04-05-2002, 03:39 PM
I went to Art School for Illustration, but ended up changing my major to Art Education with minors in Drawing & Illustation b/c I didn't like the graphics courses we were forced to take, I wanted a more fine arts slant..plus it was pre-computers, so it was really dry and boring paste-up and shit graphics stuff. I ended up not teaching for two seperate reasons...when I graduated, it was during the recession of 92, and art teaching jobs were not there or needed (and not truly needed since either in NYC). The other reason is I felt I would stagnate creatively and not learn or grow in the areas I desired locked into teaching on a high school or grade school level....
So, I work doing Graphics, Production, Layout and Design for a publishing company for the past 5 years, and been in this field for about 7 or 8 years. I have considered going back to school for Multimedia Content & Design or Media Studies, but I'm still paying student loans, and I not so sure that going back will further me, since in the last 5 years I've gone from entry-level to management doing things on my own terms for the most part...learning what I want to learn on the way. But, that aside, lately, I think I've hit a wall, b/c I don't really think I want to go further here anymore. So, I'm kind of at a point of transition, and not sure what path to take. I find my side-projects and freelance more interesting than my day-job these days, and once upon a time it used to be the opposite. Now that things have equalized or repaired itself in my personal life, the job situation is something I need to get handled sometme soon...but the economy sucks right now, and the job outlook these days are shaky. School maybe the best place to go and learn till things sort itself out with the industries, and perhaps by the time one gets out, it will be better. Having floated job to job in 92-94...these were dark and uncertain days for me...and it took time just to get on the path i've been on currently.
So, I work doing Graphics, Production, Layout and Design for a publishing company for the past 5 years, and been in this field for about 7 or 8 years. I have considered going back to school for Multimedia Content & Design or Media Studies, but I'm still paying student loans, and I not so sure that going back will further me, since in the last 5 years I've gone from entry-level to management doing things on my own terms for the most part...learning what I want to learn on the way. But, that aside, lately, I think I've hit a wall, b/c I don't really think I want to go further here anymore. So, I'm kind of at a point of transition, and not sure what path to take. I find my side-projects and freelance more interesting than my day-job these days, and once upon a time it used to be the opposite. Now that things have equalized or repaired itself in my personal life, the job situation is something I need to get handled sometme soon...but the economy sucks right now, and the job outlook these days are shaky. School maybe the best place to go and learn till things sort itself out with the industries, and perhaps by the time one gets out, it will be better. Having floated job to job in 92-94...these were dark and uncertain days for me...and it took time just to get on the path i've been on currently.
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