Talking with industry professionals

My father has been in the creative media industry for over 30 years, working both as a graphic designer and a web designer. He is now self-employed as a freelance graphic designer so he has knowledge of all aspects of the industry. It is due to his immense experience and insight that I asked for his advice when considering my career path.

 Despite his time in the graphic design sector, he strongly recommended I don't follow his footsteps, his reasons being:

 - there is limited room for growth, as he knows I am a fairly ambitious person this would frustrate me after time in the job

 - clients often have a good idea of what they want, therefore your creativity is often stifled making it a frustrating job

 As he knows my personality well, my fathers' advice is the most useful I could have seeked out. I trusted this advise so much I was persuaded to drop graphic design as a career path, despite it being my strongest subject at university.

 I also reached out to an app developer called Kirk Tierney to get some advice for an app I was developing for the final year Production Project. He gave me some useful tips on what software to use and which languages to learn. As he is an industry professional I trusted his advice and was happy to do what he said. I could have just searched the internet for similar results but I wanted to contact a professional for the most reliable information.


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