher of dreams or something. It's not impossible to make a career of it, and I've seen people do it, but it's not easy, either. At least not in the US, maybe it's easier elsewhere.

The problem seems to be that museum people stay in their jobs til they die, so you end up applying for the same job a hundred and fifty other people are applying for (this is an actual figure I got once from a job I applied to), so your odds are not very good.

Still, there are other options. If you have the means to make it work, volunteering at a place you'd like to work can be a decent strategy as long as you're willing to wait for a paid position to open up. I ended up getting a short-term grant-funded position at a museum that way.

And hey, you could always do a double major with something that's a bit more likely to get you a job so you have something to fall back on if the museum/archive thing doesn't work out.

In any case, do what feels right for you, even if it doesn't seem the most practical option. I may be bitter over the time and money, but I met some of my best friends in grad school, which made it worthwhile anyway. Best of luck in whatever you decide to do.

Hey, no worries, I've always had doubts about it. I'll try sussing out what the job market and scopes are actually like around here first, I might not be a good fit for it anyway. And I have to get a move on learning varied/transferrable skills regardless.

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