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- Coffeemaker
to the conclusion i need/want to do only autonomous work. and find a simple dayjob on the side. outside of design.
any ideas for dayjobs?
- identity0
what, other than design, interests you?
- ********0
Starbucks. Great health care.
- awwwwwMau
- You missed your shift this morning.********
- haha no starbucks here.. but i wouldn't mind working in a nice bar...Coffeemaker
- there are no starbucks in chicago??iCanHazQBN
- Mau0
Starbucks
- I am going to take your shift for you again tomorrow********
- I am going to take your shift for you again tomorrow
- ********0
But isn't graphic design commercial by it's very nature? Do you need clients to exist as a graphic designer?
- he needs to make money to survive - so design becomes "dessert" at the end of the work-dayidentity
- Graphic design minus the client is just art.crayz
- No********
- NO!!! STOP!!! do NOT let this devolve into art vs. design!!!identity
- yeah, maybe it is. I've always thought of graphic design as applied art -> there has to be some problem that needs solving********
- (that usually involves a client)********
- too late :)********
- You can be your own client.********
- DAMMIT!!! im out...identity
- So in conclusion, art is not design.********
- * THE END *********
- Rouncey outukit
- ********0
No, you can make your own work and sell them.
I think you are referring to architects.
- airey0
get a job at a magazine publisher. it'll be busy half the time and have pretty good hours the other half. then you can do some 'art for art's sake' work outside of the client directed work. my 2 cents.
- interesting point. but i hate most magazines. i really wanted to work in the library, but you need university for that...Coffeemaker
- that..Coffeemaker
- instrmntl0
day trader
- crayz0
Night stalker.
- vaxorcist0
I could be snarky and say the best side job is to be independently wealthy, having inherited millions, you can teach part time as an adjunct at a prestigious art school, design the rare and beautiful poster for a pro-bono non-profit dance troupe or similar likely - to -win - awards client who will let you do anything....
But... in our real world, anything with health insurance and a lack of insanity wins.... unless it involves working in cube-land.... or nonstop client ego service... wait! isn't that why you're wanting autonomous work?!?
- exactly. that's why i want a simple dayjob. i don't aspire to become rich.Coffeemaker
- Mau0
- fail********
- i hate the words interactive and director.Coffeemaker
- fail
- ********0
Super hero.
Janne the Man Handler.
- ********0
Take a couple of part time jobs - do something that you'd never consider doing normally. Treat it as an experiment - mix it up .. see where fate lands you.
- good idea. but here's the joke, i've been trying that for a while but there really is none!!Coffeemaker
- could you take a break .. move somewhere else for a while - sometimes it's good to have a change of scenery to weigh things up?********
- up?********
- instrmntl0
construction worker, like in the end of office space.
- office space?Coffeemaker
- great film. if you haven't seen it you're uncivilised.airey
- its an American film - not sure about its European distributionidentity
- FAILURE!!!Frosty_spl
- ********0
Sometimes I think I'd quite like to be a gardener or a chef ... just to not have to work on a computer all day.
- TheBlueOne0
busker?
- airey0
mugger / pimp / dealer - the triple threat. cash will roll in.
- CGN0
you could be a nude model?
- i have a very weird body. would that be ok?Coffeemaker
- i was asked to work at "The White Horse", a scout approached me at street.stewart
- if i can work at "The White Horse", you can do it too!stewart
- Corvo20
That doesn't work. Seriously.
- yes, it does. it must work.Coffeemaker
- it does. If you work. that's why it doesn't work. (not you, me.)Corvo2
- lolCorvo2
- PonyBoy0
- two life-changing options here - tents... and JesusPonyBoy
- now that's somethingCoffeemaker
- d_rek0
Become a 'commercial artist' instead of a graphic designer.