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Silence04
03-24-2004, 08:42 PM
*Sorry for the edit, I had to cover my ass (if you know what i mean)*
AHHHHHHH, i think i'm going insane!!!
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Taylor
Post Edited (Silence04) : 4/6/2004 6:59:08 PM GMT
Mickey
03-24-2004, 09:08 PM
What are you doing now, and if you don't mind... how much do you make?
If you have been doing some good creative work for 3yrs now you may be able to start looking to move on to something better.
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defjoe
03-24-2004, 09:17 PM
join the club.
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Silence04
03-24-2004, 09:38 PM
i work at a small 'freelance-type' graphics company with big clients and a pretty heavey work flow... its just me , my boss (we do all the graphics work), and the owners...
i pretty much do all the magazine ads, web sites, posters, catalogs, concept creation and some marketing stratagies... and evey couple months i'll do package designs and identitiy creation. plus any other little client work that comes our way.
i am making $9.50 and hour and i started at $8 right out of high school.
Taylor
defjoe
03-24-2004, 10:32 PM
Your making good money.
'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'
D-Zine
03-24-2004, 11:41 PM
hang in there...I started at $7/hr right outta college as an ad designer...but if you are getting an hourly rate and working over 40 hours then you are entitled to your overtime...I would check into that and be sure that you get that.
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Mickey
03-24-2004, 11:59 PM
about the only job I would do for under $10hr would be sleep study subject! I would say your getting burned expecilly if your working overtime and not getting paid for it. I live in Wisconsin and started out at $29,000yr salary.
Where do you live? you only at $19,000yr
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Silence04
03-25-2004, 12:26 AM
Tampa, Florida
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Taylor
Post Edited (Silence04) : 4/6/2004 7:01:13 PM GMT
D-Frag
03-25-2004, 12:55 AM
i think your getting burned too man, i started a 8$ at my last job, was up to 11$ within 2yrs, and I worked like a dog for them.....I say if you have been with them for 3yrs and have only had a $1.50 raise...time to start looking, hopefully you have saved your art and have been working on your portfolio....if you go looking for another job and you have a good portfolio, the company isnt even going to ask if you have a degree...so dont worry about that, I have seen alot of good designers that make alot of money and never went to school. I would say you should be making anywhere from $13 - 16 an hour depending on where your located with the experience you have.
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defjoe
03-25-2004, 07:53 AM
Orlando here and trust me... your making good money... for where you are.
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Big Perm-dizzle
03-25-2004, 08:16 AM
damn I thought I was getting screwed at 6 bucks an hour for an internship...$9.50 screw that...move on
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defjoe said...
Orlando here and trust me... your making good money... for where you are.
Defjoe you are scaring me man. How can I dream of relocating thinking I'm going to work for $10 an hour? Man why, ohhhhhhhh why? /emoticons/confused.gif
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defjoe
03-25-2004, 06:56 PM
you have more experience Benjo. sounds like this person is just at the beginning of their career. I should rephrase what I said... for a NEW designer...that is good money.
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*wipes sweat of forehead*
OMG! Thanks man so since you know more or less what can I expect because aside from me be a procrastinating person, I'm going to move out there. Trust me either that or my wife will go without me. LOL! So what can I expect to make out there.
Oh and how is Deltona is it country I know it's right outside of Orlando and I seen some really nice homes there?
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'Adventure, Excitement, A Jedi craves not these things.'
'Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they.'
D-Zine
03-28-2004, 07:41 AM
Benjo...yer movin down south?? Your moving for the Waffle Houses aren't you?? hahha! JK :o)
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defjoe
03-28-2004, 11:45 PM
Deltona is more rural. It's about 45 minutes from me. Between Orlano and Daytona. so you have two markets to tap into if you don't mind driving.
If you were to come down here i would say my best guess is you could make between $28k and $34k starting off. that seems to be the norm. I made $30K when I moved here from Boston 4 years ago asnd now I'm at $41K+ (depsnds of retirement) but that took a bit to break but i have always gone up in Salary. I went up from Boston. NY is different tough... much higher cost of living. Seems to be alot of jobs popping up that you could handle, no problem.
