Design Challenges

Don't Loose Track of your Mates

I was working out at the gym, when I run into an expupil. He tells me he is looking to move to Texas, for reasons too complicated to explain and lack of relevance to this blog. He is however having a hard time finding a job to justify the relocation.

At this point, I should informed you that he is a graphic designer working for a large corporation in CT. The problem is that he has 10 years of experience and yet can seem to get an offer out of the upper 20's in Texas, while he is making on the average 50K in CT. He further tells me that in speaking with a headhunter, his fears have been confirmed, upper 20's is what a graphic designer makes everywhere else but New England where it is the market that has the highest demands for Graphic Designers.

So there you have it, if you are a graphic designer looking to make more than average ducks you have better relocate yourself to New England.

P.S. the title of this blog is a reference that if you have friends in your field then you are likely to get a better job as they have the inside scoop into the industry and they would most likely recommend a friend over a stranger no matter what the resume says as far as experience.