Finding work: Lessons learned from 2008's financial crash
Finding work: Lessons learned from 2008's financial crash MySpace was closing down in 2008, Facebook was opening up, and the world had just found the iPhone. Obama was giving Americans hope. This was a period of great flux, but it was also set against the backdrop of a global recession. It was a period of poor haircuts and poor sartorial choices for me, and it was also the worst time I have ever graduated. I was completely unprepared, had no contacts, and had a portfolio that wasn't nearly as polished as those who made better life decisions than me. The few studios that were hiring quickly snapped them up. There is always an opportunity in every crisis, and I was able use the lackluster job boards and design roles as the motivation to get started on my own business. I built a portfolio of work that was not limited by briefs, using the time I had between rent-paying, soul-sucking day jobs. This allowed me to build a brand and make connections, ev...