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| View Poll Results: What sort of work do you mainly do? | |||
| Freelance - short term contracts < 3 months |
  
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6 | 17.65% |
| Freelance - long term contracts > 3 months |
  
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1 | 2.94% |
| Employed - a cog in the machine |
  
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20 | 58.82% |
| Self-employed / own business - you are the machine |
  
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6 | 17.65% |
| Employer - you're the big cheese |
  
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1 | 2.94% |
| Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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16-06-2005, 06:49
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chevette
Join Date: May 2004
Location: london
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what's your line?
Why do I want to know? Just out of interest really - to get an idea of who's doing what. Plus my working life is changing pretty drastically next week. one week till i quit to become full-time dad |
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16-06-2005, 06:57
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dt immigrant
Join Date: Nov 2004
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who's the other guy that's employed?  ATM I am working for a big corp here, doing the websites/prints, but I'm hoping to get a job in advertizing/web design because I am tired of people not understanding what resolution or cmyk mean |
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16-06-2005, 08:35
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It will not matter where you work mate, most clients have trouble what resolution and CMYK is. Its part of the rich tapestry that we know as graphic design. |
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16-06-2005, 08:41
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dt immigrant
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Bucharest - Romania
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You expect a client not to know what resolution is. But when all types of managers suggest I should be using pictures they found on the internet (usually some 50K gifs) in print brochures, now that really is annoying. Especially when it happens every single time I get such a job. I am the only one who does everything that involves graphics here, so I basically have nobody to talk to about things that I am interested in... Well you get the point. |
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16-06-2005, 09:02
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I do understand an sympathise with you. As long as you try your best and are happy with your work. You really have to take control of such situations and advise your client or boss on the best solution for a particular problem. If they want things their way, then you sometimes have to give in. This can be a good thing because if they insist on using that a 50k gif for print, they will soon learn by their mistake when they see the end result. Thats when you feel really smug! |
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16-06-2005, 09:12
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dt immigrant
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I can't be happy with my work when they insist on using Arial on posters, and they are awestruck that I ask them to pay for pictures from professional photographers. However they just bought a new mercedes for one of the guys in my office, and some guy from the it department just got a brand new Citroen C4. Unfortunately the pay is too good here, so I can't leave yet. I'm waiting |
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16-06-2005, 09:17
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Waiting for what? |
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16-06-2005, 09:26
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Arial thats lucky! I had clients panting for brushscript to be used! that surely is a crime! |
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16-06-2005, 09:54
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Waiting will not get you out of your current situation. You must make your goals clear to yourself, have a plan and go looking. A dream job with dream clients will not come looking for you. It does not matter how good you are, you must be motivated and hungry for it and not stop until you get there. I am sure there are some very talented and well paid designers that work for great agencies who have dream clients who use this forum. One thing I am sure of is that they didnt get where they are by 'waiting'. |
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16-06-2005, 10:01
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aww man! what I could say to that .... |
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16-06-2005, 10:02
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Graphic Design Web Design
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wales UK
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Arial, brushscript, times with bevels and drop shadows with gifs for print. Thats everything rolled into 1 bad dream.. Oh yeah and always picking the worst creative preview and filling any white space left with nonsense just cos they can. |
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16-06-2005, 10:14
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chevette
Join Date: May 2004
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It's a cheeky little font isn't it? Just right for when you want to make your document look a bit "jazzy". I find the "beanz" clip-art characters compliment this typeface perfectly, and I recommend the combination to all my clients who find Times New Roman, or the other font, Arial, a bit "boring" |
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16-06-2005, 10:17
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Join Date: May 2005
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I do meaningless little freelance work that really just amounts to random sigs and a few websites for friends. No money exchanges hands because it's just charity work that I really wouldn't want on my resume anyway. We just call it time of experience. :P |
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16-06-2005, 10:33
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dt immigrant
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I was sure you'd say that what makes you think I am not looking? It's just that very few firms here actually do design properly. For instance this one http://www.blue-wave-solutions.com/ hires webdesigners, but you wouldn't catch me dead applying for a job with them. And I guess it's obvious why. There are tons of similar offers, companies that are worth working in are very rare. That's what I am waiting for, in the meantime I'm working on my portfolio, learning as much as I can, etc. |
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