Getting older and working in design
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- trooperbill0
i ran my own digital business for 7 years right out of uni and finally dropped it (gost) 8 years ago to work in house and at agencies. i threw the towel in with regards to design and moved to SEO tho it seems that im the unofficial CD at my current workplace and basically live in illustrator and photoshop 50% of the time.
i manage a small team directly and have basically spent the last 8 years at a standstil work-wise tho the money has increased as ive moved job
turned 39 last month and am having the same mid life crisis as many people here... is this what i still want to be doing, if not wtf could i be doing as i love the work so much.
transitioning to a management position seems to be working better here as theyre investing in helping this happen and the people in the wider business (parent company) come from some high profile positions which i hope to help.
in short moneys good, works ok, personal life is good but i feel unfulfilled and am worried for the future.
im just not good at anything else !!
...seems to be a running theme of all of the people on here as we're all +/- 10 years of each other as befits people who discovered newstoday early in their creative careers.