Career Change
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- MrDinky0
MBA is a good way but dont expect a career change. Most of finance jobs require you to have finance background and experience. And if you go banking you will be competiting associate jobs with 20 year olds.
best thing to do is get an MBA and combine that with your creative side. You will be more valuable since you can think both strategically and creatively. Thats something that does come by often. Using that you can be a managing creative director or managing director. Imagine a business guy who understand creative, thats someone you want to work for.
I have management consulting background and I am not afraid to crack open an excel and make a model. The analytical skill that you will learn will help you in your creative ways.
If you are curious, pick up Porter's books.
http://www.amazon.com/Competitiv…
This book is a must. Take a read and it might inspire you.I wish you luck. I really hate creatives snobs who cant stand the idea some doing something thats high level. I mean thats what you will be doing when you are a creative director.
Go for it. You might love it.
- 52kilo0
Do some side project for yourself. or take a break.
- Jaline0
I feel the same way, ian.
- Jaline0
"I wish you luck. I really hate creatives snobs who cant stand the idea some doing something thats high level. I mean thats what you will be doing when you are a creative director."
I'm completely with dinky.
Do it. It usually won't hurt you.
- MrDinky0
Think this way. When you hit 40, unless you are running an office as a CD, you really have no prospects. I seen too many 40+ CDs get laid off and have no idea what to do with their life.
I want to stop doing design and do something else. Not sure what that is yet.
- MrDinky0
Learn learn learn as much as you can. Like Jaline said, it cant hurt you.
Right now I am taking Fashion Merchandising program. Its fun. Have no idea what i am gonna do with that
- cursiveshotgun0
analrapist maybe?
- Jaline0
I was thinking about doing a Masters in something but I think I want to get into the work field right away. While I don't mind school, it's more stressful than work is, imo. I know uni is supposed to be a fun time but I had to do so much work over these past 4 years. Anyway, I think I will take some more courses in my spare time while working later. Something to do with random web stuff.
- if you are leaning towards masters, do it now, while you are in the school groove.. seriouslyBonSeff
- I know, I know. But I think I'm over the school thing for now. At least going full-time.Jaline
- I'm sure there will be a "told you so" moment between us in the future...Jaline
- nah, you have ambition- that trumps my hind sight advice.. but from experience, my advice is keep after itBonSeff
- JackRyan0
Project Manager?
- boobs0
Career changes never work. Look what happened when Michael Jordan tried to play baseball. Or when Jeffrey Archer tried to become a politician. Or when Bill Gates tried to become a gentleman.
Every day I see tired old designers lined up at the Salvation Army, waiting for their handout of soup and used clothes. Just keep your nose to the grindstone, learn to keep your thoughts from wandering, and move up whatever ladder is in front of you.
- what about when david bowie became an actor and nick cave wrote novels and... tyra banks hosted telly?vespa
- johnny cash used to work for the air force decoding Russian communications...vespa
- arnold schwarzeneggervespa
- ronald reaganvespa
- sean connery was a bodybuildervespa
- Sting was a teachervespa
- Vinnie Jones was a footballer.vespa
- Steve Buscemi was a firefighter.vespa
- That geeky little child prodigy kid who was into antiques then had a sexchange and became a porn-slut. FAIL!Spookytim
- Manitoba0
Some days I feel like moving on to becoming a digital producer or some sort of project manager :P
- jandiro0
i've been travelling and shooting photos for a few years...
... and now i miss designing
=)
- WeLoveNoise0
think theres a job going in a place near me for you if u want.
go to www.mcdonalds.co.uk
:)
- jamble0
+1 on becoming a plumber. (or a tradesman of any type)
Piss easy to get the basic skills required, you can charge a similar rate to what you're doing at the moment and the best bit is that you can be totally shit at your job and still get repeat business because your trade is in demand.
- "the best bit is you can be shit at your job" HAHAHASpookytim
- I meet an old school friend last month, he trained as a plumier 15 years ago, he is now pulling in 80K+ a year. I did not say what I was making. :|
I also meet another mate who started a cab company, only him at the time, he know has a fleet of cars, and is on his way to buy a fucking Lambo.
Shit.roundabout - you dont have a toilet where you work Spooky?ian00
- ok_not_ok0
I too was a designer now I take pix of nekkid gerls.
- citizen_h0
GO ON HOLIDAY TO HAWAII
- Spookytim0
I was a designertoo, got sick of it so switched to illustration, now I'm getting a bit sick of that too, so I am thinking of a change. I have one client who I would die to work for. I just asked them now, in half jest half seriousness, if I could go and work for them and they (he) said "Its a possibility, you'd be very good here actually"
I tell you what, if they offered me anything, I'd bite their hands off accepting and be happy to provide happy finishes for everyone every Friday. Studiospooky would be cobwebbed until a future date and I would buy a phenomenally awesome car to commute in.
- citizen_h0
seriously if you have a few quid/dollars go travelling for at least 3 months. I took a 10 month break around south east asia and australia, oh and funded my Oz excursions by freelancing on interactive projects in melbourne and sydney. See the world before you get old and wrinkley.
- meok0
Id say go for it. Ive worked for 7 years in fashion and design, now Im studying horology in the hopes of making handmade watches and to do antique watch and clock restoration for museums and private collectors. Studies = broke as hell. But Ive never been happier and more complete.
- that's so cool. i think it's all about finding your niche.tkmeister