Does the job market suck?
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- tcsekhar
I can't believe we are seeing just the beginning.
- waterhouse0
Welcome to QBN someone we already know.
- ETM0
Recessions are good from time to time. They breed innovation. No one thinks different or is forced to try something new when its easy going.
Twitter and many of the recent, successful web properties were the result of the tech recession a few years ago. Either people forced to think in new ways, or people with ideas finally having the time to implement them.
- you sound like someone who has a job. and maybe even health insurance.stewdio
- not to be insulting or anything, but twitter is fucking stupid.monNom
- twitter is pants and a passing fad23kon
- ETM is right. The lack of innovation in web design had reached a numbing plateau.homeostatic
- utopian0
This is the tip of the iceberg my friend. Many dark days are ahead of us, sad but true. Hopefully the best thing that will happen that this recession and soon to be global depression will weed out all of the fraudulent and talentless designers...
- you're assuming decision makers share your personal tastemagnificent_ruin
- magnificent ruin is spot onbabaganush
- in my experience tastes vary significantly even among design cognoscentimagnificent_ruin
- dconstrukt0
i think things will be tough for the year and then start slowly coming back. If you're good at what you do i think you'll be ok. time to really 'niche' what you do.
think about it. shit was crazy the last 4-5 years.... people were making bank, R.E. was booming.... cant think its going to last forever.
nothing goes straight up or straight down.... its cyclical.
But something to think about; money isn't disappearing.... its just going from 1 person to another.
find where the money's at.
- money is disappearingmagnificent_ruin
- assigned value is plungingmagnificent_ruin
- yup d, you are wrong ... money IS dissapearing!23kon
- it was given by f*ckwitts to f*ckwitts to spend when there was NO CHANCE of them ever paying back23kon
- chossy0
Only if you are a dong lord?.
Next time you fill out an application and the box that says are you indeed a dong lord?. write 'naw I fucking amnae a dong lord' in the wee box provided and then you'll be making money like barry white before you know it yo!.
- mistermik0
I hope it doesn't — I'm back looking.
- ipissexcellence0
I'm hoping there is widespread looting sometime in the near future.
- let's burn down a liquor store!magnificent_ruin
- i just stopped drinking, so thats okay with me. I really want a new macbook pro.ipissexcellence
- mattiaBK0
No, it's all great! We all have great jobs, no one is going be laid off, we are all getting raises, and 10% bonuses!! Fucking sweet!!
SHIT!
- i_monk0
The job market does suck. All I see are ads for positions they don't plan on filling any time soon, but thanks for sending your c.v. we might get in contact with you next year......
- stewdio0
My job queue for Stewdio is nearly nil. All my clients are canceling their projects and scaling back their budgets. Gave the QBN job board a spin thinking I could maintain some cash flow. Nothing. The Designer Observer job board. Nothing. Many, many headhunters. Worthless.
I thought I'd be able to get my foot in the door somewhere with my code skills : Ruby on Rails, PHP, MySQL, jQuery, AJ&X, JSON, Processing, Java, etc. Or maybe someone out there might actually like my odd portfolio. Or at least hold off skepticism considering I have experience and a silly degree so I might actually know what I'm talking about.
Nope. It's pretty grim out there.
- On your site its unclear if you're if youre a studio or individual. Also post a resume somewhere. Nice work btw!mtgentry
- monospaced0
Does a bear shit in the woods?
- digdre0
i tell you this:
if you suck, the jobmarket sucks.
if you do not suck, neither does the jobmarket- so when are you entering the job market?lvl_13
- says the 19 year oldmagnificent_ruin
- Couldn't be wronger, kid. Best people I know are losing money.homeostatic
- I didn't said that what I said is right. :pdigdre
- but, ok, good to know I'm wrong here
i thought good designers always have jobs.digdre
- dskz0
Tell me about something that doesnt suck.
- VOLCAR0
stewdio, dig your "odd portfolio."
- magnificent_ruin0
what kind of question is this? rhetorical?
- elpaso0
i got three job offers the past month :)
just sayin'
- Share the wealth?JSK
- nah :)elpaso
- buzz killmagnificent_ruin
- landock0
I'm thinking people in the big urban centers like ny and la are gonna have it much rougher than the folks in smaller areas. I have no proof but wild conjecture is fun.
- Funny.homeostatic
- No. It's bad here too and I mean real bad.rluna
- CockBlocker0
doing swell across the pond
- That is because there is a lag between our fallout and yours. So dust off that sandwich board.homeostatic