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I learned that I need a degree and job experiences to get a job.  But almost all the jobs require working experiment so I am wondering how am I going to have the working experience in the first place?  I don’t think I have learned more about myself and working style since I already know myself and my working style very well.  I just think that the job market is pretty competitive so I would have to study and try hard to gain all the skills.  It seems like most jobs require some skills in many different areas rather than an expert in one area only.  I think it’s better to open doors for all options rather than trying to get one particular job only.  Good portfolio is a must so I need to work on putting better work on my portfolio website.  Also, it’s very important to know what exactly I need to get the job.  There’s concern that even though I graduate from this school, it might still be not enough to get a job.  So I’m thinking do I really need to go to 4 year college to be competitive in job market?  Funny thing is that, my brother is a computer science major and he told me he learned most of his job skills from his first job.  I think it’s important to know someone who works at the job you want to get.  I was thinking mobile app designers wouldn’t require that many requirements but there were a lot of requirements. 

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Company name:  Apex System, Inc

http://www.apexsystemsinc.com

Job Title:  Mobile App Designer

Job Description:  

As a key member on this small, yet powerful and growing team,

you  will be responsible for design, architecture and development

of applications for platforms such as Android, iOS and Windows

Mobile.  You will also be an integral part of developing the API

platform and web services that work together to provide a best in

class mobile experience. Bring your  experience designing,

architecting and developing complex mobile applications as well

as your skills for building web services or API platform. You need

to be ready to roll up your sleeves from the moment you walk in

the door because our team is revenue generating, and we have

some awesome new services and enhancements to finalize.  Oh,

and one more thing…. Our team gets a little crazy – the good kind

of crazy – so you should also bring your sense of humor, any

ideas, and your fun factor!

Five questions to ask:         What’s the requirement?

                                               What’s the salary?

                                               What’s the hours?

                                               What kind of environment?

                                               Internship available? 

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1.       Mobile app designer:  Salary:  Anywhere between $10-35/hr.  The job grow rate is over 50% per year as of 2012.

2.       Animator:                      Salary:  The median salary of animator is $47,048.  The job growth rate is 14% until 2018. 

3.       Graphic designer:         Salary:  The median salary of graphic designer is $48,044. The job growth rate is about 13 percent through 2020.

4.       Video game designer:  Salary:  The average salary of video game designer is $75,000.  The job growth rate is 11.59% within the next few years. 

5.       Web designer:               Salary:  The average median salary of web designer is $62,824.  The growth rate for this job is 21.7% through 2020. 

I rather work around Puget Sound area because I think there are many opportunities here.  Of all the jobs I listed above, I like the mobile app designer job the best.  It has the most growth rate of 51 percent and I think it’s simple and fun to design mobile apps.  Most phones are pretty much hand held computers now so mobile app designer is one of the jobs that will stay for a long time.  

There seems to be many job opportunities for the jobs I listed above in the area I live in so I think it’s good for me to keep pursuing my goal.   

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Well, my ideal job is starting my own business.  But I lend my brother big money because he’s buying a house, so that’s why I’m going to school at the moment.  In design circumstances I think the future will have a lot to do with mobile apps.  There are so many possibilities with mobile app design.  No disrespect to mobile app designers, but I think mobile app designing is pretty simple compare to designing computer programs or something like that.  There are people who don’t have their own computers but you won’t find a person who does not have a cell phone.  Do I prefer working mostly alone or with other?  If I know what I’m doing and have all the skills, of course I would want to work alone because that means I am taking all the money.  Would I rather be very creative, or execute the design of others?  Of course I rather be creative and create my own thing but it all depends on circumstances.  I need to have the skills first before I get ahead of myself. How much pay do you need?  I’m not too greedy so assuming the job pays my health insurance and pension, I would say around 4000 a month will do.  Heavily computer-based or not?  I don’t think I have a choice in the matter.  I mean now a day’s computer is an essential tool to designing pretty much anything.  Programming or design?  I will have to say both.  I think since I’m interested in being a mobile app designer, I need to know how to do programming as well.  Freelance, agency, or corporate employment?  I rather have reliable job so corporate employment. 

The link for above image:  http://www.nba.com/warriors/sites/warriors/files/imagecache/slider_image/app_home.jpg

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Openness to Experience/Intellect: I scored 41 and it says, ‘You typically don’t seek out new experiences.’ 

This is somewhat true I guess.  The reason I don’t seek out new experiences is that there’s not that many new experiences to experience. 

Conscientiousness:  I scored 86 which is pretty high and it says, ‘You are very well-organized, and can be relied upon.’

I have to disagree with this statement because I am not disorganized but nowhere near well organized.  I can be relied upon though because I hate to be being an irresponsible person.  So I tend to be responsible at all times. 

Extraversion:  I scored 27 which is pretty low and it says, ‘You tend to shy away from social situations.’ 

It depends on what kind of social situations though.  If it’s a class discussion of course I will shy away from it because I have no interest in such situations.  But if it’s going to bars or drinking with friends, or something that interests me, then I never shy away from them. 

Agreeableness:  I scored 8 which is extremely low and it says, ‘You find it easy to criticize others’. 

Well, being criticized all my life, I will say I am very good at criticizing other people, because they criticize me too.  I think its human nature to complain about other people than be thankful. 

Neuroticism:  I scored 3 which is almost close to zero and it says, ‘You probably remain calm, even in tense situations.’ 

This is kind of true because I’ve had many tense situations in my life.  So I guess I got used to those situations.  I am not a good public speaker though because again, I haven’t been in those situations that much.  I guess it all depends on how much of experience you have in those situations.