artsy a levels, e.g drama, art, photography.......

Probably irrelevant but if you're choosing your options then ffs just go with what you love and what you're good at. I tried to follow my unrealistic dreams of medicine and chose bio and chem and year 12 has been the most stressful and scary year of my life. Dropping chemistry, taking a jump in a random direction and now finally allowing myself to apply for something I love in september. All of this stress could've been avoided if I took what I was good at and enjoyed, rather than waste 2 options on making a dream happen. I gave it a go so no major regrets but aaaaah biggest advice is seriously just do what you're good at and what you enjoy bc every industry has major money-makers and you WILL BE OK OK

The problem is that what you enjoy is usually very over saturated and under paid. It is better to go with things you enjoy less, but have better prospects.

See I've always followed this 'rule' so decided medicine could be a money maker and went for that. That mindset is depressing, boring and stressful and just not worth it whatsoever. Regardless of the area you specialise in, if you're determined and a hard-worker it'll work out somehow. Or just teach yourself code those techies earn 90,000 a year wtf