Career Change
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- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Jaline0
I feel the same way, ian.
- 52kilo0
Do some side project for yourself. or take a break.
- 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.
- _salisae_0
you could become a creative recruiter and take a break for a bit.
- Josev0
I read in a newspaper that Rolex sales are booming but there are only 4400 repair people for them in the world (compared to 44000 in the 60s). They're trying to find people to train.
- set0
I felt the exact same way a few years ago. I quit my job and became a postman for 2 months, now I'm back to freelancing heh
- designerror0
MBA is not a bad move, but mark my words!
Once you have been working with Excel for a week, you will start to color the cells to make a nice little patterns, next you try to a draw blocky typeface in Excel in your lunch break, and finally you will start up Paint to draw shitty logos because thats all your computer have installed that can draw.
When you hit the Paint stage, quit your Excel job and go beg your old boss to give you your job back.
- ismith0
Invest all your cash and take a year long leave of absence in a poor country where you can get by with a few bucks and an easy going job.
- killerqueen0
If you want more control over creative projects, you have to prove you have good ideas.
This doesn't mean get an MBA.
This means do self-initiated work. Shoot a music video. Come up with unsolicited spec-work and campaigns on your own time. Be a "self-starter"
- visualplane_0
Maybe invest in a career counselor to spot what's right for you.
- Complexfruit0
Do something different from your norm.
Volunteer.
Make art/work you've been putting off for years.
- ukit0
Move to a third world country. Then do one freelance gig a month to pay your dirt cheap cost of living and spend the rest of the time sipping Martinis on the beach.
- madirish0
just do whatever you want to do as best as you can. anything else is satisfying some other/ones goals.
- ian000
funny you mention that cause it had crossed my mind.
- BattleAxe0
become a lawyer for the sake of just being a lawyer , but don't go into practice
- killerqueen0
lol @ MBA
"Gee I'm so tired of being creative all day long, lemme go open up Excel and crunch numbers"
right.
- seems like a shallow take on MBAs. Perhaps you are right though.ian00
- nothing personal, but i for one, will never understand the point of an MBA. easily the dumbest thing to do in higher ed.madirish
- IMOmadirish
- MBAs seem like a good "get rich quick" scheme.fooler
- starting salaries at my alma matter, UCLA, are about $120k+
You've got to have some super credentials to get in, thought, including years of working/managing experienceformed