advice from mentors et al
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- Llyod
the best professional advice I got was from my first professional boss. He said, "on my death bed I won't say to my self, you know, I wish I spent more time at work".". At the time I was spending too much time at work. He was right.
- rtr0
where was this so-called job?
- Llyod0
madison wisconsin, which if I hadn't had a girlfriend would have swimming in it
- she pulled you away from work or what?rtr
- long boring storyLlyod
- that's a fine town. Goin' there in two weeksflashbender
- if I had my way I'd be living thereLlyod
- C42D0
the best advice I ever got, personally from an artist:
"Don't just go to, or do, 'work.' Do what is NECESSARY"
- Jonas Mekkus, (sp?) Filmmaker
If you figure it out its a revelation. Truly.
- C42D0
the other one is,
"bad clients and bad work that you hate, get you more bad clients and more work you can't stand" (paraphrased)
I think the guy who invented Helvetica said that. So did Philip Johnson, who jettisoned all his sh*t clients at one point, almost went broke, started doing what was necessary (in his mind), and became an icon and 20th century Master.
my 2 cents
C42D- Of course, Philip Johnson had a really, really rich boyfriend.AndyRoss
- 5timuli0
"Some people make it in this world, and some people don't".
- An ex-boss, just after a bad (unjustified) performance review and denied pay rise.I'm so glad your company went under and you lost your house you bald, self-righteous delivery boy fuck.
- 5timuli0
"Sweep the leg, Johnny."
- flashbender0
"Kern that better"
- ismith0
"Shut the fuck up and listen to me."
- rtr0
animation was described as "zzzzp" "zzzzzp" ...still awaiting further clarification on what they really want and mean by this.
- honest0
Don't make the logo bigger, make the logo look better
- ninjasavant0
"don't date fat chicks, they never get better."
-dad
- no matter what they look like now, they all end up looking like their mothersepigraph
- danthon0
"your poor planning is not my emergency"
- blaw0
I was working a fast food job as a teenager and the manager said, "Look, we're not here just to wash dishes and sweep floors. Pay attention to the customers."
- molo0
"Don't talk."
- vespa0
"Youth is wasted on the young" - said by fellow (older) band member upon finding a very young me, wasted at a rave in the mid 90s.
- DUKIE08220
"we are just making shoes here...go home and get some rest"
- Randd0
"just let it fly"
- akrokdesign0
"does it work on 486" - dude with book (flash mx) in his face.
- utopian0
Best advice I got was from George Bush's grandpa Senator McCan't.
He said, "my friend we will be in Iraq for at least 1000 years, get used to it son!" I was like... cool dude you got my vote, fuck the American economy who cares, as long as we win in Iraq!