Are You Employable?
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Some of the comments in here are pretty funny. I'd be interested to know how many of you that are putting down what he wrote actually went to college. Not saying it's required, not saying there's nothing wrong with not going, but I think these days it's really easy for people to be on a high horse about not having a degree by using that good ol' blanket statement "it's all about talent, screw the rest of the variables."
Some places may work like that - I imagine that small shops are more of a free-for-all - but what about large, well established firms, ad agencies, etc.?
I read pretty much the whole thing, and I think it's more of a commentary on what schools don't teach people than what's ultimately required as a bare-minimum for you to be employable in this industry and be very good at it.
When I graduated in 2001 I was quite afraid of what I was not taught. I complained about it. Faculty actually loved hearing from students about how they could improve the program, how they could inject more real world scenarios and situations into courses. I don't think any university can perfectly prepare you for the real working world no matter what you do.
But I sure as hell think you have a leg up on some 18 year old that's great at Adobe software and building web sites for himself or on a small freelance level.
- depends how good at photoshop they are i guess... ilearnt more in the first month of work than 3 years at collegemimeartist
- sure, you learned "more," but would you have learned "everything" you learned in college and "more?"mg33
- It is true that much of what he talked about relates directly to what you don't learn in college. I think a degree is always helpful, no matter how good you are.SigDesign