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All in all, pretty good advice IMO.
 
"Don't wish you could be a famous photographer" reminded me of something a fashion tutor said to me recently about many of her current students having a similar fantasy / preoccupation. I wonder if this is a symptom of the social media age, that's more to do with posing rather than getting down to work?
 
droj said:
"Don't wish you could be a famous photographer" reminded me of something a fashion tutor said to me recently about many of her current students having a similar fantasy / preoccupation. I wonder if this is a symptom of the social media age, that's more to do with posing rather than getting down to work?
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This is from 2010, from a poll of 16 year olds from the UK

"Asked the question "What would you like to do for your career?", some 54 per cent answered "Become a celebrity"."

Fame the career choice for half of 16-year-olds

More than half of teenagers do not want a career - they just want to be famous, a survey found today.
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
 
myotis said:
This is from 2010, from a poll of 16 year olds from the UK

"Asked the question "What would you like to do for your career?", some 54 per cent answered "Become a celebrity"."
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I think that goes back to, at least, the 1960s.

Does anyone else remember the film "Blowup" and its comedic, distant cousin, "Smashing Time"?
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
I think that goes back to, at least, the 1960s.

Does anyone else remember the film "Blowup" and its comedic, distant cousin, "Smashing Time"?
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I think I've seen more recent polls where becoming an influencer is now the favoured career.
 
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As in making lots of money for doing (and being!) very little ...?
 
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