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Career Decision

September 16th, 2009

found this on QBN….http://www.qbn.com/topics/579601/

on Jan 19, 2009:

whitewolf

So hypothetically I know this kid who is an entry-level designer.

This guy interviewed for a graphic design position that included: photo studio work, print, illustration/logo, some web comps etc. He got the job offer and accepted. Three weeks into the job, he was given a web project. He was to take a pre-designed comp and develop/build the website. Keep in mind that in the interview process this kid explicitly expressed that all he had was a basic knowledge of web technology (flash animation, html, xhtml, basic css, tables etc) This person tackled the project the best that they knew how and upon completion was question of their ability.

A meeting was then held with the CEO and creative director: Bottom line, we need someone who can do web, and only web, either get up to par or get out. So, this person then consulted many a tutorial and fellow web personnel in the company. Now this person is up to par with company demands. They can build with css, div tags etc.

It has been three months since the meeting and this person has yet to see another non-web job. This person is thankful for the crash course and learning a bit of web development, but is creatively stifled.

So…

Should this person:

A) Stick with this company for one year, learning as much as they can and reaching the 1 year agency experience mark for the resume. Then apply elsewhere for a more fitting position.

or

B) Leave at the 8 month mark, and cash in on the opportunity to live in Southern Sudan/ Northern Uganda and work with a dear friend’s humanitarian non-profit. Basically riding around in land rovers helping build schools and medical centers for refugees. This would be a total of 3 months and then this person would return to the states and start the job hunt over again.

So, is getting a full year under their belt at a place that they do not trust help them more? Or should this person cut the agency experience short by pursing a passion and going on the ultimate adventure?

Fire away.

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9 months later, he returns from Sudan/Uganda with this video:

Teaser 2 from WHY THE WOODS on Vimeo.

http://whythewoods.com

I’m so glad he made the right decision.

by Nelson

2 Responses to “Career Decision”

  1. Jackie

    vid not working. Interesting story tho…

  2. Nelson

    try again….it should work now…

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