if microsoft designed the iPod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k you'd think that apple diehards would've been the ones behind this.... this is a great example of design by committee. this, dear reader, is what i have to contend with every day.

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so you want to be a designer?

candidate #3 for the designer position here at Saltmine U, was not just late for their interview -- they never showed.... by the time i got a call from my boss to tell me she'd be late for her part of the interview day, i had pretty much given up on this candidate.... the very last candidate's scheduled for late next week, so i'm looking forward to wrapping up this glacial recruiting phase, in which every word i commit to paper or electrons when communicating with candidates is screened and filtered.

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helpful job-search hint #5

from candidate #1: MCCS, IBM/MAC proficient: Adware, Reconciliation, Quickbooks, Kintera, Raiser's Edge, Windows 95/98/00/XP/NT; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Access, BDS, Soundscan, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash Pro 8, Quicken, Outlook, HTML, E-Mail and Internet savvy including highly skilled with various search engines.... from candidate #2: Photoshop, Flash, QuarkXPress, Ilustrator, Painter, Final Cut Pro, ProTools, Outlook, Digital Research, IBM/MAC proficient, Microsoft Office, HTML, E-Mail, Internet savvy, and highly skilled with various search engines.... Never gets frazzled, takes pride in a job well done, and thrives in a challenging and fast paced environment you know, it doesn't take deploying any sort of literary criticism to see the problem, here.

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typical day: the numbers

remaining meetings involving presenting 3D design of a storefront, accessories for storefront and 2D comps of print collateral, with client, boss, boss' boss, and client's boss: 1. aforementioned meetings canceled because boss' boss had a sudden conference call with his boss: 1.... aforementioned meeting of doom suddenly back on at the last minute because boss' boss' boss canceled the conference call: 1.

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