Scientist, Artist Or Architect?

scientist pays better. depends on which kind though, and if your good at getting grant money. engineers need a certain kind of brain, but can pay well, fine arts don't pay well for most people. all the things you mentioned are totally different from each other. pick the field you think you'll do well in. i would go with science and use art as a hobby, unless it picks up more. companies will hire someone with a college background for science, rather than art.

and maybe you can do a touch of both. like forensic art analysis or something like that.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Anyone can be an artist (being successful is another matter i.e. being able to put a roof over your head.). Not many can meet the rigors of science or engineering. Go for the highest peak you can obtain. Any field has room for creativity. Just make sure you have a passion for the subject.

Thank you Mike Savad for your guidance. How will be a career in Architecture? Is an Fine Art Student can use his talent in Drawing and Painting as famous Architects like Hafeez Contractor, Raj Rawail etc were good artist in their school days, now are a renowned Architects. Similarly Archit Singh, my elder brother also member of FAA has joined a B.Arch course and he has been getting edge over others without background/knowledge of drawing/painting. He is a very successful student and has been topper of his class in last exams.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/craft-and-fine-artists.htm

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/architects.htm

Go for scientist or engineer. Will take you places and earn you enough that you can enjoy the art for the sake of the art, not because you have to make a living from it. The two can be a great combination:). I am fortunate enough to know:)

Tanmay, i'm an engineer. You a can do both.

In India, it is not that much easy to get education in your dream field. most of the time you failed to get admission in a good college due to reservations and a private good college charges a huge amount of fee which is not affordable by a middle class family. So most of the times the talented youths of today forced to enter in 2nd or 3rd choice of career.

i don't know enough about architecture to say one thing or another. each field takes a certain kind of ability. you'll have to try a class or two of each to see if it fits you. like if you don't have a 3-d perception of how things will look before they are made, you won't be that good an architect. though i really think that phone game programmer would pay the best of all fields. though maybe not when you leave college.

what people were in the past doesn't always apply in the future.
if your good at art, you can apply it to other things. but art in itself is a hard field to be successful in.

still do what your strongest in...

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

can you get into the medical field by any chance? those pay well pretty much anywhere.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I was a mechanical engineer, but I gave it up to be a gardener.
I prefer to be outside, and free, working with and watching nature.
I found industrial life unrewarding but financially profitable.
Either way you will have to balance your work and family life with your artistry.

Nursing,cooking,carpentry. All are in great demand.

I'm a Civil Engineering Student, and while I'm not experienced with the job field after school, our professors give us a lot of information on future jobs we will have. Although the salaries range depending on where your job is located, they offer a decent amount everywhere, and most jobs offer a lot of room for advancement. I have to say that I like school a lot, even though it's hard.

It is best to talk to the guidance counselor of your school. They can provide aptitude test, personality testing, and skills test to determine what would be a best match for you. Good luck.

I started out studying to be an architect at Penn State, then transferred to one of the best art schools (MICA). From an income perspective, BIG MISTAKE!

For bucks, science or engineering is the way to go.

If you want a guaranteed job - Nursing.

I am a scientist as well as artist (& author). You can be both.

After several years in the chemical industry I switched to teaching (now university lecturing in science) and went on to gain an arts degree. A lot of students have been indoctrinated to believe you have to follow either a creative pathway or a scientific pathway; not both. This is simply not true and has probably led to many shattered dreams & missed opportunities in life.

You can't go wrong in engineering. Industrial design needs more artistic flar and art minors fit well. Avoid drafting for a living but learn it for personal knowledge and ability.
Yes, engineers can paint like any MFA or Phd FA if they want it bad enough,

If making a living is the object, being an engineer tops all, and does not necessarily exclude any of the others. It's a great day job, and if you advance and find the right opportunities, gives you room for a lot of creativity. Many scientists need to worry about grant money, getting published (if academic), and so on.

Gregory is correct about science and grants. Science is a passion. You have not much room for any thing else.

Design a sculpture you can fly to the moon and you got it.

Tanmay, do the research now, check out colleges there and here in America. Personally I would advise you to become a scientific engineer. The future belongs to you. Now go get it, space is going to be the new frontier not far away. Jet propulsion, a rocket engineer, save mankind from distinction. New Orleans has NASA, now building the largest rockets ever designed and built as tall as the Empire State Building. Rockets designed for missions to MARS....... New Orleans has a very large International Student population. Tulane, Loyola, Louisiana State University. Medical Research is an excellent job. Here in New Orleans is currently building one of the largest medical hospitals and research centers something like 15 city square blocks its just amazing, one of the most advanced Veteran Hospital's ever built, cancer, bio=tech the list is endless, The largest medical facility ever built in the south.

Cheers Michael Hoard, Actor, Artist, Photographer.

or get into nano technology, that's a new field. old things, made into nanoscopic size, has different properties to their larger counterparts. you can use a creative side to know what to do with it.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Go for Civil Engineer because you still get to draw for a living. Architecture is feast or famine depending on your geographic location, but you still get to draw. Art is all famine unless you are a marketing genius. Civil Engineering has a more consistent back log of work and it's easier than Architecture.

Artist or engineer, they are not mutually exclusive or limited to career choices. I pursue 5 different perspectives: artist, scientist, engineer, business, and philosophy. You feed your natural interest and aptitudes to both provide your means of livelihood and utilize your talents.
-- mary ellen anderson

Pick something that makes solid money and do your art on the side.

--Roz Abellera

@Mike, I did see the documentary on NANO technology, it was just mind blowing.

Economic and Employment Projections

http://www.bls.gov/emp/

i remember someone once mentioning they made a nano size of aluminum powder and the properties changed, it became explosive. so you an now have the same things you have now, possibly become totally different materials. if i were into science, i would place my money there. however if it was to really make money, i would probably have to be a mafia king pin and print my own.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Architecture demanding very hard work and very good knowledge of drawing. Even it ensures that if any good artist like you is determined to be a successful Architect then nobody can stop you. Future is your and you'll have the opportunity to enhance your artistic tallent as well. So hear the voice of your heart and do that only. May God bless you.

-- Archit

Anything that involves taking care of the aging baby boomers will keep you fully employed for years.

Tanmay Singh, roll your sleeves up now, while you are young. Architecture, mathematics, science and engineering are tough. Are you tough enough to challenge your self? Art is fun. It is easy if you love it. It can be a life long passion. If you are as good as an artist as you think your are or may become, art will stay with you.
Tomorrow, I will be hanging my oil paintings in a museum in the heart of the city I lived all my life. This is happening because I put the hard work first.

If you are passionate about the daily work you would do in a career that can make money, such as one of the more profitable sciences (not zoology - my choice/passion), start there and use it to support your art addiction. Then you have the best of all worlds. If you are not passionate about science or architecture (a possibly great compromise) go straight to art. Love what you do each day and live life with passion first and foremost!

--Nola Lee Kelsey
www.NolaKelsey.com