Re: AW: FLASH: Is internet design with Flash possible? ;-)

[Al Rosetti]

Matt Sooey wrote...

and if you want to learn photoshop: $650, illustratator: $300, freehand:

>$300, Director:  $1000, Any number of 3D engines: 300 - 1000+


Matt, I hear what you're saying when you talk about the cost involved in

software and hardware.... BELIEVE ME!!!  I've had to buy all my own.  If I

had to take a stab in the dark I'd bet it costs something slightly less than

10 thousand bucks to get all the hardware/software you'll need to start out

in the graphic design field/web/multimedia.  I never knew that it would be

so much.... but.... compare that to a university for a second...


A semester at a good private college costs like 10 to 15 grand!  A semester

at a public university costs around 2 to 3 last I heard.  Unfortunately it

really costs a whole lot more than that.  Taxpayers are gouged for the

remaining portion which puts the cost back up to the level of a private

school.  In any case that's not the only expense involved. Five years of

lost wages... even on the lowest end is around $125,000... In fact it might

reach closer to 250,000!  Probably just as harsh is the reality that you

lost 5 years of good networking in your field.  Ok.... now in the long term

all this misery and expense would actually be worth it if you couldn't get a

job or clients without a degree.  However, nobody I've talked to even cares.

Any interview that I've been on has been 50% talk and 50% looking at my

portfolio and the Internet.  It's precisely the same situation in the

computer/tech field.  My brother works for Allied Signal and in his 3rd

level support team of 20 people only 1 guy has a degree, and they all make

around $50,000.  I personally think that sometime in the late 80's early

90's college actually became a giant economic negative for many (if not

most) people.  The only productive purpose I can see the University system

being used for now is to meet attractive, single, women women, <g>.  You

know... if you go back a few messages this really did start out about Flash.

I just can't remember how. hehehe

THAT'S right!   It began as a debate about Flash with Robert Warnke, the

nutty professor!


burning this message thread right now,


Al Rosetti

http://www.websitepartners.com



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