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    Registered User DtRiCk is on a distinguished road DtRiCk's Avatar
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    How many of you work full time as a designer? Or base your income only on designing? Just curious to see how many of you are out there
    And also, for those of you who design as a hobby or part time, what main-occupation do you have? I am interested as I am currently in the midst of finding what to study in college. Thanks in advance!

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    I have a feeling only a small section of DC are professional/full-time designers

    I work full time as a freelance creative.

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    I work fulltime designer in the morning (employed).. freelance designer at night.

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    fulltime=mom, pt=volunteer+restaurant proprietor+freelance artististe/designer====time for a nap

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    Morning : Medical Doctor, Research Assistant, Associate Lecturer and everything else the professors would like to see me as .

    Night : (Trying to be a) Freelance Designer .
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    I *have* worked as a full-time designer (focusing mainly on web design), but right now I am a full-time student (learning more about the print side of things).

    There is tons of work available in this field, especially if you are good at it.
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    I am a full time Fine Arts student and a part time designer (print mainly).

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    I am a full-time freelance designer, but since moving to our new location I had been getting more into decorative painting in residential homes. Now that i'm 7 months pregnant, i'm focusing more on graphic design once again as I can't be around the paint fumes anymore. So guess that means that i'm soon to be a full-time Mom, and p/t designer Good luck!

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    I am looking for full time work as a graphic designer, and if I can't find anything, I am starting my own newspaper business. Currently, I am a freelance designer.

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    I am just starting out as a freelance designer and hope never to be employed as a designer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uniment1
    I am just starting out as a freelance designer and hope never to be employed as a designer
    Really? What if someone gave you a million dollars to do it? Never say never

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    First post!

    I work full-time as a designer for a non-profit organization (although I have to do a lot of non-design stuff there, too).

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    Hey guys,

    Full time web developer/designer - company owner and everything that goes along.... anyway....

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    I'm a full time high-school student, but I design during the summer and during the school year when I have less than four hours of homework.

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    Quote Originally Posted by _Redrum
    Really? What if someone gave you a million dollars to do it? Never say never
    nope I still would'nt........ I want my own business I don't care how much I lose
    Theres just something about it ..." it's just a ME thing you would'nt understand" Thats how I am

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    I'm a senior designer. Sometimes I freelance on other projects though.

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    I'm a freelance designer.

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    Day: Full-time Web Producer

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    Registered User DtRiCk is on a distinguished road DtRiCk's Avatar
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    Thats awesome that so many of you are working as professional designers. I would love to pursue that later in my education. I'm only 16 :-P but any information/comments about your jobs (ie: dislikes, likes) would be super if you could share them.

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    I'm just a student..by the way, i'm 16 too ...just designing as a Hobby for now, but planning to make it my profession...dont know if u call it a freelancing or not, but i'm entering in competitions like here for quite sometime ...and actually won some too..

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