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- _foreign
freelancing (interface design) last week and started a carpentry/cabinet making apprenticeship.
been thinking about doing it for a long time; wanted to study industrial design a few years ago but it didn't work out. got a lead for a possible apprenticeship opportunity at an established workshop; took me a couple of weeks to decide if it's what i really want to do, and get my head around starting over.
i started last week wednesday...
best thing i've done the last few years; haven't been this happy and excited to get up in the morning for a long time.i'm starting right at the bottom: it's hard work (10 hour day) and the pay's poor, but i'm moving in the direction i want to go in terms of work for the rest of my life.
anyway, i don't really post here much, but i've mentioned thinking about this before... thought i'd share.
- bolus0
sounds like you did the right thing, good luck.
- Bluejam0
good for you & good luck
- emecks0
well done on finding a new challenge and what you want to do in life.
good luck!
- _foreign0
thanks.
it was a big decision, but after the interview and the first couple of days i knew i made the right choice, and the workshop is exactly the kind of environment (quality of work + people) i was looking for, so i'm really happy.
- trevedda0
Good luck, fella.
Follow your dreams
- jamble0
Congrats! It's always nice to hear about folks who have the willpower to do something like that :)
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- chossy0
good lad :) all the best in your new carreer get your carpentry on noah :D
- Dancer0
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jamble
(Aug 10 07, 04:46)lol
was trying to find something to say like this.I mentioned WoodchipToday®
Very best of luck to you. I have a studio Manager who is desperate to give it all up and become a chippy.
*Tips hat
Now get off the board and do some real work!!
- mrdobolina0
good luck, sounds great. I miss when I used to paint bikes for a living all the time.
- madirish0
this is wonderful news. i have a friend who basically did the same thing and she has never been happier.
best of wishes.
- AndyRoss0
Can I have the clients you leave behind?
- _foreign0
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jamble
(Aug 10 07, 04:46)haha.
thanks Dancer.
i got the day off, since we worked yesterday (woman's day).don't have any clients you'd want andy. i've actually been winding it down the last few months, small freelance jobs only 'cause i didn't wanna commit to longterm clients.
thanks again all.
- -sputnik-0
congrats foreign. i'm quitting in 3 days too...although not the industry altogether as you have. that may come later.
- horton0
oh man i'm so jealous.
big kudos to you for making the switch.. there are many many days when i wish i had the balls to do the same.
trades are where it's at for our generation's future.
- _foreign0
cool sputnik.
i walked away from a longterm contract at a development firm in november... couldn't take it anymore. then realised moving up in the industry is not what i want to do anymore.
best of luck.
- -sputnik-0
to you too! and it's true that trades have been highly undervalued...i hope that's changing.
- Nairn0
Good for you, _foreign - the world of design encompasses so much more than paper and pixels, I wish you the very best of luck.
You may not post here much - but I hope you do when you have some thing to share with us - I'm a big fan of wooden things.
- canuck0
Awesome. I remember there used to be a designer on here who did wood work as a side business, it seemed to be a good balance for him. Maybe something you could do also.
- horton0
to you too! and it's true that trades have been highly undervalued...i hope that's changing.
-sputnik-
(Aug 10 07, 08:46)i'll definitely be encouraging my kids to pick up a trade if they're going that way.
plumbers, electricians, mechanics.. those guys are making a killing and a good life, at least where i live.
- _foreign0
yeah, exactly nairn.
the workshop documents all the projects with a digital camera; would be cool to organize a structure for the documenting and get it online.