Wow, has it really been almost a month since I’ve posted on my blog? I knew it had been a while, but I had no idea it’s been this long! Things have been so crazy lately that I just haven’t had the free time to add much content. Not much has changed since June. I’m still going on lots of job interviews, still buying things I probably shouldn’t be buying, and I still have a ton of side projects going on at once.  Oh yeah, I’m still an Apple Developer.

Now that I have a bunch of interviews under my belt I’ve noticed something interesting.  There seems to be a spectrum when it comes to design places.  At the begining of this spectrum is the start up company. The people here are usually pretty close knit, and make a point to be edgy and “real”. They always have all these crazy ideas about where technology is going, and are determined to ride that new wave, whatever that may be. One downside to these places is the fact that because they’re so small, there’s really no telling how long they will last before either dying or getting swallowed by a bigger company.  It’s also often hard to see just where this company is going in this experimental phase.

The people here are usually pretty close knit, and make a point to be edgy and “real”. They always have all these crazy ideas about where technology is going, and are determined to ride that new wave, whatever that may be.

Then there’s the established “software” company. This company is way over that optimistic, energetic phase and has settled with a few tried and true methods that seem to work. They use that methodology to get bigger and bigger.  By the end of its lifespan, this company has eaten up countless smaller ones around the globe, slapped its logo on them then outsourced as much as possible to India. While this sort of company might have began years ago as a start up, now its sights have moved from forward thinking design to suits, business models, and cubicles.

If I had to place myself, idealy I guess I fit somewhere between the two ends.  I don’t mind cubicles, but I never want to have to wear khakis and a polo shirt to work, let alone a suit.  I like having a creative freedom when it comes to design, but not so much that I don’t know what to do with myself.  To be honest, though I’d be quite satisfied either way because I really want a job.  I’d love to wake up in the morning knowing that I am officially a “Web Designer”.  Not a freelancer, contracter, or part time artist, but a forty-hour-per-week designer with his own desk, insurance, and company business card. This job search is getting very old.

I’d love to wake up in the morning knowing that I am officially a “Web Designer”. Not a freelancer, contracter, or part time artist, but a forty-hour-per-week designer with his own desk, insurance, and company business card. This job search is getting very old.

Speaking of things getting old, I was up almost all night thinking about this site.  I am very happy with my site as it is, but I have never been the type to leave things alone. In my mind I stripped down my site to the bare bones, and thought about what was working, what wasn’t working, then put it back together again.  By the end, the fundamentals will remain the same (a digital version of myself), but the look and feel will become drastically different and much improved.