Hero…NOT (or so say the Hero Police!)

Hero…NOT (or so say the Hero Police!)

Hero…NOT (or so say the Hero Police!)

This guy is not a hero…or at least one part of what he is saying is pure villainous corporate greed and exploitation.
The cost of the education to pursue a career in the design fields is an unbelievable expense.  You are then confronted with “the internship” and licensing…and this guy thinks you should work for free?!  We all have bills to pay and although it may have been a reality when he came up through the system we live in a much different world….and exploitation of talents is barbaric “Mad Men” type stuff…His message on all of his other points is good, but I couldn’t disagree with him more on interns working for free….IT’S SIMPLY FLAT OUT WRONG. And for that he is not a hero…..

Studio III architects presents Hero Wednesday

Studio III architects presents Hero Wednesday

The soaring ideals, convictions and passion of youth….we all leave our esteemed academic vacuums only to meet the truth of the professional world.  This truth would be the gulf between theory and practice….that school was an effort to teach you to think and motivate for the loftiest goals possible…to do something great for this world, to make a difference….and then you meet the reality of business and start to grind out a career. Rock star designers right out of school do exist and Jessica Walsh is one of very few who has proven it’s not just a fairy tale.

http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/jessica-walsh/37900/