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  • timeless4

    My career as a designer.

    Been out of work since June 2024. What do you think I can do for the rest of my working life (15/20 years)?

    Wrong/right/sarcastic answers only.

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    • Maybe you can retire early in a lower cost economy, like Somalia? Average annual income is under $600 USD, for $6k you're good for a decade.everyangle
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    • We've all been through those ups and downs, as long as you keep learning skills and kickstarting your own projects you will bounce back for sure. Hang in there!spl33nidoru
    • I'm in betwixt career(s), freelance, etc. as well @timeless. it's shit some days, BUT other days? Less so...

      ...Hang in there!

      XO      ideaist
    • AIutopian
    • username does not check out

      but anyway, what kind of design do you do?

      Plenty of jobs for UXUI designers everywhere      grafician
    • Maybe plenty of jobs but even more applicants. Been looking for something new since March. Getting interviews and making it to final few but not the final cut.microkorg
    • Where do you want to work?
      What are your former colleagues doing?      bainbridge
    • Looker Studio... there's still an element of design in those.canoe
    • Agreed about how many UX/UI jobs there area but they seem so vastly different from what I do - motion design, even though they use the same job title.CyBrainX
    • I was in the same position...
      but thankfully, a good buddy of mine that's a project manager had recently moved to work at a local electric utility ...      exador1
    • i was talking to him, and got an offer to join him there as his UI/UX guy...contracting, but it's full-time contract, and he has YEARS worth of projects coming.exador1
    • so that's worth exploring...not sure where you are, but look into gigs at unlikely places like utility companies, medical companies etc...exador1
    • also, what saved my ass was KNOWING the right people, and them knowing and valuing me...exador1
    • not sure what your network is like, but basically hit up every single person you've worked with, co-worker to client...exador1
    • and see if there's any stones you haven't turned over yet so to speak...exador1
    • Timeless, whatever you end up doing, don't quit on yourself.utopian
    • Any hobbies / interests you can turn into a sustainable (money and mind) thing?canoe
    • I hate to say it, but I agree with utopian re: AI. It's a whole new realm.

      For a while, at least.      Nairn
    • I completely pivoted ~8 years ago. Started saying yes to any “building” work. Ended up making sets for SNL and other shops, & now run the floor at one of them.hardhat
    • ^ username chks out...
      OP>I'm in the same boat... i'm making ends meet freelancing and helping out brands here and there but its not so sustainable... yes toAI      _me_
    • flipping burgers? doing something with your hands? something AI cant replace for the upcoming 10 years at least..milfhunter
    • Enlist!garbage
    • LOL @flipping burgers :)))grafician
    • When somebody can't find a job in this plentiful industry I call it "skills issue"grafician
    • "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win."palimpsest
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