Students and Recent Graduates (read me)
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I guess it is all subjective then, because I have not sat through an interview with anyone who had enough time to go though 100s of pages. I am sure I will not be limited or stuck as a junior designer, not hardly. I have 12 projects in my book now with 3 of them including in depth process work including hand sketches and and always bring my sketchbook on interviews. I am not limited to 12 projects, but that is what I show because I know that the CDs do not have time to thumb through infinite projects. My last interviewer told me verbatim he can tell in 3 projects if you have what it takes. So its not like I am making this up. If I need a 100 pages of stuff in a book to be hired by you, than I rather not.If you look at the site posted they are going to do batches of fake projects in order to get their first job. It has not been my experience that employers wanted to see portfolios with mostly fictional work. I had success showing that as an intern I could do an entire retail kit from concept to finish and I am sure that will go over better than a one-off mock webpage for a fake company.
And just to put it in more perspective, and this is a good book I recommend for designers fresh out of school- Flaunt, by Underconsideration. You can get the PDF version for like 15 bucks.
http://www.underconsideration.co…
- i see you are a web designer. i am not remotely related to web industry..e-pill
- i was just stating that one way of thinking is not the only way.. that a total opposite still works.e-pill
- i wish you luck in your career. i have 14+ years on my belt.. 100 pages is nothing..e-pill
- I am not a web designer. I used web design as an example because that is one of the projects they are doing on their site.herzo