One time I interviewed for a job publishing menus for restaurants around town using Microsoft Word. Rita had a temp desktop publishing job several years ago. She was doing the newsletters and magazines for twenty small suburban enclaves around San Antonio. The company, 'Neighborhood News', had a PC with Microsoft Publisher on it. Lame! We both learned how to use Quark Xpress in graphics school. Go figure.
So, I told my grandson to check this out: [image: Inline image 1] Bay College: 1 W Campbell Avenue, Campbell, CA http://www.baycollegeca.org/index.php?curpage=deg_digitalarts "NewTek ignited the desktop video revolution, and television production was never the same..." Newtek: 5131 Beckwith Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78249 http://www.newtek.com/company/careers.html If you plan on going to an technology interview soon, here are some tips: 3. Technology. Take a look at the kind of desktops, mobile technology and video/projection equipment being used around the office. If it all appears cutting-edge, that can indicate the firm values up-to-date technology. Read more: 7 Critical Observations to Make While Waiting to Interview: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/interview<http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/10/22/7-critical-observations-to-make-while-waiting-to-interview> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > ** > > > The video game market is flooded and not doing so well. There is A LOT of > outsourcing to third world countries of video game production. I kinda > know a little bit about that industry. ;-) > > BTW, if your grandson wants to be games designer then he better get deeply > involved in the arts. I've known some of the best and most famous ones and > they didn't have a computer science background. One was much more an > artist than anything else. > > > On 10/21/2013 07:48 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > > > > > I don't know what they expect people to do for a living these days. > > > It looks like there may be more jobs available in the medical field (after > the current down turn is over). > > It's not complicated - there will be more and more older people for young > people to take care of in the future. > > So, I helped put my grandaughter through nursing school - an RN program - > two years. Before she graduated, she was offered a job in San Diego with a > sign-on bonus! My grandson wants to be a computer game designer - he is > learning programming at a community college in Sonoma. > > "According to the Entertainment Software Association, which represents > American video game companies, Texas is home to 24 colleges and > universities that offer video-game-related courses and programs. More are > on the way, including a University of Texas at Austin post-baccalaureate > program that will enroll students in 2014." > > 'Texas Incentives Lure Video Game Companies' > http://www.texastribune.org/<http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/04/texas-incentives-lure-video-game-companies/> > > On 10/20/2013 11:16 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > I did "desktop publishing" as a temp in 1980 for a company that did > those real estate magazines. Of course there was no graphics, just > entering listing on paper into the computer. The gig lasted only a few > days as they just needed some extra temps for a while who were good at > typing and maybe some data entry experience (got that at the EDS temp > gig). EDS wanted me back but I wound up working as a temp at title > insurance company. Then my old band wanted me back so that was the end of > temp work. > > I tried again when I returned a couple years later to my home town to sign > up for temp computer work but they wanted a computer science degree for > that. I laughed at them. > > I don't know what they expect people to do for a living these days. There > are actually fewer and fewer jobs. It is probably time to do what Bucky > Fuller suggested and pay people NOT TO WORK. But Dixon won't like that. ;-) > > > On 10/20/2013 07:17 AM, Richard Williams wrote: > > > After I graduated from High School I attended a community college and > got a degree in Graphic Design. I was offered a job in at Pacific Life so I > moved out to San Francisco to get started. I rented an apartment on > Sacramento street right around the corner from China Town. It was the worst > job I ever had - mainly due to the boredom. It was a job that sucked - what > I really wanted to do was desktop publishing, except it wasn't invented > yet. So, I had to wait until 19893 to get a PC. Go figure. > > Graphic Artist at work: > > [image: Inline image 1] > > http://www.smartschoolfinder.com/guide/graphic-art-design-schools > > My job was to produce documents and printed materials for the life > insurance sales agents. I used an AM Varityper to produce the text, a > T-square to align the text, and wax to stick it down. When everything got > approved, I gave ithe layout to the printer. > > The only good thing about this job was they sent me through Varityper > school which helped me get a better job two years later - Art Director of > the the weekly Marin Tribune,. That was back in 1968 and it was very cool > living across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. > > Now this sucks - Rita went back to school in 2000 and graduated from a > community college with a degree in Graphic Arts and then graduated from the > university summa cum laude with a degree in Communication Arts. > > "Have you ever considered becoming a chef, or getting into desktop > publishing? If so, forget it. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor > Statistics, these occupations are on their way out, with the number of jobs > being created and prospects for growth over the next few years standing at > just about nil." > > '3 Dead-End Jobs to Avoid (Despite the Decent Pay)' > http://www.fool.-dead-end-jobs-to-avoid-despite-the-decent-pay.aspx<http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/10/19/3-dead-end-jobs-to-avoid-despite-the-decent-pay.aspx> > > > > > >
