degrees in design
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- sklassen0
i have a "useless" degree in sociology and i've been getting by fine in the design world so far. i think a much bigger emphasis is on the work you can produce.
- t_rock0
18th level magic user, 6th degree designer
- 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.
- todelete__20
Also, when you go on interviews park somewhere in the back so they don't see your BONERMN license plates.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- dusty0
cock.
- 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 !
- imakedesign0
thanks guys some great stuff in this thread.
- 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.
- nocomply0
PS - my degree was in "Interdisciplinary Computing & the Arts"
A BS way to say "graphic design"
- 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.
- Sabon0
Enter response: Its good for getting your learning curve in, and building up ideas that might crop up in the future...
- tkmeister0
is this a serious question or what?
failure is not an option.
- imakedesign0
ha! i know, put it another way will be degree be worth anything?
- imakedesign0
*my degree
- uberdesigner0
a degree in design is like learning how to work on the big rigs
- spendogg0
Your degree wont mean crap unless your book is tight.