Making up Experience
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- monospaced1
The worst that could happen is that you're hired because of a skill or experience you lied about, and are then immediately expected to reproduce it. Has happened to someone I know and it did not turn out well.
- freedom1
What are you trying to do?
There are a lot of crap "agencies" that come up with "strategy" and them produce poorly designed materials.
In my experience, people are generally impressed by famous clients you've worked with. So say you worked somewhere that had Microsoft as a client. Even if you didn't do anything good for them or just helped out the team making new Office icons, that will go further than your work designing a cool coffee shop. Unless you want to do more bars / coffee shops.
So just stretch the truth of your role at previous jobs and you'll be fine.
But don't lie about working a place you didn't or whatever.
- ideaist3
"Keeping up with the Jones'" is a loosing battle.
The Jones's are cunts, and it's irrelevant to keep up with them; personally and/or professionally.
Learn the rules for a 1/2 decade or so, break said rule(s) and try to get yourself into an/any industry where your work/life satisfaction is sufficient to continue working/living.
Godspeed.
- _niko3
"What's the worst that could happen?"
Apparently, You could become President of the United States!
- ben_1
/\ LOL, seriously.
But (really) seriously if you have to lie on your c.v. you need to work harder, meet more people, practice your craft more, learn to sell yourself. Sure it's a political industry and often frustrating as hell, but what industry isn't?
Also, just a caution on the Toronto market, it's small so be careful and try to at least make your bullshit believable.
- desmo0
Simple: Don't do it.
- omahadesigns2
Junior designer is 38-50K
Senior Designer is 55-90K
Art Director may be 120K
Creative Director is 150KIf you have skills that will help a company, don't sell yourself short.
If you don't have refined skills, there's people on Craigslist who may hire you for $12-$20/hr to be a computer wizard. Or just find a shitty company that needs someone like you.