Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Day wrote: > > Dave, > > In addition to these points, as others have pointed out learning how to run > a business is part of the game. Schools like Brooks teach business > principles. I know photographers whose financial success rivals and > surpasses physicians and lawyers; some of them went to photography or other > arts programs, others didn't. > ><Snip> I'm all for Brooks but that's a technical education not an MFA. Brooks is not the "academic world" you get stuck in. It's a springboard to the real world. You don't dally there. I've never been hired for anything but my portfolio or reputation since 1975 when i started I've not had one single client ask me if i had any kind of degree ahead of time. You'd have thought it would have come up in the conversation interview once but i cant recall it. I'd tell them it was in my sock drawer i suppose. Your portfolio is your degree. Results are all that counts not how many teachers you've ass kissed. There is even a tech school set up which has as it's sole goal to set you up with a slick portfolio in a concise period of time. It's called "the portfolio school" or something like that. You walk out of there in a year or two with a highly marketable very impressive portfolio. That's it. "These pictures are all very nice but are you board certified? What did your write your thesis on?" :) When i graduated i was sick of school and ready for the real world. Some people never want to leave. I discourage that. The world is not a college campus. The world is all about business and there's nothing boring or uncreative about business. I wish I was taught some, that was before they did that. I understand that goes on even in colleges now. After 4 years people think maybe its time to get a job. I wasted 7 years in school. I always thought if i had to do it over again I'd have been much better off just getting a job as someones assistant as i know so many people who went that route and got going fast. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html