I check the ol' CL every day while job hunting. One thing I run into a lot are part time jobs that offer about 10 to 12 bucks an hour to make fliers etc, or basically doing grunt work. I usually don't pay them any mind, going on my way of skimming to find offers more worth while. However I found someone was not as easy going as I was, when I (filled with curiosity) clicked on a posting for "crappy paying design jobs."

I think all of us artists and designers are tired of seeing design jobs that only pay the bare minimum. We go through 4 years of college learning all the different design techniques & elements and ways of drawing, doing endless number of sketches, spending countless hours on our portfolios, spending thousands of dollars on tuition and not to mention student loans and hundreds of dollars on art supplies only to make $10 an hour in the real world. I know people who have never went to college who make twice that. You can make more than that at Aldi's and all you need for that is a high school diploma. Design and Advertising companies need to wake up and realize that they need to offer more if you want to get any responses as well as retain the designer they hire. As a designer myself, I think I am done with this field. I am switching to the medical field where I can be rest assured that I will find a job for way more pay, security and benefits than what I would ever get as a graphic designer.

Thankfully I'm not as jaded as this guy. I had a phone interview today for a huge environmental consulting firm. I'll wait to see if I get the actual interview before I decide to become a nurse. Well a real one anyways: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2554074. *wink wink* =P