Master’s Degree?: The Reflex Blue Show #139
Welcome to Season 8 of The Reflex Blue Show! No idea what we have planned for this season, but we’ve started it anyway.
On this episode we invite Ashley McFeely and Joe Sparano to talk about what they’re doing now – going for that Master’s. Joe left the state – Ashley had to continue into a related field to stay in the city. What’s it like to continue on the education path, and why would you do it as a designer? We speak of these things and more. Enjoy.
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Just FTR, I’ve got myself a Master’s in Graphic Communication. But in my case, I came from a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Although I had worked as a designer and was largely self-taught, the Master’s proved to be a serious re-education as much as it was further education.
It was a brilliant experience and I learned profound amounts about a great many subjects — including myself — but nothing happened automatically as a result. It’s not an instant “power up” to help with a job search, or even with client work, but it can be a fundamental life-changing experience. That, of course, will influence your work in the future no matter what you do.