the good graphic designers use adobe products and do not necessarily work for adobe (note the difference)
adobe photoshop is made by programmers much the way microsoft excel is and one doesn't have to be an accountant to develop the next excel, but that software development person needs to be a programmer
i was once interested in becoming a graphic designer and also maybe working for adobe because i liked their products but they need everyone but graphic designers
i also inquired into working for apple and they need engineers, technicians, accouuntants, salespeople, marketing people, and various clerical people, etc and there seemed to be no spot on their wanted list for mac fanatics/users
i did work at autodesk and i never met one person there who used the program autocad and when i told my architect friend i worked there, he was totally impressed since his firm used the product every day but from what i could see, there were no positions at autodesk for architects...he kept on asking me what does it look like inside, what is it like working there...and i told him the truth, we are just a bunch of guys and gals who develop the software in cubicles, make the disks in a pink room the size of your bedroom, package the stuff in an ugly warehouse, put them in cardboard boxes, and ship it it fed ex and ups...and yes, it's very boring and we talk about everything under the sun except for architecture...he had some idealized view of autodesk the way some graphic designers have of adobe or mac users have of apple
for those of you who think the tech field is fun, i recently read that only air traffic controllers have a higher burnout rate...and if you are into techie stuff as a hobby, don't do it as your work because i guarantee this one thing, it will no longer be your hobby one year into the field...my mentor who was an apple tech for ten years told me if you become a tech, drop it as a hobby if you plan to last and take up bowling...in my case, i took up this forum, guitar playing, and visiting my animal friends at the farm nearby
you know, this looks to be a good thread i should start for techies on this forum!
