I don't think I want to do graphic design anymore - burn out
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- bulletfactory0
I feel like more and more young designers have an unearned sense of entitlement.
I can't even count how many resumes I've seen from new grads that say "art director" on them. I always think, "who the hell are they directing with their zero professional experience?"
Sometimes the project will be amazing and challenging; sometimes the work will be shit, the task will be mundane, and you will have a difference in opinion from your superiors. The bottom line is, the project still has to be completed regardless of where it falls in the creative/fun/challenge spectrum. I never have a designer work on anything that I personally wouldn't work on myself, if I had the time.
The simple fact is, as you gain experience your duties will evolve from taking direction and doing the work in the trenches to outlining the creative strategy and overseeing a team and the entire process.
However, once you're driving the strategy, you'll have new/young designers bitching about the projects being shit, just like we all have.
...and on, and on.
I think Baskerville said it well in the post above.
- I tend to think more and more young people in general have this unearned sense of entitlement. Then they get shut down and cry about it. Case in point.Nicelydrawn