I'll make an argument that going to school for art will closely relate to many careers. Art school trains students to 1) put new things into the world and take

I'll make an argument that going to school for art will closely relate to many careers. Art school trains students to 1) put new things into the world and take intellectual responsibility for them, 2) learn an arbitrary and mostly-historical set of techniques that nonetheless take dedication to master, and 3) engage deeply with what other disciplines shrug off as "human factors." In my eventual career developing software, those things have come in handy. Perhaps more importantly, an art education has made me see software development as more than just problem solving or engineering. I may never be Michaelangelo or Kara Walker, but I still like trying to master one tiny corner of the universe and make things that other people will want in their lives. I'm also not advocating spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a BFA, but I won't advocate against it either. To me it makes about as much sense as buying a $250k car or stereo.