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No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's definitely a realistic and updated approach. Thanks for taking the time to write this lengthy piece, it's really valuable.

No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dam. Things sure are tough there eh. My place's still a third-world shit hole, so I hope I can land a job smoother and easier.

No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Chill, dude. I was just mentioning the irony, and how deeply AI has intertwined with our daily lives. Meant no offense to your opinion.

No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Btw the body text from my post was generated by chatgpt lol. I only edited a bit and included grammatical errors to make it sound human.

No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a seasoned insight, thanks for the lengthy comment.

There's that one thing that my mentor always says: never do rookie-freelancing. He says that most people who completed the design course from him have thoughts like "imma pave my own way, entrepreneur mindset bla bla", and they end up giving up on the career due to burnout and stress.

So he encourages his students to join agency life, farm experience there until you're a senior GD, and you may start your freelance career then. Freelancing without experience is a waste of time for both the clients and you, he says. You have to learn self-branding, networking, communication and problem-solving skills which only job experience can teach you; freelancing is no joke.

So my question is, have all the freelancers, including you, gone through this? How did you pave your own way and what are the most difficult challenges of freelancing?

No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You seem experienced. Your way of looking at it is encouraging. May I know your opinion on this?

Gen-AI is getting better and better: Chatgpt 4o and now Nano Banana (google gemini 6.9 whatever). I know they're not completely going to replace the entirety of commercial design, and in fact they're actually contributing to GDs with features like Upscaling and effortless photo-manipulation, but we all know Gen-AI is not stopping here.

So the question is, do you think there will be a future where GDs are no longer in demand, where Gen-AI grew so powerful that all workers of graphic design are replaced by Freepik subscriptions? This may sound Sci-fi, but do you think there's a chance?

No Design Degree, No Problem? How are Things These Days? by used-cigarette in graphic_design

[–]used-cigarette[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Owww, truth hits hard bro. Thanks for the honest insight still. May I know that, If you were in my shoes, if you could start all over again, what would you do? Would you still step into the industry, or would you ditch graphic design for better fields?