A Survey of Things

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soupsoup: femmebot: John Morefield is one of thousands of unemployed designers who are reinventing themselves. Last year, he put up a booth at a farmers’ market in Seattle, advertising his skills for a nickel, and ended up earning more than $50,000 in commissions. Out-of-Work Architects Turn to Other Skills - NYTimes.com There was an article on this guy about a year ago that I read, it’s nice to hear an update on him, gives you hope.  One of my co-workers that was laid off now makes designer cupcakes, like one of the other people in the article.

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femmebot:

John Morefield is one of thousands of unemployed designers who are reinventing themselves. Last year, he put up a booth at a farmers’ market in Seattle, advertising his skills for a nickel, and ended up earning more than $50,000 in commissions.

Out-of-Work Architects Turn to Other Skills - NYTimes.com

There was an article on this guy about a year ago that I read, it’s nice to hear an update on him, gives you hope.  One of my co-workers that was laid off now makes designer cupcakes, like one of the other people in the article.

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    Man. You could offer anything. This is going to be a big sales tool this year I suspect. I saw some girls in Union...
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    There was an article on this guy about a year ago that I read, it’s nice to hear an update on him, gives you hope. One...
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    Unbelievable, and quite impressive…good thinking.
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    “It’s developed into what I was supposed to do,” he said. “It’s a lot of work, it’s scary, but I love every minute of...
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