I don't think I want to do graphic design anymore - burn out

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    When I graduated from University in 1995 I knew I was EASILY in the top 10 of the 50 that graduated.

    It took me 65 interviews before I got a job. I couldn't understand why people who didn't give a shit about design on my course where getting jobs and so called good ones at that...

    So, I took my first job and stayed there for two years. Not a heard of agency but they threw me in at the deep end and I had to sink or swim so to speak.

    I left there to work for a web company and they laid me off after a year due to relocation.

    I 'freelanced' for a while if you can call it that and then a got another job which lasted for another year.

    I freelanced properly that time and ended up getting in at a very well known design agency in London. From there, they made me full time... I stayed there for 2.5 years and hated it.

    I left in 2005 and set up my own agency - 6 years later I opened up a 2nd office in New York...

    You get NOTHING on a plate... You work hard, you get rewards...

    Problem is with these fucking kids is that A) the teachers convince them that they are going to change the world when they leave and B) the kids believe their own hype and want link £25,000 starting salary in C) a top company that they will be able to brag to their friends that they have a job at say... North or Wolf Olins...

    Im not going to lie, I hate the design world, full of bullshit and wanders (apart from the lovely people on here of course)... I do it because Im good at it and quite frankly am too scared to do anything else...

    The other thing that kills me is that you see adverts with lines like this:
    Junior Designer required. Must know indesign, illustrator, photoshop, fireworks, after effects, flash, dreamweaver, java and .net

    What fucking planet are these people on?

    I don't know anyone who knows all that...

    Rant over but serious kids... Fucking grow up, roll your sleeves up and get stuck in...

    Everything comes to those who wait...

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    • first three paragraphs are my exact story too, except I finished uni in 2005monospaced
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