Hack your Designer Job
You should know that getting a job in graphic design is not easy. But neither is getting a job in any field where people actually care about what they do.
How to land your frist Designer Job
1. Lose the graduation date
2. Follow up like a madman
3. Get a computer
4. Create “fake” work
5. Relax
Optimist’s Guide to a Graphic Design Job
STEP ONE: Care. Care more.
STEP TWO: Learn. Learn more.
STEP THREE: Get involved. Really involved.
STEP FOUR: Don’t be an asshole.
STEP FIVE: Have a portfolio.
Pessimist’s Guide to a Graphic Design Job
ONE: Give a care about what you do. If you don’t give a care, go do something else.
TWO: You don’t know [everything]. Stop acting like you do. Read a […] book and learn something.
THREE: Go to [poop.] Design [poop.]
FOUR: Stop being such an [expletive] all the time.
FIVE: Learn to talk about your […] work. If you can make it look good, that’s fine too, but you probably can’t.
