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JoonasTo:
I have personal experience with graphic designers, most of them work in a supermarket.  ;D

saionjee:

--- Quote from: JoonasTo on September 03, 2011, 01:32:23 PM ---I have personal experience with graphic designers, most of them work in a supermarket.  ;D

--- End quote ---

K. Did they do good?
Wait. Are you a graphics designer?

kitamesume:
take graphics designing, web designing can be done even without the course itself, all you need is a book.

Edit: yes i am serious, if you're managing your own blog then thats the simplest web designing you've done.

JoonasTo:
I think they're just as good in supermarket as anyone else.  :P
As in school, yeah, they were good. Really good even. But Finland is oversaturated with graphic designers so there's zero work here.

No, I'm not. Thank god for that!

Andu has more info on UK side, so far, not so good.

Natheria:
And this is why i am happy with my choice of a hard(er) science.  ;D

Web design can really be done by most anyone who knows a smidgen of HTML and has Dreamweaver. The most important things your going to be doing actually are learning how to use key words and boost your goggling status for clients (and if the degree doesn't have a class for that they sorely need it). As for animation and Graphic design, that's out of my own field so i have little knowledge on those degree paths. Generally I've seen people couple Web and Graphic together to be successful.

     JoonasTo brings up a very good point in that you should look around and ask people whether a certain degree actually has jobs out there. There is more to picking a degree than just "this might interest me" or "I think i could do this". Generally hard sciences do the best because there is always a demand for them (i believe last time i looked they had like a 95% chance of getting into your respective field).

The labor market works just like any other market in the sense that different jobs requiring certain skills are in varying supply. Jobs in the arts and social sciences are generally in lower supply (there are a ton of people with English and Philosophy degrees working at McDonalds). Of course it depends on where your trying to get a job etc. Many people with those kinds of degrees ether have to be the top of their field or combine it with some other skill/talent. Remember that when you choose a lower demand degree you have to go farther in that field or again take up something else along with it to make the cut (A.K.A getting a masters or doctorate instead of just going for 2-4 years or having multiple degrees that work well together). Also remember that certain degrees and job types (such as anything related to computer science) require you to stay up to date in your field as well and that staying stagnant will only make you obsolete (My mom used to be a software engineer for 20 some odd years and now she can't get squat for a job cause she stayed stagnant in her training).

I'm curious as to what drew you to Animation/Graphic Design/Web Design in the first place. Lure of money/interest/other?

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