My younger daughter has decided that a business degree is not for her. What it boils down to is that she wants her career to consist of making something herself, and being able to hold it in her hands afterwards and admire it before passing it on to the consumer.
She loves cooking and is thinking of pursuing a culinary degree. She also loves making pottery and jewelry. She also likes making enough money to support herself. I'm trying to help her think of semi-lucrative careers that involve making things. If her college offered a culinary arts degree, it would be a simple thing for her to switch to that, but it doesn't. The closest they have is a Hotel and Restaurant management degree, and she doesn't want to do management. She wants to be the one making things.
Now, we are talking about a young woman with above average intelligence. She could do just about anything she puts her mind to. Math and science are easy for her. She's pretty and an extrovert. Can anyone think of good career that emphasizes hands on work that also requires brains? And doesn't involve blood or needles? I'm coming up blank.
I suppose she could go for the Hotel & Restaurant Management degree and focus on the restaurant aspect, and just get a job as a chef afterwards. Or she could go out of state to a culinary school and lose her state scholarships and pay out of state tuition and get the career she's considering. More expensive, but doable.
But I'm wondering if there are any other possibilities out there we aren't considering. Something in science- or agriculture- or even metallurgy that might use both her brains and her love of hands on- plus the extroversion.
Any ideas? Her temperment type is "Artisan", so of course she wants to make things. I'm just wondering if there is something technical enough to pay well?