I saw this thread and decided to share my brief note concerning collaboration to conquer (or at least temporarily faze) the sinister economy.
I’m interested in what Peng suggested, be it for collaborative job hunting, freelance work delegation, or initiatives like Bob’s suggestion to create a video game. I can do illustration, technical and creative writing, digital imaging, graphic design, game design and animation/video production and editing. I’m not an expert at any of those, but I can do them all pretty well. Some 3D, but I’m not too confident with those skills in a professional capacity. I’ve had the same problem concerning marketable skills that was touched upon earlier in this thread. I’m pretty good or decent at a whole lot of shit, but I’m not great or specialized in anything, which in a specialized market means I’m kinda hosed. Hence why I was interested in replying to this thread :)
-Jim
—– Original Message —–
From: Peng Zhao
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 4:18 pm
Subject: Re: On the subject of job postings…
To: ITP Students
> I’m curious if anyone interested in forming a freelance
> partnership/group. I
> don’t see it as a ideal work or career, but it def helps you out to get
> through the down economy and when you are on the way to an ideal job.
> I’m a
> programmer so I can contribute my programming skills(actionscript, php,
> ajax, js, html, css…etc.) and I have a handful connections of excellent
> programmers who can develop any scale of
> applications/websites/projects from
> personal use to exterprise level. And I think with the diversity of ITP
> talents, we can take on almost any possible project if want to.
>
>
> Peng
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Scott Corrigan wrote:
>
> > Lori! You reminded me of something my father said when I was
> floundering in
> > undergrad.
> >
> > He said, “It doesn’t really matter what you learn in school. A
> company is
> > going to teach you what they want you to know anyway. Your job is to
> prove
> > that you can learn new things easily.” Granted tat was undergrad, but
> > that’s what it’s like for us out here. ITP is like another (splendid)
> > undergraduate degree. All that fascinating trivia and those problem-solving
> > shortcuts you’re learning with have their day.
> >
> > s c o t t c o r r i g a n
> > www.scottcorrigan.com >
> >
> >
> > ——————————
> > *From:* Lori A Napoleon
> > *To:* ITP Students
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 3, 2009 2:54:31 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: On the subject of job postings…
> >
> > Well, bear with me as I shed some optimism because I went thru this
> already
> > when leaving undergrad with a painting degree – how marketable is that?!
> > Granted it took about 6 months of having minimal-paying and
> > not-very-satisfying jobs (retail at the chicago architectural foundation
> > gift shop; sales and database-management at a gallery selling incredible
> > vintage french lithographs but under a horrible tyrant boss)…
> finally I
> > talked my way into being a roving recruiter/admissions counselor at
> an art
> > school and loved this job incredibly. At face value, its a marketing
> > position, which I’ve never been trained at and thus could never have
> > anticipated for myself… but, being able to go to high schools all
> over the
> > city I lived in and give talks to students was this incredible
> balance of
> > having something that paid the bills (and benefits! ah,
> > academia),discussing subjects that interested me to students that I
> learned
> > so much from myself, was incredibly rewarding, and seperate en
> > ough from my own work that i didn’t come home creatively drained, so
> I
> > could continue to do my own projects. I don’t think that is the only
> > instance such a balance can occur and that i was just lucky, it just
> > requires some searching. I have a friend whose background is in the
> arts,
> > who works at a physics lab with some of the most brilliant minds on
> the
> > planet – using her skills as a communicator (skills WE have as
> artists and
> > interactive teleCOMMUNICATIONs majors we are) to organize science
> kits and
> > workshops for students and the general public – and she loves going
> to work
> > every day. I think besides thinking about skills such as
> programming, etc.,
> > there is something else that we have to offer the world which is extremely
> > valuable — communication, enlightenment, ability to navigate between
> > disciplines, even just the sense of playfulness at ITP is something
> I feel
> > is extremely beneficial for us to have had experience with, if we
> just talk
> > it up in whatever applications an
> > d interviews that await us. Maybe I sound like I’m that dreaming-artist
> > and that I’m not being realistic, but I really don’t think so (I
> could go on
> > with other examples but I’ll spare it for brevity).
> >
> > —– Original Message —–
> > From: OpusRAW@aol.com
> > Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 1:36 pm
> > Subject: Re: On the subject of job postings…
> > To: ITP Students
> >
> > > I hear you. I never really accrued any truly marketable skills at
> ITP.
> > > I
> > > can’t say that it was a complete waste of time, since I did learn
> the
> > > basics of
> > > Flash and ActionScript to get my own personal game projects off the
> > > ground.
> > > But I’m not entirely sure it was worth the disastrous financial
> > > situation I’m
> > > in right now– I went to a state school for undergrad, so after
> > > getting my BA
> > > I was in a nice position of being completely debt free. I took on
> > > lots of
> > > loans to go to NYU, however, largely because I thought it would
> > > improve my
> > > job-opportunities. Now, I find I’m underqualified for all the game
> > > design jobs I
> > > want (because I haven’t worked in the private sector) and that I’m
> > > overqualified for any of the part-time temp jobs I might need
> > > (because nobody trusts
> > > somebody with an MA to stick around any longer than it takes to find
> > > a real
> > > job.)
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