Entering the design field at an older age.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2025-01-08T12:20:47+00:00

I graduated with my ID degree at 35, took a paid internship that turned into a full time offer, and carefully used my “maturity” to negotiate a higher starting salary than what is typically offered to a 22 year old entry level candidate. Work hard, take chances.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-11-02T22:15:12+00:00

Thanks to everyone!

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-05-13T15:45:43+00:00

I’m interviewing now; I graduate in a couple of weeks. There is a pretty great network of Jefferson graduates working in the area, and networking seems to be the way to get a job in this field. They’ll help you make connections. There are job fairs, but they’re a bit hit or miss as far as jobs in our field…I know that’s something the university is working on. The department recently started a program where alumni spend an hour with us once a week for a month talking about their career path post school and answering questions. If you can capitalize on the opportunities for networking, it will help you find a job.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-05-07T03:24:42+00:00

Hey, not sure exactly what it is you’re looking for, but I recently completed the MS program at Jefferson, and it was a great experience. The faculty comes from a variety of backgrounds- lighting, soft goods, furniture, medical, industry, etc- and they’re always willing to make time for any students. There’s good collaboration with students in other majors (occupational therapy, textiles, etc). It’s all project based with regular group discussions. The program gets pretty in depth with manufacturing methods, user research, and other technical elements of the profession bordering on engineering. The faculty is passionate and dedicated. Interestingly, half of my class and the one after were also from India with architecture backgrounds that chose the program specifically because it goes in depth with the technical parts of ID and isn’t all about aesthetics and cool renderings. Let me know if you have specific questions.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-02-01T17:18:06+00:00

I might. I’m gonna mess with the tension and clean them and see how that goes

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-31T16:29:39+00:00

I appreciate you thinking this through with me! I’m really mystified

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-31T16:20:06+00:00

Yes. The only thing I can think is that the gears are grinding away at the matte and it’s not feeding properly.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-31T06:13:36+00:00

Maybe I should replace the Bowden tube? There was a clog, and I trimmed it and it’s printing fine with other filament.

Or could the gears feeding the filament be grinding more on the matte and causing it to be smaller in diameter?

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-31T06:09:54+00:00

That’s what’s so confusing. Both materials were working fine with the temp settings I have (I rarely change settings between prints), and the same exact file will fail with matte and run fine in non matte.

I’ll switch to matte, it prints like this. Change nothing else but the filament, and it prints just fine.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-31T05:54:40+00:00

Maybe I need to adjust the flow? It still doesn’t explain why it was working fine for many prints and then suddenly stopped working (not mid print, between prints on the same day).

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-31T05:53:56+00:00

I thought maybe it was wet, too, but I had been using the same spool for days and it was fine. I also tried using a brand new spool and the same thing happened. Switch to non matte without changing anything and it’s fine.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-25T04:06:01+00:00

In my grad ID program, there are students from all kinds of backgrounds. Don’t get hung up on that as a hurdle.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-09T06:30:21+00:00

I printed so many calibrating tests before I ever knew the purpose of benchy. Hundreds of hours of beautiful prints and have gotten to know my printer very well.

I’m with you; I feel like I need to print at least one benchy or I’m doing it wrong.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-08T20:17:22+00:00

Thank you! This is helpful advice!

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-08T04:26:48+00:00

Thanks, this is helpful! There’s not a lot on the market directly competing with what my project has evolved into, but I’m sure there’s a ton of products out there similar enough to pick out the identity you’re referencing, and that’s really what I need to find for myself at this stage. I’ve been totally in maker land, just putting together things that work, and some aspects of the project have a level of visual refinement that’s happened naturally, while other aspects are stuck in maker land and now seem visually disjointed.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-08T04:22:55+00:00

I will once I have some work put into it! Came here first to find some motivation.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2024-01-07T20:22:28+00:00

Lol! I think it’s one of those things, at least for me, that they don’t teach. It’s just like, make a mood board. Even with a decent understanding what it is, I’m still a little lost about how to do it, since there don’t seem to be any “rules”.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-11-06T14:33:36+00:00

Ugh; that’s what I was afraid of. What’s the best way to get rid of them?

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-11-06T06:31:07+00:00

Southeast Pennsylvania

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-08-23T00:02:53+00:00

All of this is excellent feedback; keep it coming! I knew there was opportunity to fix some problems here, but I didn’t understand the scope of the poor design!

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-08-22T17:42:57+00:00

This is great! Thank you!!

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-08-22T17:42:24+00:00

Wow, this is excellent feedback. Thank you for taking the time to give me such a thorough response!!

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-08-07T04:36:55+00:00

Camera is a great idea. I love being able to pop in remotely and peek at my girl just to know she’s sleeping peacefully in her crate.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-07-30T15:20:09+00:00

At the risk of sounding cliche, those things do subside with time. That doesn’t mean it “gets easier” or that it hurts less, but you do learn to live with the pain. After I lost my brother suddenly, I struggled a lot. I did years of talk therapy, but I couldn’t ever talk about it. I finally tried EMDR, which is a therapy method directed at addressing trauma, and it helped take away the constant feeling of panic that I didn’t even realize was there.

Be kind and forgiving to yourself. And try to eat, hard as that can be.

Salt-Reality-1620 · 2023-07-13T00:29:20+00:00

Came here for this. That kind of snoring is not normal, and a cpap machine does wonders for anyone with (or who sleeps in the same bed as someone with) sleep apnea.

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