design work in hawaii?
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- beingdevious
hey, is anyone located or know of anyone who works in hawaii. Web design, flash, director, you know , the interactive elements.?
im just curious, i will be relocating soon and im choosing between Hawaii and Atlanta, GA. personally i like paradise, but im not sure if its feasible.
- ********0
Hawaii is gorgeous! So unique!
- freshmode0
I have a friend who lives in Hawaii. Out in Honolulu. I used to do is his print and web stuff.
I think their is a lot of opportunity for someone to go out their with a good portfolio. He always mentioned that no one out their is doing anything new or good. Everything has the Hawaii theme which is good but never really done right or with a good style. Not to mention that not everyone wants that style.
Goodluck. Let us know how it turns out.
fresh!
- SLAZ0
depends if you like belly dancers or booty dancers....
- ********0
they obviously contract out to the mainland.
- unknown0
acctually they do contracting in the area alot due to tourism.
If you work in hawaii most likey you will be doing lots of tourism related stuff..... I know that jobs in hawaii pop up alot... I would take the chance for a year... hell... its a great place to find a job till you find a design job....
everybody needs workers there.... its just a big money spending frenzy..
- ********0
yeah, good advise, he's right, Hawaii is bigtime into tourism. Alaska is same way, plenty of jobs, in fact the US Gov will pay you more to live there.
- monkeyshine0
Isn't it super expensive in Hawaii?
ha...that gave me a good laugh for some reason. Atlanta or Hawaii? Hhhmm...
I hear from Atlanta ex-pats that its one big traffice jam. Come to Nashville. :) ...kinda like Hawaii
- jaredts0
funny thing is I just got back from Hawaii less than 24 hrs ago and I was thinking the same thing......relocating. But I didnt really know what the scene was like out there or if it was at all feasible. Paradise. I don't know if I'd be motivated to do more than sit at the beach.
- unknown0
yah.. its expensive.... not as expensive as here in the bay prob. the payprob compesates.. and if it doesnt.. dont move.
I would sit on the beach too.. but i would have a laptop and wifi
- raydawg880
man...i've been in hawaii for 6 months now. moved from a good design job in texas to take a director position. honestly, i hate it. people here don't understand what design is. design to them is what an aloho shirt looks like...and that's what they want on everything. on the flip side...it is beautiful here. i get off at 4:30 and still have time to go to the beach. but as far as the job. it sucks.
- tparsons0
1. Very Expensive
2. Pay will rarely compensate
3. Very few really good studios
4. Even fewer really good positions
- pepe0
any motion firms in hawaii? that would be amazing if so...
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- fate0
Rumor: WhosWe is relocating to Hawaii
- eloosive0
I moved here to Honolulu, Hawaii from SF. and its only been a few weeks. Had a couple interviews. Its almost similar if not a little less than San Francisco in price, but you definetly make a bit less.
A concession thats easy to accept for paradise, beautiful women, warm weather. The surf is almost always better than average, of course some girl in
Kaui got her arm bit off....but overall, if you want a larger variety of jobs, the mainland is probably better. I'm doing work for folks there in the mainland to supplement. Having an internet connection with ftp is important for that. Still looking for a job, tho.
- ourcommon0
well - I don't think there any SHOPS so to speak .. but If I were you, I would hit every single 4STAR resort, SPA, place where rich people spend $$$$$ . . and ask em if they need an identity on the web . I have a friend who has started doin this . . you know what that means "fly me to hawaii, and lemme see your operations" ....
- kidokay0
Is this it for Hawaii? Breif Crit: really derivative (trend whoring) Automatic-i-am did it first and does it better.
Any other shops out there?