Career

Hey guys
So I'm interested in doing English Literature and Creative Writing for my undergrad
And well up until a few days back I was confident to proceed with the same however after reading a few posts about the career path after majoring in this course I've been having second thoughts 😬
There was a post on Quora which absolutely degraded my confidence 😓 It was mainly on how a creative writing degree can't really assure one of a definite career path and that it'd take quite a few years to actually get a stabek income and etc etc
So I'd like to get advice from you guys
Thanks!

OK... I'm not entirely sure where you're getting your information from, but as far as I know any job in writing and literature is going to be very very tough (it's insanely competitive and a lot of people are very much underpaid in my opinion).
If you're based in the UK, you can pretty much get a job in writing without a degree. You will need to be able to write well though.

Having said that, having a degree in Literature and Writing doesn't mean it's a dead end in terms of job opportunities or you're just limited to going into writing.
I have came across case studies of people going into investment banking and acting/theatre with a literature degree. You can also just as well go into accounting, law, marketing, property, design (if you can design), programming (if you know how to program), government/civil services, etc. Having said that, most of these areas don't require you to have a degree in the first place.

If you want a job relevant in literature and writing outside of the industry, then the default options would be teaching or academia.

The sort of sectors where you would very likely need serious retraining or further qualifications would be in: healthcare, architecture, STEM, economics, and animal management. (Having said that, you're very unlikely to have picked the A Level subjects for most of the degrees required for the jobs in these areas anyway, very likely for strong personal reasons.) Otherwise, you should be fine in most other areas.

If you're asking what master's degrees or conversion courses you can do to help you switch careers after a degree in literature and creative writing, let me know (it's going to be quite a list).

If you want to look further into what is required for various jobs out there, I would recommend looking at the following websites:
https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-careers
https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/sectors

Hello there!
Thank you so much for the detailed reply, I really appreciate it! 😊

You've reassured me a bit!
Well idk if I'm gonna continue un UK after my ug and pg, it all depends😬
I'm actually a Commerce student with Accounts, Business, Economics, Applied Maths and English as my subjects. So yes it'd be really helpful if you could send the conversion courses, just a few will suffice cuz I think I'll major in lit and writing regardless cuz that's my interest
Sorry for taking your time!

Thank you for the reference sites I'll definitely go through it
Thank you once again!!