J. Nielsen

Robert, you might want to change out whatever you got on your hook. No one appears to be taking the bait.

JN

That is sound advice.

I noticed as I progressed through school that the LA Field is so broad that it borders on generalized, rather than specific. There are specific subfields for sure, but overall LA covers a broad spectrum of projects. I like that because there are niches to be found.

At the moment, I have tried to position myself as…[Read more]

I have read and heard that “we are all in the same boat”, and I disagree with that logic. I would argue that we are all on different boats in the same storm and each boat will weather the storm differently.

You seemed to have found a niche that will weather the storm and I am glad for it. It means that all things are possible.

thanks for the input.

About two years ago I realized that there was a great potential to work remotely and set up my home office. That was when I set up my LLC and website, then started getting things in order so I could be up and running when I graduated. Things are in place and ready to go, but as you say it is the marketing and getting the name out there.

My hope…[Read more]

Thanks for that insight. Creative people tend not to do well by sitting idle. Software licenses are not cheap and they have to used, so I cannot imagine that designers are sitting on their thumbs. The movement that must be occurring must be behind the scenes, which makes sense for the conditions.

I am one that hopes in the return to normal…[Read more]

While this is a couple years old and a lot has changed, I have found this article to be very helpful.

Especially sitting at home under the quarantines and wondering if going to design school was worth it.

Många Tak

This go pushed to page three.

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Look at some of the Scandinavian Former Seaports (Copenhagen DK, Stockholm SE, Oslo NW, and Helsinki, FI, and others) They have been successfully working for years to clean up and re-purpose the waterfronts for non-commercial use.

There is a lot to unpack here and the only way to is to start at the beginning. For context, understand that I have come into this field after retiring from a career in the Military. So while I just graduated from an accredited design school, I am not some kid living in my parents basement. More on that later as it regards to the GI Bill.

This…[Read more]

You are assuming that AutoCAD is the only format that is conducive to telecommuting and that hand media is not. Technology is such that a designer can hand draw on a mobile tablet or on a Wacom, which automatically becomes digital. If you want old school low-tech, trace paper can be scanned, digitized and e-mailed. Point being, there is a lot…[Read more]

4.5 million students are graduating this year and entering workforce. The honest answer is that traditional work models are going to have to change. Why would a recent LA Grad put themselves at risk of exposure doing entry level CAD work, which is what you hire them for, when that work can be done remotely? The primary question of this thread…[Read more]

What a difference two months can make.

with the current pandemic, graduating students are already having a hard time finding positions. I know, as I am one of them (albeit, I am entering a second career). how many principals are willing to hire someone fresh to work from home?

This is also an opportunity within the industry to embrace the…[Read more]