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- dMullins0
I find it particularly amusing (in my own case at least), that the week drags on sometimes and I'm ready for the weekend, but after a relaxing weekend, I *need* to get back to work. Having a sick day or being away from the office more than a day or two and I start to feel aimless. A bit sad, really, but I think it speaks to how much I enjoy this industry.
- CALLES0
i just need to figure out a way to make money from posting on qbn
- shellie0
I did a string of jobs that were somewhat related for 10 years, as in house staff, then freelance, then as a department head at a small agency, then for my own company which I still operate.
illustrator - designer - programmer - producer - producer/designer/programer - EP
I'll still do a freelance contract or two a year, but now I am a booking agent / sometimes tour manager / all the time talent manager. I live on tour buses half of the year. After years of long office hours I just wanted to drift for a while and it's been fun. The problem solving and budget management skills you pick up as a producer works well with managing mid level touring acts (drawing around 350-500 heads at shows nationally). Usually it's a bus load of sensitive or possibly difficult creative people on board -- not much different than keeping some balance in a design shop office.
- yurimon0
- I learnt to letterspace with transfer lettering as a kid :)BaskerviIle
- < same. i loved these.sine
- scarabin0
if i weren't so in love with my girl i'd quit the whole money game entirely and go back to the zen monastery and become a monk
- Maybe she'd go with?omahadesigns
- back?monospaced
- she would but i know it would be selfish of me, esp since it's not her thing. we wouldn't be allowed to be with each other there anywayscarabin
- anyway. and yeah mono, i lived there a couple weeks doing sesshin. i wanted to stay but i've too many attachments i guessscarabin
- What was it like? You think you could live there permanently?ukit2
- remove everything from your life except a robe, a cushion and a bowl. fill the rest with meditation. that's basically what it was like.scarabin
- it was really intense in some ways, really boring in others. but that's my life now. i think i could do it.scarabin
- I can understand the appeal in some ways. Removes all the complication from your life.ukit2
- I would only do it if I could also bring a large supply of psychedelic drugs :)ukit2
- bainbridge0
I always think it would be more fun to work in a print shop, like a high end one. But they always turn out to be like factories with business people running them and then like immigrants doing all the work.
All the college educated craftsmen only make furniture or things like glass art.
- Didn't mean to sound snooty. But I would feel strange sending a print shop my resume with agency experience on it.bainbridge
- mikotondria30
Designing, building and installing bespoke speaker and monitor systems into homes, clubs and studios. Engineering everything from the amps to the drivers, cabinets and installation rooms.
- Is what I would imagine I'd like to do, if I knew how to do it. And had the opportunity. And development money. etc etcmikotondria3
- whatthefunk0
I'm moved to the product side focusing on UX, wires, personas, flows, etc. While this isn't exactly "leaving" design it's a change for me b/c I'm not focused on executing a skin on other ideas - I'm now defining the concept. I'm really enjoying making tons of detailed and annotated wires and addressing every use case possible for web, mobile, or tablet experiences.