Not insinuating that artists deserve to earn less, more of a rant on how the four year I've wasted on an expensive degree landed me nowhere, with poor mental health. Understandable that they're from the US, and we also need to take into account purchase power parity, but coming across that page made me feel like shit.
My last internship, which I quit within three months, paid me ₹12,000/m, January 2023 was the last I was employed. I've been sitting in my home since then. When I go to any job sites, I don't have the guts to apply, because I have no confidence in my CS skills, and I don't want to experience toxic workplace again.
A single painting of theirs costs between $150-400 per piece. What was the point of even getting a degree, when I could have invested all of that into something cheaper, and more employable like culinary and arts? Although I love computers, electronics and programming, I regret choosing to complete a CS degree from a tier-3 college.
It also reminded me of how I used to love music, art, dance and robotics. Well, I couldn't afford any of it when I was a kid, still can't now in my mid 20s. And now, even if I'll get employed, I'll end up as a wage slave in an IT sweatshop.
Four years getting the money to go to "any" college/university, almost four years to not complete a bachelors degree (and use all the financial resources from the previous four years), spend 10 years working at a grocery store rarely using anything I learned in business college/information systems classes (and actually kinda liking the work at the grocery store... I know, I'm a fucking weirdo) and now I have a "barely" there job with no security for a few hours a day/six days a week selling stamps and sticking people's mail in their post office boxes...
Life is a super weird road we travel, it never seems to lead us where we were expecting it to...