Who is a rich designer, and who is a poor one?
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was a poor designer for many many many many years..making about 30k or so a year (can. dollars...which works out to about 19k USD...hahah yikes)
up untill i was about 27 or so..
then, due to making the right friends, and working hard, i got offered a job here at montage, as the art director.just about tripled my salary in 4 years.
which is due in large part again, to the nuttiness of this job, and the fact that my first year here was back in 99, well before everything went crashing, and they started handing out insane raises for no reason, other than to hang on to the staff...
no staff roll-over means good PR on the street..
anyhow...since i'm the only one here that does graphics (making me the head of an art-dept. of just one employee...myself ;) )
i've managed to avoid the subsequent layoffs that plagued the industry...
its a great life, and my wife and i were able to buy a house because of it, and my wife is a highschool teacher, so she makes pretty ok money too...the thing is not to get tooo used to any of it..
the market is still nutsy, and since AT&T Canada owns my company, and since they're about to go through a whole re-branding (starting tonite..no more att canada..whole new identity) who knows what could happen..
so, i make great money today...but a year from now, i could be back to square one, ...
i just try to save as best as i can, and try, try try not to let it get to my head...
i've been well off, and i've been poor..
both have their problems..
but, i'll ride this montage thing for as looooooong as i can..been a great ride so far..
with any luck, it'll keep going for a few more years..
:)