Getting older and working in design
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- trooperbill0
Got made redundant 4 weeks ago having bounced around loads of small agencies for the past 16 years (wow)
most digital marketing is becoming pr now and im not skilled in it and dont have the time to reinvent myself
been around every big agency in the area and lost of in house roles for interviews and im too experienced for most and not specialist enough for others... it sucks
most agencies who interviewed me were just farming candidates and had no intention of hiring... a recruiter told me this was a major issue at the moment
got a temp job offered at a large brand which would have been cool if it was permament
just in time i landed a role in a big digital agency - its a more junior position, further away than id really like and for 3k a year less than i was on... but i gotta eat and have a kid due in jan so need the cash
they were concerned that id jumped job every few years but in my experience there is no job security... whaddayagonna do. i basically turned it around saying i was having a kid and looking for a new 'home'
too long for a dick and too short for a richard i think they say.
i start next monday which gves me time to illustrate the jungle scene on our nursery wall.
i thought bout moving out of the industry completely but had no idea where to even begin.
- Well the positive of this is you got another job and within 4 weeks... thats good no?dee-dubs