RE: [WSG] Is a degree necessary?

[Miles Tillinger]

Having the degree is one thing, but enjoying what you do is another thing completely.  I don't think you'll find many ppl who are successful at what they do but totally hate doing it...  If you get into an IT job before you finish then you'll have a headstart on everyone else.

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From: Hill, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:47 PM
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eheheh 'before computers were used in design' sounds really old sorry =)

 

I think having a degree is alot better than just having a portfolio. I guess its really what you put in, is what you get out. Like you could still do a degree and just do the bare minimum just keeping up, not putting in any real work, and then wow you have the degree but not an awful lot of experience. 3D might help you out later on, or can you ask to take different subjects perhaps?

 

Tim Hill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Universal Head
Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 5:01 PM
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Maybe you should look into design education. It sounds like the course you are doing is very technology based. Of course if you want to code, that's fine. But if you want to communicate visually, and understand how to present information using space, type, colour, relationships etc, then that's a whole different ballgame.

It was a long time ago, but I did four years of design education before computers were used in design, and I learnt things that seemed very general at the time, but I realise now were a perfect grounding for a design career. It seems that courses now are so eager to get people into using Maya or learning _javascript_ or whatever that they don't actually teach the basics.

Man, I really sound like an old fogey don't I?

Peter

On 13/05/2004, at 4:38 PM, Gabriel Vasquez wrote:

Hi Everyone, I apologize if this is off topic but this is one of the few

places that I would be able to talk to web designers and get their opinions

on this.

I've been attending school to get an Associates degree in Digital Media. The

program is 18 months and ranges from html to 3d graphics. I'm already more

than halfway through my courses, but I find that I hit a road block; I'm not

really learning anything. We are just now getting into *basic* css, and

_javascript_ in dreamweaver (which I already know how to do, even though I

prefer to hand-code). The program is now focusing on 3D animation but that's

really not what I'm into at all. I just want to do web design: xhtml, css,

ECMAScript/DOM, etc. -- no more, no less. I don't feel I should spend the

money for something I'm not getting anything out of.

My question to you is this: Do you think it would be wise for me to finish

the program and get the degree even though I'm not learning what I want to

be learning, or should I just call it off and focus on web design?

TIA in advanced for your feedback!

Gabriel

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