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I have a question about college and how much importance there is to it.
I have an associates degree in graphic design, started university to get my bachelors but i have at least two semester's worth of just liberal arts bull shit before i get to the useful stuff and even then the curriculum doesn't seem as useful except to at the end have a bachelors degree. Over the summer i became very depressed and long story short i decided to take a break from college and managed to get an entry level position as a graphic designer/production specialist.
Would it be good to go back and get my degree or should i just move up the ladder with the experience i gain from this job?
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>>280609
No-one has ever asked for my degree. That being said, if your young, take the opportunity while you can.
Dont worry about the content of the course. Get a digital tutors account and just do tutorials every fucking day. Become a master of the software. Become friends with all the tutors. Give everything 110%.
That's what I did. I got a job straight from uni and 1 year later I went back and got my assistant from the same course.
Dats my 2 cents
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>>280610
>No-one has ever asked for my degree
Seconding this, portfolio and experience is all employers care about.
If you would actually enjoy finishing your studies and can afford to do so then id say go for it, just for fun, but the actual piece of paper you get at the end is not useful.
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you are only a good designer if you can forge the content of proof of education on a piece of paper printed out on the stock that includes your name and your major on it.
i did that and got away with it.
who the hell even contacts universities for grad verification anymore? doesn't fuckin' matter in the long run. show good work and get experience.
college education is bullshit busywork that keeps kids safe from the real world. employers looking to hire designers are not going to ask for your GPA for this very reason.
good hunting.
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>>281157
Thanks man and thanks everyone.
Yeah i'm getting bogged down by fluff and design classes that don't seem different from the next. You get the same students getting A's with mediocre work and the same lenient professors who let it pass by. It seems that what you get out of design classes is what you put in, they're not there to service you and the more you work on a project the more you learn. The only classes i found useful were the software intro classes. At this point, i am not willing to put in another two years and get into more debt just to get to where i am right now. I can get ahead with the experience i earn from this job looks better on a resume than a degree does. I will just work on my portfolio and work hard at my job.
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