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- zombiewoof0
Having grown up in Baltimore and lived in DC for over ten years, the only way to make Baltimore work is to live in Montgomery County, MD. (no PG, thanks)
You will see postings for many design jobs at AOHell. Do not bite. I was an Art Director there and one day they just just removed my entire staff... It's like the freaking BOrg out there.
Discovery Channel does some fun motion work. But they too are in Silver Spring , MD.
I'm kinda biased. First to DC proper, then to MD, then to NOVA. You'll see there is a funny sort of rivalry between the three.
BTW-I work for a Rockville MD company and telecommute from MI. But i do miss catchin' one after work with the couriers in Dupont Circle.
Best of luck!
- Clear0
i'm sure it's a stupid question but what are you guys talking about when you say "NOVA"?
- slinky0
NoVA:
Northern VirginiaWe might as well make NoVA it's own state. Sometimes we consider ourselves seperate from the rest of Virginia.. lol
Depending on what part of 66 you live off of in Arlington it should only take you 20 minutes to get to Reston... you would go against traffic, but you never know in the DC area. A 5 mile drive anywhere could take an hour sometimes. But in general Arlington - Reston should not be too bad and the reverse commute too.
Arlington - B'more would suck. Trust me.
Remember, Northern VA, and Bethesda/Rockville MD are big areas for web work. They call this area Silicon Alley... or they did.
- daveglanz0
zombiewoof- what rockville company are you working for? are there any cool boutique type shops in the rockville/silver spring area? I think that area might be where we'll end up...
- Clear0
slinky, can you shot me an email with your old company's info?
20 minute drive? That's not too bad. I'm hoping to take the metro and avoid traffic all together but if that company is cool I can always change my plans.
- phoenix880
Check out:
BrainBox Productions in Silver Spring, MD
Sapient in Arlington, VA
Navigation Arts in McLean, VA
AKQA in DC
Interactive Strategies in DC
Mindshare Interactive in DC
Group 360 in DC
- madirish0
NOVA is like Superman's bizarro world on a bad day. ;)
good call on brainbox and Sapient- i forgot to dump you those Clear. The Sapient office in DC is definitly the smallest of their experience design shops, but still have a lot of emplyees.
there is a lot of work in Bethesda, but the cool kids are in DC.... ;)
- HafDed0
hadn't realized so many folks in NoVa / DC were in here - Shweet.
Arlington is awesome - worked down there for a few years - loved the bars & restaurants - justa really cool area in general.
- nearestexit0
AQKA might be hiring soon. Send them a resume.
Enjoy the area. I just moved from Alexandria about a year ago (lived there for about 10 years) and really miss it. Do I know any of you DC people?
- Geith0
NOVA is like a little blue state tucked away in a red state.
- Geith0
Hmm...the faint rumblings sound the beginning of a NT DC meetup perhaps?
- mographed0
all this talk of rockville !!! i'm originally from potomac.
- Clear0
sounds like it. Just wait til I get there in July :)
hell if I find a good job 'cus of you guys I might buy a round. Oh wait, someone warned me about the cost of drinking in DC.
*opens wallet*
damn, nevermind. lol
- zombiewoof0
Dave. Its a small software company that very few have heard of. I got tired of the agencies and big media thing, so I found a small shop that wanted to add creative services to their service line. So basically I grew the shop from the ground up. But since I'm it on the creative side, I spend some time here as my virtual creative watercooler.
Cheap, strong drinks are possible in DC. Fox and Hounds. 16th and Q. You can get loaded for about 15 bucks...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac…(props to my buddy DJ Neal Becton who wrote this article)
- madirish0
zombie! how are you, mang?
best 'bar' in DC = Tonic. period. it is in my (and zombie's old) neighborhood and rules. local and fresh as hell.
i think a DC drinks session is mandatory. i am in town for most of July. (not that i should determine it, but it would be gracious of you all ;)
i love DC.
- oombrella0
I've got an ongoing list of DC design companies bookmarked on del.icio.us:
use the tag intersections:
design+dc,
design+va, or
design+md
- mrbee28280
I got a lot of negative feedback from friends and family when I mentioned I might be moving up to NOVA for a job at AOL. Since AOL is based out of Sterling I figured living out west or north of there would keep me far enough from the beltway to stay sane and keep me close enough to visit DC on the weekends if I wanted to.
I’ve had 10 jobs in about 8 years and this last year at AOL has been the best job I have had so far. It’s been great for my portfolio, for my family and for my wallet & sanity. It’s not the same company it was just 2 years ago.
Since AOL has gone open web they are playing catch up on technology but the great thing is that I get to be part of that new forefront and vision. I have no idea where AOL will end up, but I’m happy to know that I have the ability to effect it from such a low position on the totem poll. I’ve got 1 more senior position open on my team if anyone has some Flash chops and hates the beltway. Email me.
And I'm totally down for a NT meetup.
- zombiewoof0
Cheers Matt.
Tonic must have come in after I left. In my day, the only bar in Mt. Pleasant a gringo would enter was the Raven, with googly-eyed John and his baseball bat, pouring the drinks and watching the door. "We don't serve Tequilla, it makes the Salvadorans crazy..." he would mumble.I hope Lima is treating you well. In fact, I too will be near DC in July also. I'm taking the family camping in Shenandoah for a few weeks (I'm dragging my DC buds out to the woods to celebrate my ... uh... 40th...geeze louise)and most likely will spend a few days in town for client meetings... so...DC July meetup/ welcome to the 'hood ...BTW Clear - forget the burbs..get hooked up with a group house of artists in Mt. Pleaseant...you won't regret it.
zombie out.. peace.
- zombiewoof0
Wow Mr Bee. I'm glad to hear that AOL might have turned the corner. I loved the cafeterias (it's an insult to call them that), and the pool of intellect there. What team are you on? I was an AD for Interactive Marketing, and at the time, they were run buy a bunch of maniacs. (Who are now wearing orange jumpsuits as they pick up highway trash). The teams working in the studio had it much better. I was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. The ad sales teams were playing games with the revenue and asking me to develop and run campaings for clients not yet signed.... I said no, and was labled "Not A Team Player". Well they went to jail and was shown the door.
Best of luck, and make the mothership proud.
Did they ever open up that mack-daddy onsite daycare facility...now that was a cool idea.
zombie out, aagin.
- madirish0
mrbee- awesome review. i was just offered a position there as an AD/senior UI designer and can't take it as i am moving. i did though *seriously* consider it as i have heard the same feelings as you just outlined. i hate the area it is located in, but that is short-sightedness i know.
awesome to hear it is a cool place and you are stoked on being there.
DC/NT meetup is officially on.