I think communication skills are very important. Some careers that 80,000 hours has explored relevant to what you are saying:
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/foundation-program-manager/
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/work-in-marketing/
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/policy-oriented-civil-service-uk/
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/program-manager-in-international-organisations/
I agree that communication skills are very important, though bear in mind that arts majors are much more likely to end up unemployed or in jobs that don’t require a college degree. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-economic-guide-to-picking-a-college-major/
And sometimes more likely to find their work unmeaningful too! Notice that visual comm and drama are near the bottom. http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2013/majors-that-change-the-world
So, don’t necc extrapolate from ‘communication skills are valuable’ to ‘study arts at university’. Work on your communication skills, but consider doing that in a more quant subject e.g. economics, or doing a joint major.
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I think communication skills are very important. Some careers that 80,000 hours has explored relevant to what you are saying:
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/foundation-program-manager/
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/work-in-marketing/
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/policy-oriented-civil-service-uk/
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/program-manager-in-international-organisations/
I agree that communication skills are very important, though bear in mind that arts majors are much more likely to end up unemployed or in jobs that don’t require a college degree. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-economic-guide-to-picking-a-college-major/
And sometimes more likely to find their work unmeaningful too! Notice that visual comm and drama are near the bottom. http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2013/majors-that-change-the-world
So, don’t necc extrapolate from ‘communication skills are valuable’ to ‘study arts at university’. Work on your communication skills, but consider doing that in a more quant subject e.g. economics, or doing a joint major.