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I'm a graphic/applied design major.
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I couldn't think of anything else to choose from. I like make web/print and sculpture/3D form stuff, so I went with it. I would've majored in physics/mechanical engineering, but I am very bad at math.
Wtf am I supposed to do now? I already wasted away two years worth of community college, but I don't have enough credits to transfer. Which is probably a good thing, since I still have time to pick something else.
Help. :cry:
I never said that it was. My whole point was that 2 of the three people that I know who have graphic design jobs didn't study it in school. Actually, make that 3 out of four. I just remembered that one of my friends from university is now working as an illustrator for some tech company. He has an degree in labor studies, of all things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Obviously, the lesson here is that having the right connections and skills is more important than having a diploma (or maybe it should be called a receipt) for graphic design.
no, I've had english comp one and two, got a B in one and an A in the other one. So you tell me, are they teaching grammar, punctuation, spelling, or prose in college?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Apparently none.
You make it too easy to pass up.
Drop out. Unless you're planning on doing something specific and intending to go for more than a 4 year degree you're not going to get shit out of college. It's all or none these days. Might as well keep the debt from rising higher and go get that shitty job you were going to have to get anyway when you got out of school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhydant
As for writing: Write a lot, and don't stop. Write whatever you can and work whereever you can to support yourself. If you want something published, they don't care about credentials if you're writing non-fiction (but it's still about who you know a lot of times). Persistance is the key.
So yeah, drop out. Reading and writing will get you further than you think and as far as learning goes:
"At night the highways diesel roar speaks to me and tells me more than any book I have ever read or anything you've ever said."
Schooling won't nessisarily give you that.
They should totally change the title of "Degree" to "Recipt."Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
Tracer, IBTN, but damn its harsh. I've been thinking about dropping out, but then I realized I don't want to be like Opaque. :)
And the government is paying for my community college right now, so I'm not in debt. Yet. But I've got another year to think about it. So not all is lost.
Yeah :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-K
But I'll have tons of sideprojects. The teaching gig'll work well to fund me.
As long as you don't have expensive side-projects... What do teachers get paid these days?Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
Wait, so you measured in Graphic Design in Community College?Quote:
Wtf am I supposed to do now? I already wasted away two years worth of community college, but I don't have enough credits to transfer. Which is probably a good thing, since I still have time to pick something else.
Honestly, smartest thing to do in community college is graduate liberal arts with a high GPA. Easy transfer and all of your core is done. S'what I did. It was super easy getting crazy scholarships and shit with it, too.
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Originally Posted by Master
The shittier the district, the more you get paid. In Fort Bend here, you get 36K a year. In Houston you make 43K a year. Depends on how much shit you want to deal with.