Let's talk about the situation this year first, According to relevant data, the demand for art by companies fell by 63% in the first eight months of 2022, and the wage level fell by 4% compared to 2021. The average hourly salary is about 10-20 yuan/hour, and the factory assembly line workers are 22-30 yuan/hour, and they also include food and housing. This is still a professional artist.

Artists who are not art majors, The people who are employed are third-party intermediaries who specialize in the art business, or part-time workers who operate small and micro enterprises. These enterprises have no design and creative requirements and have low requirements for effectiveness. They are basically businesses that sell well by COPY. They only want cheap artists to "move bricks”, that is, repair and pull.Figure P. Settled by quantity, the average hourly salary is somewhat as low as 5-10 yuan/hour. If you want to increase your income, you have to be "fast enough”! Moreover, this kind of work is highly replaceable, and dozens or hundreds of part-time jobs can be found every minute.

Secondly, from the perspective of industry prospects, Although e-commerce has become the standard configuration of enterprises, with the serious homogenization of the market and fierce competition, and with the maturity of consumers' awareness of online shopping, the uncompetitive “fish in the water” e-commerce industry has gradually disappeared, and e-commerce companies that hope to improve their competitiveness and have long-term business will gradually pay attention to brand image.To build, that is, to increase the requirements for differentiation, characteristics, and creativity, and then the demand for craftsmanship will increase the standards, that is, art and design, creative art design has a market. Only computer technology will gradually be marginalized.

Then judging from the development of science and technology, The emergence of various new technologies such as AI, AR, MR, and VR has made design technology more intelligent. Now intelligent design software has appeared in the market for enterprises to use, that is, art work that is highly repetitive and does not require too much creativity may basically be easily completed by intelligent software and evolve over time., Non-professional artists will have no work to do.

Instead of spending money and time to do a job that does not bring you “resource accumulation” and is tiring and low-paying, why not consider choosing a more promising and growing job?

If you are a little confused, a little insight for reference：

Consider the direction of career choice from the trend of economic development：

Science and technology, energy, biology, education, health, agriculture and animal husbandry, art and culture, and service industries are all very promising areas for future development.；

From the perspective of competitiveness：

If you don't have a high-end education or high-end technology, you want to learn a skill and increase your career choices, such as professional caregivers, psychological counselors, social workers, craftsmen, technicians, illustrators, housekeeping, etc. These markets are in high demand and the salary is higher than that of artists.；

From the perspective of interest：

Right now, it's painful to lack money to do a job you don't like. Choose a job you like to work in, even if you start with O, you will become a top expert because you like it, even if it's a niche. For example: DIY craftsmanship, intangible cultural heritage technology, inheritance craftsmanship, etc., maybe you think this is not easy to make money, because it is not well integrated with the market.

Nowadays, many cities have special cultural and creative streets, and there are also large-scale cultural and creative activities across the country from time to time. With the introduction of preferential policies in culture and art in March this year, cultural and creative has been upgraded to the national strategic level. The market environment is good and the talent gap is large. With the enhancement of national strength, the renaissance is inevitable!