the death of graphic designers
I must shamefully admit that for 15 years now, i have been actively looking for a job. 10 years ago i would still land job interviews, although very far in between. The last 5 years… i only got a number of phone interviews and a handful of in-person interviews. I have a web stat counter in my online portfolio for more than 20 years now which includes information on the following: source of link (search engine or direct), IP address, location, date and time of day, which page, how long on each page, their exit page, etc. I know when someone views my portfolio link. there are weekly hits, aside from crawlers.
While i mentioned in the past, after graduating, i told myself i would never work for a phone directory nor a newspaper, because it doesn’t really require much creativity and not enough design projects. i sent some resumes to ad agencies, but didn’t really pursue them because that involved commercials, and that was too stressful for me. I knew a LOT of ad agency people, and it wasn’t for me. So i was only interested in applying to design studios, which i thought was my ultimate dream job. Although i went to school to become an Industrial Designer, there were no job prospects in the Philippines. The closest was packaging design so I was able to get hired to design packages for Procter & Gamble. And the rest, as they say… was history.
Did i mention my last resort were phone books and newspapers? Like, if desperate enough? Well, i worked for a yellow page company for 8 years, and it was one of the best times of my life. Not only did i design ads for practically every business in the state of Hawaii, i was head of the design and production department.
And newspapers? Well, now on my 14th year with a weekly newspaper company. I can’t say it wasn’t fun… because i had lots of fun. This was where i further got WOKE. hahaha. I was a social justice advocate even before, but was exposed to inner goings and outs of our society even more. But i really need to move on, it has become too, too … threeeee, foouuur.
so, where was i …. ahhh the death of graphic designers.
oh yeah, i was meaning to say artificial intelligence is taking my whole job and google knows everything.
apparently, these are the requirements to get hired now, according to shillington
And so I am doomed. Hopefully, there are still organizations who would need my services. haha
and that post was from 2024. wait 6 months, and those will change.
And that’s the way it is. Cue Bruce Hornsby.
Standing in line, marking time
Waiting for the welfare dime
‘Cause they can’t buy a job
A man in a silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old ladies’ eyes
Just for fun he says, “Get a job”
That’s just the way it is
Some things’ll never change
That’s just the way it is
Ah, but don’t you believe them
Said, “Hey little boy, you can’t go where the others go
‘Cause you don’t look like they do”
I said, “Hey, old man, how can you stand to think that way?
Did you really think about it before you made the rules?”
He said, “Son
Well, that’s just the way it is
Some things’ll never change
That’s just the way it is”
Ah, but don’t you believe them
Mm, yeah
Well, they passed a law in ’64
To give those who ain’t got a little more
But it only goes so far
‘Cause the law don’t change another’s mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar, no, no
That’s just the way it is
Some things’ll never change
But that’s just the way it is
That’s just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
i miss those days. well, i think so. haha.
also, i miss 44.
by the way, please hire me. :p
