Design: pluses & minuses

Pluses & minuses

High job satisfaction; something new to learn every day, boredom is a rarity.

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Open-ended hierarchies, work environment is fairly casual.

You can add to your income by freelancing.

You are visually chronically the age you are living in. A designer in that sense is a social historian.

Not enough awareness about the field; the word ‘designer’ usually conjures up images of the fashion industry. And otherwise too it is perceived as a mindless ‘makeup’ job.

Despite salaries rising, they still don’t match those offered by other industries.