Hi, will get to the meat and potatoes of it all, pointing to the more useful text with asterisks, but if you want to read through all of it, I'd be very appreciative. I'm currently a first time college student. Initially I was interested in copywriting because I enjoy knowing I can find or match the tone others are looking for, across themes, genres, or general feeling, get people hooked, or keep them interested. I'm about a year away from graduating and have to more seriously think about what 'after' looks like. Reading the more recent posts here have left me feeling less interested in copywriting, because I don't want to abandon my values to earn my income. I don't use AI at all, try to steer others away from using it as well. I don't want to know I've jumped through hoops to avoid using it, and still somehow managed to convince someone or a company that I'm worth the time through cold calls and emails, only for it to be a company I'm in object opposition to (like Meta, Lockheed Martin, and others in the same vein), because they're willing to pay a 'generous' rate, and earnings would hypothetically keep me afloat for long enough that I would be fine while I search for the next opportunity. ********** I'm wondering if others have felt similarly, and if so, you've pivoted to other avenues of writing. I'm also interested in editing, or ghostwriting, but am unsure how naive that is, as I'm sure ghostwriting best sellers would also involve projects I don't feel particularly passionate about or even interested in. I'm also considering the prospect of immigrating elsewhere in the world, learning their every day language, and becoming a copywriter than can translate to and from English, for things like healthcare, government publications that its citizens access (announcements, warnings for nationwide issues, diplomatic or delegative, preservation and scribe related work), etc. I've seen a few posts here where people said they left the field entirely, moved on or back to things like bartending, cleaning, general hospitality. I've done every 'entry level' job under the sun, from high school, to my now mid 30s. I was hoping school would allow me to finally stop doing this type of work, but I don't know what decisions I should be considering to make my post-graduation work life better.   submitted by   /u/JakesFavoriteCup [link]   [comments]