A member of our dA community, someone who always goes out of his way to offer words of encouragement and support to others, could use our support in return. His son is suffering with cancer and can't afford to pay for the medical treatments. A donation account has been set up if you have a few dollars to spare. Times are tight for everyone, so even if you can drop by his account and offer your emotional support, I'm sure it would be appreciated. You can find more information here: [link] You can also visit colt's journal for further information.




Ten Realities About Careers and Education During An Economic Crisis

1.) Unless you have five million years of experience in your given field, you WILL end up working at McDonalds. This is a reality. Suck it up then shoot yourself in the foot to be put on disability or pop out five brats you can't afford and go on welfare.

2.) If attending a university, do NOT trust your advisor. Their sole interest is to sign up as many people as possible in whatever major they represent. They will not tell you it's virtually impossible to find work in that field. They don't care. All they want to do is fill their quotas.

3.) Avoid internships even if they're at top companies. You are merely slave labor to them and often don't receive hand's-on experience in whatever field you're studying. If you're still interested in them, advisors will NOT tell you about them. You have to find them on your own.

4.) Unless you already have a degree in a technical job such as research and development go ahead and buy yourself a tent, move to the middle of nowhere, and become a survivalist. It's your only hope.

5.) The only recession-proof job in the world is that of a mortician. If the survivalist lifestyle isn't for you and you have too many morals to condemn an innocent child to a shit life by bringing them into this rotten world to go on welfare, get drunk and sign up for mortuary school.

6.) You will NOT find work in whatever field you spend a bajillion dollars on to learn in a university. This is a reality of life. If you think you're the exception, think again. Who cares if you graduated magna cum laude? You will be forced to mingle with the high schoolers to become a McSeaMonkey working at McDonalds. See Number One

7.) Should you be fortunate enough to already have a position in a decent job, you MUST kiss your boss' ass at every opportunity. You exist to make him/her look better. It doesn't matter if all your boss does is sit on his/her ass and claim your work as his/hers. You are the peon. He/She holds your continued ability to pay your mortgage in his/her hand.

8.) When you ARE forced to debase yourself by working at a dead-end job at McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King, Ameristop, BP, 7-11, Circle K etc etc, you WILL be called a nasty bitch at least once a day by a frazzled customer who expects to be the exception to all the rules. This is a fact of life. It doesn't matter that said rude customer would hate it if you went into their place of employment and treated them the same way. They are the exception to the rule after all.

9.) If you work your ass off your entire life for one company, your pension WILL be squandered by a bunch of greedy ass CEOs who will die if they don't buy their fifth eight million dollar house. Your CEO doesn't care if you wind up eating at a soup kitchen while they dine on caviar and fine wines while complaining that "we all have to tighten our belts in these hard economic times."

10.) Quit art school/creative writing programs/acting classes/fashion design school. This falls under useless education that is merely draining your pocket of cash and building up student loans you will never be able to pay off. It doesn't matter how good you are or how much potential you have. There is a 99.99% chance you'll fall flat on your face and end up living in a box.

Happy Career-Searching!



I've been doing a lot of online research about the process of becoming published and have gotten a bit of a kick in the pants from it to motivate me more than I was.