Job Hunting for that 'office' job

**Josh** · 29 Jan 2005, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Andrew

I'll do it if you put intrepreneurial internet pan handler on yours.

Is that even a word? I don't think it is.

**AstroBlue** · 29 Jan 2005, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by Rumpy

It always has been. Still not publicly traded though

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Actually it's traded on the black market, prices are always "going down".

*badum tish*

**Jeremy** · 29 Jan 2005, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Andrew

have no job or future prospects at all to even be eligible to move out (Jeremy)

The mag gig disagrees with you, and if anyone here failed at life, they'd be dead. Some just suck at it, which is an entirely different issue.

**Rumpy** · 29 Jan 2005, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by AstroBlue

Actually it's traded on the black market, prices are always "going down".

*badum tish*

lol, well played.

Originally Posted by Josh

Is that even a word? I don't think it is.

I know the word he means but when I tried to get the correct spelling from Word, I fucked it up so bad Word doesn't know what the hell I'm trying to spell.

**Josh** · 29 Jan 2005, 05:45 PM

Entrepreneurial.

**AstroBlue** · 29 Jan 2005, 07:35 PM

Luckily, Illustrator has spell check.

**sleeve** · 29 Jan 2005, 07:44 PM

It's not that hard to get a mindless office job.

While I was applying to law school, I worked customer service at a local company that sells vitamin supplements. Within a few weeks I was essentially running the entire customer service department and working out of the vice president's office.

Just go to a temp agency, take the first gig that doesn't make you want to shove pencils into your eyeballs at the end of the day, display some basic competency, and you'll soon find yourself climbing the corporate ladder.

**Rocca** · 29 Jan 2005, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by AstroBlue

Lets face it, most of the successful freelance "new media" kids don't even have a diploma. They just started early, have talent and know how to network and pimp their wares. Anything that isn't really a profession or you must learn academically (i.e. if you don't have accreditation you CAN'T practice Medicine or Law; and you can't learn to be an actuarial by fucking around in PhotoShop) you really shouldn't bother with University or College at all.

Exactly. A friend of mine is on the right foot. He's always been into Media Arts. Before we started going to High he started getting really interested in the domain. Before we even got to College he started freelancing and getting experience in advertising/design/art. He's a couple months away from getting his diploma in Fine Arts and he's already ahead of everyone with 2 jobs and making advertising for the Musee des Beaux Arts downtown. That's the key. Stuffing your portfolio like crazy.

What I hate to see are people in a very popular major and they all expect to get a 50K job off the bat. My College has over 10'000 students, out of 10K, roughly 7400 are in Cinema and Communications or Creative Arts. Abstract, fields like Cinema or Media don't really need a diploma.

So that's about it. Just work your ways around. Do stuff for free, apply everywhere, get your name through, people are going to notice you getting your hands dirty and are going to pick you above all the other Media students doing nothing but holding up their degrees.