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Topic: Just lost my job
| Author | Message |
| designerbabe | Posted – 4/18/2008 7:49:40 PM | show profile printingman, can you send more info on your consulting business? i'm in the same boat here, and could use a project like the one you mentioned... |
| foodlit | Posted – 4/20/2008 12:29:07 PM | show profile Don't be ashamed. Cry if it will make you feel better though. Then put a plan together. If possible, see if you can sign on with a contract agency to get some short term assignments. That way you'll get to try out some different environments and maybe land in one permanently. Good luck, Pam |
| beachbum | Posted – 4/22/2008 6:33:38 PM | show profile how's it going? Did you find a new job since Feb? I haven't read all posts but I noticed you said you were fired b/c you were not fast enough for the company. You'll acquire speed when you work more years and get more experience. You should definitely try to produce high-quality work whenever possible, HOWEVER, companies pay you to produce at their pace and to meet deadlines, so at some point you have to let it go and do what you have to do to finish your designs in time. A good company will appreciate good design, but many don't. In those cases, you have to do your job and not try to come up with the best design in the world. Unfortunately, you'll see that many design jobs are not that exciting and look more like production jobs. That's been my experience after 20 years. That's why you have to do freelance on the side, where you can pick and choose what you want to work on and have the freedom to design as you wish, with your portfolio in mind. At companies, it's more about profits and the bottom line than your portfolio. At the end of the day, they need to get the job done. It's just business, don't take it personally. BTW, I cried at my first job too. Good luck! |
| sk268506 | Posted – 4/28/2008 2:46:20 AM | show profile I'm doing ok, thanks for asking. In hindsight, I didn't save up as much as I probably should have, especially since what I made was pretty much what I paid for rent/security deposit, a mattress, trip home for christmas, and a microwave. I moved back home to save up some money, which means I'm not doing anything related to what I would like, but I'm looking into freelance stuff that I can do possibly long difference. Oh well, I have learned some lessons from my mistakes. It turns out that I was paying a lot more than I should have for rent, and I probably could have handled the moving-related errands (switching banks, finding new doctors, looking for an apartment, etc.) better. I found the job first and then moved, so I was getting distracted with handling all of the things that you kind of have to do between 9 and 5...aka when I'm at work. Next time I'll move first and then get the job. |
