I saw this thread and decided to share my brief note concerning collaboration to conquer (or at least temporarily faze) the sinister economy.<\/p>\n
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 :)<\/p>\n
-Jim<\/p>\n
—– Original Message —–
\nFrom: Peng Zhao
\nDate: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 4:18 pm
\nSubject: Re: On the subject of job postings…
\nTo: ITP Students <\/p>\n
> I’m curious if anyone interested in forming a freelance
\n> partnership\/group. I
\n> don’t see it as a ideal work or career, but it def helps you out to get
\n> through the down economy and when you are on the way to an ideal job.
\n> I’m a
\n> programmer so I can contribute my programming skills(actionscript, php,
\n> ajax, js, html, css…etc.) and I have a handful connections of excellent
\n> programmers who can develop any scale of
\n> applications\/websites\/projects from
\n> personal use to exterprise level. And I think with the diversity of ITP
\n> talents, we can take on almost any possible project if want to.
\n>
\n>
\n> Peng
\n>
\n>
\n>
\n> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Scott Corrigan wrote:
\n>
\n> > Lori! You reminded me of something my father said when I was
\n> floundering in
\n> > undergrad.
\n> >
\n> > He said, “It doesn’t really matter what you learn in school. A
\n> company is
\n> > going to teach you what they want you to know anyway. Your job is to
\n> prove
\n> > that you can learn new things easily.” Granted tat was undergrad, but
\n> > that’s what it’s like for us out here. ITP is like another (splendid)
\n> > undergraduate degree. All that fascinating trivia and those problem-solving
\n> > shortcuts you’re learning with have their day.
\n> >
\n> > s c o t t c o r r i g a n
\n> > www.scottcorrigan.com >
\n> >
\n> >
\n> > ——————————
\n> > *From:* Lori A Napoleon
\n> > *To:* ITP Students
\n> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 3, 2009 2:54:31 PM
\n> > *Subject:* Re: On the subject of job postings…
\n> >
\n> > Well, bear with me as I shed some optimism because I went thru this
\n> already
\n> > when leaving undergrad with a painting degree – how marketable is that?!
\n> > Granted it took about 6 months of having minimal-paying and
\n> > not-very-satisfying jobs (retail at the chicago architectural foundation
\n> > gift shop; sales and database-management at a gallery selling incredible
\n> > vintage french lithographs but under a horrible tyrant boss)…
\n> finally I
\n> > talked my way into being a roving recruiter\/admissions counselor at
\n> an art
\n> > school and loved this job incredibly. At face value, its a marketing
\n> > position, which I’ve never been trained at and thus could never have
\n> > anticipated for myself… but, being able to go to high schools all
\n> over the
\n> > city I lived in and give talks to students was this incredible
\n> balance of
\n> > having something that paid the bills (and benefits! ah,
\n> > academia),discussing subjects that interested me to students that I
\n> learned
\n> > so much from myself, was incredibly rewarding, and seperate en
\n> > ough from my own work that i didn’t come home creatively drained, so
\n> I
\n> > could continue to do my own projects. I don’t think that is the only
\n> > instance such a balance can occur and that i was just lucky, it just
\n> > requires some searching. I have a friend whose background is in the
\n> arts,
\n> > who works at a physics lab with some of the most brilliant minds on
\n> the
\n> > planet – using her skills as a communicator (skills WE have as
\n> artists and
\n> > interactive teleCOMMUNICATIONs majors we are) to organize science
\n> kits and
\n> > workshops for students and the general public – and she loves going
\n> to work
\n> > every day. I think besides thinking about skills such as
\n> programming, etc.,
\n> > there is something else that we have to offer the world which is extremely
\n> > valuable — communication, enlightenment, ability to navigate between
\n> > disciplines, even just the sense of playfulness at ITP is something
\n> I feel
\n> > is extremely beneficial for us to have had experience with, if we
\n> just talk
\n> > it up in whatever applications an
\n> > d interviews that await us. Maybe I sound like I’m that dreaming-artist
\n> > and that I’m not being realistic, but I really don’t think so (I
\n> could go on
\n> > with other examples but I’ll spare it for brevity).
\n> >
\n> > —– Original Message —–
\n> > From: OpusRAW@aol.com
\n> > Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 1:36 pm
\n> > Subject: Re: On the subject of job postings…
\n> > To: ITP Students
\n> >
\n> > > I hear you. I never really accrued any truly marketable skills at
\n> ITP.
\n> > > I
\n> > > can’t say that it was a complete waste of time, since I did learn
\n> the
\n> > > basics of
\n> > > Flash and ActionScript to get my own personal game projects off the
\n> > > ground.
\n> > > But I’m not entirely sure it was worth the disastrous financial
\n> > > situation I’m
\n> > > in right now– I went to a state school for undergrad, so after
\n> > > getting my BA
\n> > > I was in a nice position of being completely debt free. I took on
\n> > > lots of
\n> > > loans to go to NYU, however, largely because I thought it would
\n> > > improve my
\n> > > job-opportunities. Now, I find I’m underqualified for all the game
\n> > > design jobs I
\n> > > want (because I haven’t worked in the private sector) and that I’m
\n> > > overqualified for any of the part-time temp jobs I might need
\n> > > (because nobody trusts
\n> > > somebody with an MA to stick around any longer than it takes to find
\n> > > a real
\n> > > job.)
\n> > > **************Stay up to date on the latest news – from sports scores
\n> > > to
\n> > > stocks and so much more. (http:\/\/aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000022)
\n> > >
\n> > > —
\n> > leave-9994241-6058284.b228329ecf8599826fda30f6df233dba@lists.nyu.edu
\n> >
\n> > —
\n> > leave-9994517-3318839.ea992d2e00d927155291e1a8185b4976@lists.nyu.edu
\n> >
\n> >
\n> > —
\n> >
\n> >
\n> >
\n>
\n> —<\/p>\n
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