Nearly every month there’s a news story or magazine article
proclaiming the high-paying careers ofthe future. They are usually in
fields such as biomedicine, nanotechnology, systems analysis and
robotics. The pay sometimes touches six figures for entry-level
positions.
For young men and women interested in science,
technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM subjects, the future
appears bright. But what’s a parent to do, aside from gulp, when his
child’s first love is . . . art?