Alternative career

[Designersaur]

Anybody got any suggestions for an new career for a designer who's been in this industry for 20 years & is sick to death with it?

[Esh]

Like your user name lol

[Katedesign]

Plumber - they always seem to have work. Builders seem quite busy too. Painter & decorator?
I would seem to be advising get a trade!
If you are male junior school teaching is always a good bet. You generally rise to Deputy head/Head fairly quickly. . . design/art teacher in secondary school. . .

[Boss Hog]

Rock Star, Footballer, Racing Car Driver

[YOURFLYERS]

Stick at it mate! Things can get hard but everything will be ok in the end if you work hard!

[Katedesign]

Rock Star, Footballer, Racing Car Driver

If he's been in the business for 20 years he'll be to old for those!!

Good looking? Film star.

[Designersaur]

If he's been in the business for 20 years he'll be to old for those!!

Good looking? Film star.

Too old for that too!!!

Not a very positive 1st post I'll admit, but since computers have taken over everyone who can click a mouse seems to be an expert! I'm having an ongoing battle with a marketing manager who hates white space & wants to fill every available space with crap, he even suggested bomb burst the other day!
I just wonder why I bother, the job I use to love has lost it's shine.

[Katedesign]

Morgan Freeman came to prominence in his 50s. . . there is always hope!

Stick at it, grit your teeth, recognise that this marketing manager is an idiot and keep bu**ering on (as Winston Churchill used to say).

You could try doing a bargain/deal with the idiot and suggest that the company puts out one leafet/advert/brochure with your design, monitors the response and if it is a worse response to HIS ideas then you will bow to his superior knowledge and never question his ideas. Then cross your fingers and hope that your version works better than his! Could be risky but might be worth a punt!! As he is the Marketing Manager he should be measuring response to advertising. . . so it might pull him up anyway!

[dedwardp]

Too old for that too!!!

Not a very positive 1st post I'll admit, but since computers have taken over everyone who can click a mouse seems to be an expert! I'm having an ongoing battle with a marketing manager who hates white space & wants to fill every available space with crap, he even suggested bomb burst the other day!
I just wonder why I bother, the job I use to love has lost it's shine.

Perhaps the same job but for a new company? Sounds like the marketing manager's 'advice' is getting to you, but if you were somewhere else with different people then would that help perhaps?

Find somewhere where it's an environment you feel you fit in with better and where maybe the ethos suits you and you could be happier without having to throw away the design - reignite your love!

[Dave L]

You could try doing a bargain/deal with the idiot and suggest that the company puts out one leafet/advert/brochure with your design, monitors the response and if it is a worse response to HIS ideas then you will bow to his superior knowledge and never question his ideas. Then cross your fingers and hope that your version works better than his! Could be risky but might be worth a punt!! As he is the Marketing Manager he should be measuring response to advertising. . . so it might pull him up anyway!

Alternatively, a good, hard punch in the face never hurt anyone (wink!).