Why do we do this?
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- luckyorphan0
I do this because I'm okay at it (I'll never think I'm all that great), it's often enjoyable and it pays decent.
But if I could be a teacher and make the same rate, I'd bail any time.
- vitamins0
If I didn't have to work, I would be painting at my own leisurely pace.
- sneakybadger0
*checks light fixing*
- previous0
I do it for the glory of god
- ukit0
you know what, bull shite, this is the best industry to be in.
look at other people, soulless losers slaving away in accounting or human resource management.
if it is really your dream to go off and "build stuff" I guess you can, but have fun living off Ramen noodles. I bet the building stuff thing gets old pretty fast anyway. Go ask Jesus how that turned out.
- <<<<<<<<<<PonyBoy
- +1hellojeehae
- Jesus was a teacher/rabbi not a carpenter. That was Jacob.Amicus
- Well OK it's debatable. What we do know is that his slacker lifestyle ended badly for him.ukit
- All he did was stroll around places telling stories and starve himself every now and again...aanderton
- PonyBoy0
about 13 years ago I worked for Citi... I was an 'exucitive' (lol) at age 21... it took me nine months to go from a drone who did the same old shit (moving paper - verifying customer info... boooooring repetitive shit) alll day long... ... and I saw a posting for an exec spot that I knew I could handle. I applied... and I got it...
... 3 months later and a quadrupled salary - I realized I was still in 'drone mode'... repetitive boring shit where 'the solutions' were already in place... and all I had to do was follow them... zzzzzz...
... I complained to my Dad... ... his immediate reaction - 'you seem pretty good at that 'art' stuff - goto school'... so I dumped that position - moved 1500 miles west for school...
...now I don't have to work.
Love you Daddy!
—Kevin
- egosmoke0
Everything scarabin said was dead on, but I'll add a few more.
I work in interactive / web, and I love my job and this industry. It's allowed me to travel, not only to other states, but also other countries to work and live. I don't need a lengthy resume, I am hired and judged by the quality of my work. I don't answer a phone and I don't sit in a cubicle with fluorescent lights beaming down. When there was a recession, I was busier than ever. I am constantly challenged daily and inspired by the people I work with. I don't need to stay at one job for 20 years to work my way up some ladder, rather I can work at different shops and gain more experience. The list goes on.....
- Projectile0
I do it cos it's at least interesting. I could never do a job where I'm just pushing paperwork. I've done design.. sorry, artworking.. that was almost there.. months of mindless processing, not even choosing the odd image or layout, literally just amends. Atm i'm a bit aof a screwdriver at times but get to decide on most of what I do. And I like it.
I'd rather be ariver guide or a kiitesurf instructor, but yeah.. no money. I would have actually studied industrial design not graphic design, but didn't even know the damn field existed until I saw people doing it at my college. Glad I stuck with graphics though.. it's the best industry to freelance in. ...if you can code. Which I can't. But im working on it :P
- studderine0
so i can be more sophisticated than everyone else.
- orrinward0
I'm 22 so I'm fresh blood.
I've been pursuing some form of creative practice since I was about 15. I was interested before but had decided that this is what I wanted to do.
I hope to get a job in some form of design soon and pursue that as long as I enjoy it. I've had 7 years of playing around and developing skills in a broad range of sectors and I feel I'm maturing to a point now where I'd like to really hone in on something.
Ultimately I'd like to be able to make a living off of some of my entrepreneurial ideas, but I don't have the time or money in my life to dedicate to those just yet.
I've only worked in the industry for a year on placement and I had the time of my life in that year - Partly due to my job but also due to the life I built. I'm now in a situation where I do want to develop and progress a career, but ultimately I want to support the other things I started in that year.
I think I can be satisfied in design/art for the rest of my working life, but I doubt I'll stick with a single area for the whole time. I'm too erratic in my lifestyle to stay in one spot physically and with regard to employment.
I love design so far because I like to create things and come up with new ideas. I'm a natural problem solver/solution finder and the most enjoyable place I've found to use this talent is through design and creative practice in general.
I'm a genuinely unique thinker and I find art and design is an easy outlet for my thoughts. I don't have a particular passion for a set of tools or industry as such, I just enjoy what the industry can challenge me with and what I can bring to it.
Whether this will last or not I don't know. I'm far newer to it all than most of you guys so I can't really say what I've just said will stick, but this has been my aim, albeit a vague one, for 7 years and I've not once thought 'This isn't the direction I want to push myself in'.
- plash0
I do it because i love it and i can't imagine doing anything else. it pays my bills and it allows me to keep mind sharp.
there are plenty of other scenarios where things would have ended up worse. plenty of other jobs where all they need is a drone. so i thank my lucky ass and put up with my bitchy clients and deal with the am meetings and late nights. my needs are compensated, my time is valuable and i am a listened voice in my organisation.
if the job doesn't fulfill your most basic needs.. gtfo
- svenreed0
because if i was in soviet russia the government would be designing me
- Peter0
Could be worse. Or better. I'm not sure if I understand an article that was linked, through proxy (something about empty LA art), on the PBC yesterday. At any rate he sounded like you bunch of whine'oes:
http://trueslant.com/matthewnewt…
- ftravieso0
I never questioned it. Computers and art were in the mix and it was my mission to go for it. Moved to Barcelona and although the market pool seemed very very deep there seems to be a way to flow with this profession through quite a few other disciplines, if you invest in learning.
- scrap_paper0
I got into design on a whim. I had been studying Biology in University. Dropped out after three years because I wasn't happy. Worked in a paint store for a year and was ready to shoot myself in the head and decided to look into school again. I was leaving through a course calendar, found graphic design, thought it looked interesting and dove in.
Fast forward about 12 years. Been working for myself for six years now. The work has been a mix of rewarding and mundane. It pays the bills but the first few years were really tight. I think I like what I do but I've been going at it for so long now a lot of my daily tasks feel kinda boring. I've thought about changing careers plenty of times.
I do what I do because, at this stage, its what I do. I get satisfaction from the gig on a professional level but if I was to win some cashish I'd walk away in heartbeat and never talk to another client again.
- sherm0
i pretty much love being a web developer. i don't like paying taxes though.
- ukit0
- sputnik20
i do it because i love it. 10 years FT and branching out, then a break, now freelance. i don't necessarily need it as much as i want it.