career decisions...
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- vaxorcist0
Take the blue pill eh? I had a mid-life crisis a bit early, after too much #1, but that's just me... I'm broke and happy now....
- jonffanak0
get this book and read the chapter on said problem
- shuyu0
Option 1 and keep looking for a better opportunity.
Any studio that pay you 50% less... is already a sign that your talent don't worth much to them. You may very much end up with less pay... and less creative freedom also.
- sothere0
follow the gut my friend. always works for me.
- boobs0
Go with option #1, but start spending more money on cocaine.
- Guss0
Option #1 it is... at least for now.
Thanks guys!
- monkeyshine0
If you're asking the question I suspect you are not ready for Option #2. I can nearly see the white's of your knuckles as you cling to your Option #1...Stick to Option #1 until Option #2 comes into focus and becomes the only path.
- fredddddd0
if 2 is a reality, go for it. if its everything you desire, it can always lead to better work, and a better corporate job in the future if money is more important then.
#1 is a trap you can't get out of.
- Leigh0
OPTION 2
- cannonball19780
im gonna have to say follow your penis
- ukit0
FFS, life is not a binary choice people:)
I'll just add to what I said earlier - I doubt the small studio/ studio owner life will lead to quite as much "creative freedom" as you might expect. Small studios are as subject to the financial pressure as much as a big company, and that often means taking less than ideal jobs just to keep the lights on.
But really - there's absolutely no reason a designer should struggle to get by at a smaller studio, especially an award-winning one. Graphic design isn't exactly like being a painter or a poet or something - we tend to get paid pretty decently if we're at all good at what we do:D So I would go for that option as long as you are able to support yourself, because it sounds like that's what you wanna do.
- ukit0
Not to get all philosophical, but it's such a Judeo-Christian way of looking at the world, isn't it?
I could do this but I'll have to give up that. I could be happy but there's always a price I have to pay...:)
- ali0
#2 life is empty if you are not fulfilling your creative needs
- maikel0
Mate, go for you option #2 ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT.
Sooner or later (unless you or your family is loaded) you'd realise that to go further you need some money.
What some money is, only you can say it. So, if 50% is still affordable, why would you go for a less likeable job?
Somehow I'm on monospace side. You can earn good money in a non-creative job and make enough money to edit your own non-client-related books. To me, it sounds quite fulfilling.
Bear in mind, even the greatest job can have the shittiest clients and make your life miserable...
- babaganush0
It is a cliche but cliches are generally truths...' twenty years from now you'll regret the things you DIDN'T do, not the things you did '
- that's bullshit. there are many things that i've done and i regret.maikel
- vespa0
I've been in a similar position twice. In both cases, when the more "fun", creative (i.e. badly paid) places found out how much I was on, they said they couldn't compete and that I shouldn't take a pay cut as they'd feel bad about it.
The grass is always greener: when you are well paid, you think "this can't be right, if only I was in a more creative place, I'd sacrifice the money and be happy". But the truth is, if you can't afford it, lack of money can make you pretty stressed and unhappy.
Maybe I'm easily pleased. I can make any job creative and fun.