degrees in design
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- valentim0
excuse me, design is not coding, design is understanting the sapce and knowing how to work with that space, is typography and masses of text, is the quality of an image...you are confuse...code and programming is multimedia and it shit...design ita different subject..I do get annoyed with monkeys that think that are designers...
- valentim0
WHAT? where did you got your degree? semiotics is what studies perception of the message!
- vilca0
most of the times at interviews they don't even ask you what degree you have. the important thing is your book, as long as you show you can work and think and have a minimum of experience, you're on...
but make sure you finish your degree, otherwise you would have wasted 3 years of your life, or whatever.
- Peter0
All good points.
Just to contribute: If you want to look for work internationally you ought to know that some countries requires a degree in a relevant field to the job you are applying for in order to issue and obtain a work visa.
- build0
Pointless.
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- kyl30
my design school degree was mostly about learning to take and receive crits and to develop concepts. All work was done outside of class so it was up to you to do good work.
- nRIK0
willhaven, could you please give an example of what kind of people you usually look for? just some hints/tips
for example, during an interview, how can you tell if someone doesnt have the right "attitude" or know if a person will/will not work well with the team? what do you look for besides the ability to produce great work?
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[ just interested as youve given a good point of view and i think the insight can help many of us here ]
- willhaven0
i get the chance to review alot of portfolio and resumes, its your work and attitude that I consider in making the hire. don't care if you dont have a degree. I just need to know you can produce great work and you getalong with the team.
shite, I have a B.Arch and a M.Arch and now I do primarily web design and print work. So a degree iin your field means nothing, its the work.
- Sabon0
Enter response: Its good for getting your learning curve in, and building up ideas that might crop up in the future...
- canuck_II0
I would say graphic design (print) more so. I think you can still sneak into the web without one. Hell I did, and I suck as well.
- nocomply0
PS - my degree was in "Interdisciplinary Computing & the Arts"
A BS way to say "graphic design"
- nocomply0
I think to most people a degree only proves that you are trainable. I'm a firm believer in education, but I think getting a degree will help you more with life skills than with finding a job.
In the 4 years I was in school, I was taught very little that applies to the work I do. Everything important I know I learned on my own because I was motivated to do so.
Basically, a degree may get you an interview, but its the portfolio that gets you a job. Still I would recommend both if its possible.
Also I may not know what the hell I'm saying cuz I've only been out of school for 2 years now.
- imakedesign0
thanks guys some great stuff in this thread.
- Sabon0
Jimiotics, You gotta have that.
I think it depends on your character as well, can you have a conversation while being on a Job, a solution happens between
equals.
Real world creates real world !
- dusty0
cock.
- jevad0
So its definitely a foot in the door when you are first starting out but a bad portfolio could ruin the deal.
ninjasavant
(Mar 8 06, 13:50)yeah that's a good point
- jevad0
You've either got it:
http://www.cubancouncil.com/main…
or you don't:
http://www.dustinlindellstudios.…
A degree, or at least going to school for one...will teach you good process...but you will learn far more in a shorter amount of time by just getting in there and doing it.
- ninjasavant0
A more relevant response. I work for a large software company as a graphic designer. They wouldn't even have considered me had I not had a degree or comprable experience. In this case, one of my fellow designers has no degree but 20 years experience when she got hired. Another issue was that of my GPA, anything less than 3.0 and they wouldn't have hired me. So its definitely a foot in the door when you are first starting out but a bad portfolio could ruin the deal.
- todelete__20
Also, when you go on interviews park somewhere in the back so they don't see your BONERMN license plates.
- todelete__20
Having a degree is very important, using it correctly is more important though.
Back in the late 90s anyone with a bit of 'HTML' knowledge would get hired. Everyone and their mothers knew how to code with the help of an HTML for dummies book. Then dot com went dot bomb, and much like a forest fire, all the dead trees at the bottom, and the overgrown brush was burned off. In 2000 - about 2003 everyone was asking for a degree to help weed out the morons 'who took a class once.'
Anyone can be taught code, it's much harder to be a good designer.
I think today having a good portfolio is a bit better than having a degree. If you have great work, you might be able to get away with it. If you have sub par work your degree won't mean a thing.
Good luck on your job search.