Career Change
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- rise0
I hate what I do.
That's why I won't stop till I despise it.
- Jnr_Madison0
Do nothing, then worry about it in 15 months time.
- nopublik0
Do nothing, then worry about it in 15 months time.
Jnr_Madison
(Jan 1 06, 20:32)sounds good! do a bit of travelling to find your true self...?
- Jnr_Madison0
Seriosuly tho, take a break or just a no hassle job for a while. You might surprise yourself and actually miss it.
- Kirshar0
hey kOna,
what all training and education did your wife go through to set herself up where she is?
- spaceboy0
I'm looking for something more stable. Maybe bookkeeping or accounting.
With graphic design, any hack can get a cracked version of a software, and apply for the same job as you and ask for 30k less than what you're asking for.
- Jnr_Madison0
It's 5am (well about 4am in Dundee)..lol.
Can't sleep nopublik or a heavy night?
- spaceboy0
I definetly need a break. I been in this business for 7 years.
- Jnr_Madison0
Well the hacks always get found out in the end.
Am off tae bed, g'nite.
- Point50
I don't know about anal bleaching, but I am thinking career change as well. Right now the flavor of the month is working with a close friend of mine who finally got some money together and is working on getting his sports agency off the ground. What a process it is... but if it takes off I'm takin off! Just gotta get some of these guys on our roster drafted!!!
- rise0
Well, the truth is,
do you want to work somewhere where they would hire someone who would do lower quality work for less money only to gain a higher profit?
If you work for places like that you'll only drive your self crazy and hate your self, and what you do. (been doing it 7 years as well.)
Just do what you love, and do it for clients who respect your work and results.
- spaceboy0
If you work for places like that you'll only drive your self crazy and hate your self, and what you do. (been doing it 7 years as well.)
rise
(Jan 1 06, 20:41)Sounds like my situation
- designaked0
They got a new Marketing director, we didn't see eye to eye on the roll design could/should play, he fired me before I could quit. He was very vague in order to avoid a lawsuit, so the above is a bit of educated conjecture because he had told me days before what great work I was doing.
gramme
(Jan 1 06, 22:14)----------------------------
Exact same thing happened to me...exact.
Also, spaceboy, I'm going through almost the same thing you are now. I've been in it about 7 years too and the only thing keeping me going is my undying passion for it but its damn hard...I've thought about giving up a ton of times but I can't because it is a part of me....I've tried to think about what else I could do and be happy with and there really isn't anything, this is it. So, take some time to yourself and get some distance and perspective and it will come to you. Good luck with it all.
- gramme0
Spaceboy,
I love being a designer.
I fell in love with it my junior yeat of school and haven't looked back.
Worked at a great agency in MD for a year, but then they lost a couple big clients and lost a few key pitches. Got laid off. No hard feelings, they even threw a happy hour for me, nevertheless it sucked royally.
Found a job in RI, worked there for a year, went through 3 managers in that time. The company was a mess, though I did get to work on some great projects. They got a new Marketing director, we didn't see eye to eye on the roll design could/should play, he fired me before I could quit. He was very vague in order to avoid a lawsuit, so the above is a bit of educated conjecture because he had told me days before what great work I was doing.
Moved out to MO to be with my family, wrote a book, did a website (still in progress), + stationery & poster. Sending packages out everywhere now.
I still love what I do.
I say take a year off man, travel, find what is meaningful to you. The only reason I've stuck it out through all this is that design is meaningful to me. I consider myself lucky to have found my calling.
Go out there, see the world, and find yours.
- heavyt0
maybe you want to get into coding, that is what i did. There are not as many hacks, and with your background in design, i am sure that you would do well.
Gramme - not sure if it is useful to you, but you may want to check out the super simple flash detect script from http://www.supersimple.org
might like it better than your current flash detector.TR1
- JazX0
(ABCI) Anal Bleaching Company Inc.
tkmeister, I hear the stock price is going to be set at $12.50
buy up 'em shares now!
- gramme0
thanks heavyt!
I sent the link to my webber.
- gramme0
*new webber
*will be updated soon
- breadlegz0
As someone once said, "dont get off the combine harvester to deal with the fieldmouse".
Just because a kid can get a bit of software and call himself a designer is no reason to give up design.
There's a lot more to it than that, surely.
Ive gone from a design job, to freelance, to my own company, now to a partnership and we'll be taking people on this year.
I certainly wont be looking for a kid who can copy other people s work, i'll be looking for personality, ingenuity, a proven portfolio and many other aspects.
Thats my 2 pence.