Thoughts

My thoughts after receiving work experience 

It was a lot easier than expected, in fact it took 45 minutes. I think I just got really lucky. I have been very realistic with my expectations. Originally, I had dreams of doing placement in Amsterdam, New York, London and even Toronto, especially Toronto. However, financially I could not afford to do that with flights/accommodation/food etc etc and I really didn't want to ask family for the money. I also didn't want to do it in Leeds as I fancy a break away from the city.

It gave me the confidence boost I so needed, to believe in myself and my work and practice. Finding work experience has been something I have been really putting off, not because of the fear of rejection just I felt I wasn't good enough and had low self-confidence in my work. However in under 24 hours I put together a CV , a portfolio and got offered work experience! I generally feel over-the-moon. It might not be the hippest , on-trend, cutting edge studio but its within a marketing agency doing corporate design work which is the likelihood of my first design job and I am really looking forward to it. 

I spoke to a family friend who is an established Architect about work experience, he said when he first got a job, he was designing disabled toilets and now years later finally he is designing bespoke houses, bridges and whatnot. I am going to have to start somewhere, doing stereotypical work. Realistically, I am not going to walk straight out of college and into the halls of Conde Nast and work for Vogue magazine. I am going to have to work my way up by doing all-sorts of design jobs and placements.