A New Career Awaits You!
If you recently lost your art or design-related job, the folks at Time Out New York has some extremely useful advice to share with you about transitioning to a new field. Instead of doing something that actually involves a small measure of creativity on your part, how about becoming a "corporate presentation specialist" and taking a job with a bank, so you can spend your days designing PowerPoint presentations for ungrateful investment bankers? Sounds like fun, doesn't it? (And pay no mind to the fact that many banks now outsource this task to people in India who make $2 an hour.)
If, for some strange reason, that isn't up your alley, rest assured that you do have a few other options. How about becoming a "real-estate stager," a job that involves making fancy apartments look pretty for the flood of buyers currently hunting for high-end homes? In case you haven't heard, the real estate market is booming. Better get in quick!
If all else fails—and you happen to be the kind of person who is "good with your hands, not just a computer"—you could think about becoming a carpenter. You can advertise on Craigslist and sit back as the offers stream in. Plus it's really retro, which will earn you tons of hipster cred. You didn't get that working for a multi-national fashion conglomerate or a Chelsea gallery that caters to hedge funders, did you?
And to think that you were concerned that your options were limited!
