your first job
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I have just landed right back where I started, 8 yrs ago.
I came to work for the Department of Insurance in BR. That was back in '96. They put me in Public Affairs drawing illustrations for brochures and stuff.
I installed my copy of Photoshop4 on one of the computers and, when I had free time, which was alot, I'd scan pictures of the comissioner and workmates and fool around with them.
A girl who worked there in PR had a boyfriend with a small web co who was looking for a graphics person. She told him that I knew photoshop pretty well, so he called me up. We played phone tag for acouple of weeks and then he invited me down to have a look.
"I hope you don't mind that the majority of our content is adult."
I was 20 so I said "nope."
I had me do some simple Photoshop shit... gradients, text fades, drop shadows, etc.
He asked "when can you start?"
I did not want to leave the Dept high and dry since they had helped me out with a job when I first moved to BR, so I worked 1 more full week and then half days for another.
I was good with Photoshop and that was it at that point. The guys I started working with had the web know how but no design sense, so they taught me the ropes... upload, download, html, and I just built from there.
I worked there for about 7 years until I was fired because I would not give up my life for the company.
I was fortunate to have friends at the Dept, so here I am. Back at square 1. Public Affairs. Of course I have infinitly more knowledge than I had 8 years ago, of design and also of the real world.
I am very glad to be away from my previous boss;a drunken porn guy with serious control issues.
"Thank you for firing me, ***."