It ought to be said that, if you were looking to make huge $$$, you’re
\nkind of in the wrong place too. I’m certainly taking a major salary
\ncut in addition to accruing thousands in debt by coming here. My
\nhope is that it’s worth it to have a job that makes me happy.<\/p>\n
My humble $0.02.<\/p>\n
-mc<\/p>\n
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Patrick Grizzard wrote:
\n> This is a job managing the studio for a single artist who makes work for
\n> galleries, museums and private collectors, so I don’t think its really
\n> representative of the job market as a whole. Presumably this job would
\n> appeal to someone who is looking for the opportunity to work for a name
\n> artist and get experience working on large-scale projects, make connections
\n> in the art world, and, by doing so, improve their own opportunities for
\n> showing work, being represented, getting exposure, etc., etc. IOW, this job
\n> is REALLY not about the money. If that’s more of a priority, then I think,
\n> in general, you’re going to be looking at jobs with interactive agencies and
\n> studios, tech start-ups, or perhaps an in-house design\/technology division
\n> of a larger media\/web\/tech company.
\n>
\n> This is not to say that there aren’t people out there trying to find an
\n> interaction designer with great graphic design and programming skills,
\n> experience editing feature-length films and creating broadcast-qulity motion
\n> graphics, basic robotics knowledge, strong bookeeping skills, and a portable
\n> espresso maker for $12\/hour. I think people who are looking for this are
\n> generally clueless and\/or desparate and, as Tymm mentioned, they assume that
\n> a recent grad is more likely to take what they can get, so ITP gets targeted
\n> disproportionately with these types of jobs.
\n>
\n> Check out some job posting sites to get a better sense of what the market is
\n> actually like. I haven’t been looking recently, but these used to be some of
\n> my go-to resources. Also, where else do people look for job postings (FT or
\n> freelance gigs)?
\n>
\n> http:\/\/www.coroflot.com\/public\/jobs_browse.asp
\n> http:\/\/jobs.37signals.com\/
\n> http:\/\/jobs.boxesandarrows.com\/jobs
\n> http:\/\/www.ixda.org\/topics.php?topic=jobs
\n>
\n> Also, some recruiters post open job descriptions on their sites:
\n> http:\/\/www.aquent.com\/
\n> http:\/\/www.cgr.com\/
\n>
\n> I also have a number of recruiters I’ve worked with in the past who send out
\n> weekly or monthly emails with open jobs. A lot of these same ones go to the
\n> IxDA listserv, if your subscribed to that. Same with nyc-chi.
\n>
\n> :P
\n>
\n>
\n> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 3:11 AM, petra farinha
\n> wrote:
\n>>
\n>> it~s funny that midori sends emails so early…when we are still here!
\n>>
\n>> but yes…welcome to the job posts!!
\n>> and there are others that ask for people that do everything: designer,
\n>> coding for everything u can imagine, architect, product designer, coffee
\n>> maker, secretary for less money!
\n>>
\n>> sweet dreams!
\n>>
\n>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Tymm Twillman wrote:
\n>>>
\n>>> A lot of the postings to the list are pretty bad like that, but I
\n>>> suspect the folks who want to pay crappily tend to send out more
\n>>> requests.
\n>>>
\n>>> But yeah, that’s an awful salary for this kind of position.
\n>>>
\n>>> On Dec 31, 2008, at 2:59 AM, Robert Carlsen wrote:
\n>>>
\n>>> > I really hope this isn’t representative of the job market….that was
\n>>> > my starting salary as a multimedia developer fresh out of undergrad,
\n>>> > with a graphic design degree and no practical programming
\n>>> > experience….in 2000.
\n>>> >
\n>>> > so, if that’s what i have to look forward to after 10 years of
\n>>> > experience and an $80,000+ investment in further education,
\n>>> > then….ouch.
\n>>> >
\n>>> >>
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