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A few pages ago in this very thread I mentioned I'd be packing it in on this career for a calmer east coast environment to open up a pizza place and chill.
I've been in this industry in one form or another since I was 23 and dropped out of art school. That's almost 18 years in - have worked in Spain, Germany, USA and Canada - some really great design shops along the way, and some real crap ones. Started my own business and blew it, only to come back around and find my niche working for others in a consultancy and unless I get let go I would intend to finish up my design career where I am, with the goal of starting anew by the time I'm 45/50.
I don't know what your definition of "making it" is, but work is work - you have to have the passion for it to continue doing it. In my humble opinion, the 10k worth of hours (which I kinda think is bullshit personally) you'd spend learning something new and perhaps finding happiness is way better than the (I did a little math here) 50k plus hours you'll spend until retirement age doing something you feel burnt out on.
Even if it's repositioning within your particular skillset, the challenge of learning something new and significant can really refresh things for you.
Good luck!
- Wise words. I plus oned.Khurram
- that's the plan of going to art school and be a fuckin painter - repositioning within my particular skillsetgrafician
- if not, I was thinking being a beekeeper - I have someone in the family that I can be an apprentice too, and still paint and should be fine I guess.grafician
- I am still a designer, but that doesn't do it for me anymore I guess after 10+ yearsgrafician
- very much ty for your insight too man!grafician
- btw, I always thought we designers would do great as pizza/bistro owners, still working with ppl and taking care of the little detailsgrafician
- very much very good luck to you too sir!grafician
- Oddly enough my father has become a beekeeper in his retirement years, he just gifted us a jar of his latest honey.ben_
- ^beekeeping will be very important in the coming decades, it's a very interesting job/skill to learngrafician
- Ill take a sicilian with meatballscannonball1978
- I'd gladly make you one. The new home oven is going in this coming summer.ben_