Getting older and working in design
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- bort3
Man it's nice to hear other people are also thinking about this stuff. This has been on my mind for a couple years now. I'm in my mid 30's now and work in digital design. Mainly marketing websites and little apps.
I've reached a point where I don't think I can handle working in client service design anymore. The fear of ageism is definitely a huge motivator to get out of design altogether and the nature of client work has really worn me down after all these years.
Moving to the product design side is a definite possibility but I can't help but think ageism would exist there too (perhaps to a lesser degree than advertising and design studios).
I've very seriously been considering leaving design altogether in the next year or so and moving into a field like electrical engineering or healthcare. It's kind of scary giving up something you've worked years to build but sometimes you just gotta take your medicine and make the leap.
- I wouldn't change careers unless you really wanted to. Ageism is probably more likely in groups that are more conservative than ours.CyBrainX