Getting older and working in design
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- mantrakid3
Very cool thread. These thoughts are exactly what was scaring me a year and a bit ago (Im 34) when I was focused almost 100% on doing client service -based web development. Wordpress setups, theme customizations, troubleshooting, then the relationship would degenerate into getting their email going on their iphone and helping them figure out malware bullshit. I hated the progression that almost every client seemed to end up at. I was their IT department, by way of being friendly and good with computers, and the money was decent enough and paying my bills, etc. It was hard to say no and I lacked courage for many years to even consider it. I laid awake at night wondering how i can possibly still be doing that same bullshit every day for the next... 10... 20... 30.... 40 years..!?
Then I panicked, i said fuck it & i screwed it all up by blowing through savings and making a dumb little video game & shit got real for me for the first time in my professional life. Now ive essentially entered an industry where age can be respected if it comes with mad experience, and theres sooo much shit to learn that i am genuinely interested in and i dont even give a fuck how old i get anymore because every day i feel like a fresh, optimistic kid at the best school in the world. As long as I have that enthusiasm, I have no worries about the quality of work i do or my perceived value... I know i got this from here on out. :D
until i get tired and jaded and switch careers to porn.
- great post can totally relate_niko
- So you're in the video game industry now?Ben99
- is it your game that's on steam right now?Gnash
- What are you doing now?bort
- sorry i missed the comments on this. Yeah Im doing game design for a new company now. Great job, flexible and creative, uses all my skills.mantrakid