Paradigm shift

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• Feb 5, 2010

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This Sunday it will be six months since graduation from my Master's program, without any "real job" coming my way. I've decided that this prolonged period of unemployment is the perfect opportunity to more fully involve myself in photography as an art and a business. I just wanted to say that, to make it official. When I think over the past few months, I have been working in small ways as a photographer and graphic artist. I've done a few shoots and some other activities but I let the search for a steady job (photo/graphic or otherwise) cloud my vision to the opportunity before me.

 

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• Feb 5, 2010

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Well. Get this post notarized and hang it on your wall.

 

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• Feb 5, 2010

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keithwms said:

Well. Get this post notarized and hang it on your wall.

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Nah, I think APUG has more official status than a notary, at least in this context.

 

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• Feb 5, 2010

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Congratulations. This is a very big step and one that will reward you in many ways. See the tough times as transition points, if you do that everything will get easier.

 

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• Feb 6, 2010

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I've been out of work since July and have had similar thoughts. I commend you on your clarity of vision. It's not easy to break from the herd, but I it's got to be the most rewarding thing to do. I'll continue to look for work full-time, as my photography would bring Ramen Pride to the table, at best. Nonetheless, I have been enjoying spending a lot more time on photography. No complaints. I wish you great resolve and success.

 

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Well, the job market is in terrible shape and will recover very slowly; also consumers have very little money or credit to spend on anything beyond the basics. From my perspective, the absolute best place to be is school/training/recertification... whatever can serve as a financial holding pattern while also allowing you to get the job you *really* want, hopefully in the not-to-distant future.

Last night, over dinner, some students were moaning and groaning about their homework, and I gave them a length impromptu lecture on what an incredible refuge school is right now.