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Thanks Defjoe!
Me and the wife where looking at new homes in the area and we seen some really nice ones that are very affordable in Deltona. I don't mind living there as long as I can get to Orlando in like 10-20 minutes. I would be working in Orlando anyhow because I shore as hell won't find a GD job in a farm.
Your in South Orlando by Disney right?
I noticed traveling from coast to coast only takes about 2-2.5 hours so As long as I'm not living in Daytona and working in Tampa I'll be find.
But you said Rural, excacly how rural is Deltona?
I'm used to the suburbs I understand Rural as Pure country with farms.
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defjoe
03-29-2004, 09:52 PM
2-2.5 hours with no Traffic. That is the I-4 corridor with is notoriuos for traffic.
Deltona is more country land from what I understand. I have only driven through there. It will take you longer then 10 minutes to get to Orlando only because of the traffic. Orlando is HUGE so going point to point takes a bit. From the north part of orlando to Disney is like 15 minutes on ther highway.
I live south East by the airport
disney is south west. About 20 minutes from me.
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danspocket
03-30-2004, 12:43 AM
the first thing you have to do is ask yourself, 'self, what's most important to me?' everything else follows after that.
if you love design, if it's what's most important, then set some goals.
in my case, design is an interesting way to make a comfortable living. as problems go, design-problems are nice ones to have. my brother is a cop, and he had REAL problems. if getting rich was a priority, i wouldn't be in design - i'd be in marketing :)
since design isn't the most important thing, i make sure that i set the tone when i start a job. i leave at 5pm every day. if more time is needed on a job, i come back later. but i leave at 5pm to go work out - something that is important to my quality of life. photography, music, writing, exercise, and family are all other very important things to me, and my employers have always known it up front.
that said, i probably don't make as much as someone else in my shoes might, but i'm happy. right out of college, i made $27k/yr in columbus ohio. five years later, i make $38.5k/yr. it's not bad, but it's also not great.
do i have a point to this? yes: set goals, be assertive with the goals, and always value your quality of life above your paycheck.
Dam they just make everything seem so good in the ads.
As long as I don't have aligators in my back yard I guess I can cope.
Thanks for the info Defjoe.
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'Adventure, Excitement, A Jedi craves not these things.'
'Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they.'
defjoe
04-01-2004, 07:33 PM
it might be a really possibility that you could have gators in your backyard. if you live near water almost a certainty
'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'
Maybe I can contract Steve.
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'Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they.'
Big Perm-dizzle
04-01-2004, 10:17 PM
disney property is like 55 square miles
my cousins is head consierge at the JW Marriot in Orlando
Defjoe do you hang out at Arabian Nights or Dixie Stampeed? JK
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defjoe
04-01-2004, 11:27 PM
You can go to Gatorland when you move here and learn all about those gators.
Perm,
Ha..no way..been to neither. I have been to one of those shows. My wife got them for free so it was great.
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D-Zine
04-02-2004, 03:56 AM
Benjo....if you come down south this way you will for sure see them gators!! They even get into peoples houses!
hehe...I would say I am kidding.....but..it HAS happened :o)
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Who says doodling isn't constructive?!
I've heard the stories but seriously if Steve's wife can jump on them and keep them down what makes you think Benjo can't handel them?
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'Adventure, Excitement, A Jedi craves not these things.'
'Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they.'
D-Zine
04-02-2004, 08:33 PM
Aweeee no no no I never said that Benjo! ROFL!! I'm sure you can take on a 50 ft gator! :o)
hehe Jk about the 50ft! If I could I would move all the GDF regs to GA and Fla...or atleast get em down here for a visit! haha!
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defjoe
04-02-2004, 09:52 PM
My wife applied at Gatorland one summer to wrestle the gators.
no lie
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D-Zine
04-02-2004, 09:56 PM
No sh!t Joe? Hahaha she's awesome!! LOL!
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LOL! I'd be scared of loosing an arm or something. What do they have a 3,000 lb bite per square inch. OUCH!
That would be a very cool job though almost like a fantacy job or something.
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'Adventure, Excitement, A Jedi craves not these things.'
'Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they.'