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Dental hygienist or Marketing major?

Hello I am 23 yrs old and I am just starting college. I have not decided on a major but I have narrowed it down to two majors, Marketing and Dental Hygiene. I still have some time to decide because I only started working on my core classes in May. Ultimately, the reason I wanted to do Marketing is because I want to write commercials. I love commercials and I feel that I am innovative enough to go enter advertising. As for being a hygienist, I have a always had an interest in dentistry. I went to a trade school for dental assisting a few years ago but it turned out to be a ripoff and I quit. I am also considering dental hygiene because you can land a job with only a two yr degree. At some point I think I would like to continue my education and achieve a bachelors, but I would like a legitimate job ASAP. So I am stuck in between a career that will allow me to be creative on a daily basis and a career that I have interest in and requires less time to initially start work. I have wasted my past few year with dead end with dead call center jobs and I have also accumulated some debt including the student loan from the rip off trade school. If you are familiar with any of these fields, please give me some pros/cons to consider. I am aware that they pay pretty good,but I am aiming to be comfortable not rich. If it helps, I`d like to include that I am in the Dallas,Tx area. Thank you for time and I look forward to any info that you may have. I guess i should include that i am a male too lol

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1. Marketing. You better have alligator skin and be prepared to be working in a male dominated environment. Especially at the big agency's its not unheard of entry level women at the agency ever moving past getting coffee for the men. Unless your willing to spread your legs for success I would stair clear. Dental Hygienist. Ahhhh A job befitting for a female in todays modern society. Here you will most likely be assisting a male, taking orders and generally just doing cleanings -something women are good at any way.good luck.