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Comment on How to finance a career change to Graphic Design? by David545

David545 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:13:50 +0000

I admire your decision to leave a job that makes you unhappy and go into Graphic Design.

You have several advantages:
a. You already aa Bachelor’s degree (more on that later)
b. You are in New York City.

Here’s what I recommend for you:

Start with a very low-cost option. Sign up for the online tutorials at http://www.Lynda.com. They have excellent on line instruction for all the major Graphics software applications. Don’t equate this with “tutorial books.” Lynda.com has excellent classroom teachers… they are simply brought to you online instead of your having to go to class. And, they are sample projects that you can download and work on at your own pace. (Don’t knock this until you have tried it. They have many free (beginning) modules for all their programs. And it’s quite reasonable.. something like $25 per month for anything and everything they offer… Check it out.) This is as close as you can get to actual classroom work without being there… for a small fraction of the cost.

Once you are doing that, use your skills to begin creating real graphic projects for actual businesses. How to do that? Use your friends as contacts. Start by doing work FREE for small businesses. Do good work, then little by little, work up so that you’re getting paid. (You don’t have to leave your day job yet, and you don’t have any sizable cost of education.)

Next, use the money from your first jobs to pay for Graphic Design seminars and short-term classes. (Here’s where being in NYC will be a huge help. There are lots of classes out there. Ask your friends in the design world which are best.)

As your work becomes more professional, put it up on your own web site. Use that site to show potential clients (or an employer) your work.

You will find it very helpful to see examples of outstanding work in the Graphic Design field. There are some very good annuals, such as the New York Art Directors Club annual, The One Show, The Creativity Annual, and books by Carter, Big Book of Design Ideas, Big Book of Logos, etc. You don’t need to pay full price for those. Most are available used at http://www.addall.com.

And, you already have a Bachelor’s degree. To potential employers, that is a key to getting in the door. They don’t care that it is NOT in graphic design. What they do care about is the quality of your work. If you follow these steps, you can improve your work to the professional level.

Good luck.

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Comment on How to delay finance charges on a credit card? by reeth

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Comment on How to delay finance charges on a credit card? by Elsie

Elsie — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:27:31 +0000

I tried it with a Citibank card, and it didn’t work. I ended up transferring the balance to a different card with 0%. Hope you have better luck with Discover. The funny thing was once I transferred the entire balance, Citibank sent me checks for a promotional 6 month transfer offer at 0.99%. They want to get you one way or another, and remember, you can only juggle for so long before you have to pay it back anyway.

Comment on Do you affilate with one political party. If so which one and why? Do you have a favorite politican? If so who? by Samuel

Samuel — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:48:14 +0000

I would prefer democratics..

Comment on Do you affilate with one political party. If so which one and why? Do you have a favorite politican? If so who? by Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:50:38 +0000

I would vote for who ever I though was best.Now no matter who is in I will not vote for a incumbent.It’s my personal form of term limits.

Comment on Do you affilate with one political party. If so which one and why? Do you have a favorite politican? If so who? by Ed

Ed — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:52:33 +0000

I have crossed the political fence many times in my life, however since the first term of bush the “village idiot” I changed my voter registration from independent to Democrat.

Comment on Do you affilate with one political party. If so which one and why? Do you have a favorite politican? If so who? by C

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:46:08 +0000

I am more conservative than most of the Current Republican Party, so while I consider myself a Republican, the Republicans of now are more like the Democrats of 30 years ago, and the Democrats are more like the Socialist party of 30 years ago.

I am a Republican like the Republicans of 30 years ago, a Constitutionalist

Peace!

Comment on Do you affilate with one political party. If so which one and why? Do you have a favorite politican? If so who? by Sir Hardenthicke

Sir Hardenthicke — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:46:50 +0000

i would say i’m a mixed bag, i have voted democratic,republican and libertarian for president over my years

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