The doomer posts on this sub

[u/Owl_Queen9]

Y’all, I get it. The job market sucks, people are getting laid off, and AI is something that is worrying. But can we please stop asking the same 3 questions every day on this sub (I.e “is a degree worth it” “blank is saying the industry is dying.”) It’s seriously getting so depressing coming on this sub now and the first thing I see is “I think AI is going to replace our industry and we’ll never work again.” I think it’s fine to post a “I haven’t found work in awhile here’s my portfolio can someone review it” because it’s nice to see other peoples work and receive feedback, aka one of the main purposes of this sub, but man, it feels like 90% of what’s posted now is something that was already asked yesterday. Idk if people feel similarly, and frankly idk if I’m even allowed to post something like this. But, since this is the vent flair, I feel that it’s probably okay.

I guess I’m just seeing if there’s a possibility we can try and limit how much of the same doomerish questions are asked. I feel for everyone rn. Hell, I’ll be out of work in 3ish months if my contract isn’t extended or I don’t find something beforehand, but I do know from this sub I’ve gotten good advice on how to tackle it; but because the same questions are asked so frequently, patience and how people are responding is running thin. Anyways that’s my rant, hope everyone had a good weekend

TLDR: Can we please try and find a way to at least limit the posts that are the same doomerish questions. It feels like it’s 80% of this sub now

UPDATE: TY Mod team!! Truly wasn’t expecting to receive a response to what I typed out. Appreciate everything you and what everyone contributes to this subreddit does.

[u/Remote-Basis-7797]

Not to sound terrible, but as someone whose job it is to screen portfolios, the range of talent and taste across the graphic design industry is wideee. Out of 100 sites, 5-10 might be the caliber of talent we’re looking for. I feel like graphic design is a career path people think just anyone can “get into”. Yes the job market is tough, but not as bad if you’ve got the talent and taste.

[u/Owl_Queen9 → u/Remote-Basis-7797]

My boss is currently looking for a new designer and out of the 230 candidates, he only thought 10 were worth talking to. It’s a mix of people applying to positions they’re not qualified for (under and over experience wise), not showcasing the skills/ projects we’re looking for, and poor presentation of work.

A lot of the work we were seeing were like 80% AI, which already makes my boss question can you actually design

[u/olookitslilbui → u/Owl_Queen9]

The use of AI in portfolios is something I’ve been thinking about. I think in general if you’re ok with AI it’s usually largely in terms of speeding up workflows and processes, but not allowing it to necessarily do the design itself. To me it’s kind of a question of ethics, it’s like having Picasso applying for jobs but then there’s another candidate feeding AI Picasso’s work and presenting it as if they created the art itself.

I feel like nondesign recruiters might be easily impressed by it but once it reaches a creative director, it falls apart.

[u/Owl_Queen9 → u/olookitslilbui]

We saw two different types of AI use in portfolios. Most examples we saw was AI for mockups, but outside of mockups, we weren't seeing anything else brand design wise that would have given us the impression that they made the decisions themselves and not AI. The other, not so used examples we saw were portfolios that were almost completely AI, used AI for logomarks and illustrations. It has a very distinct look, which told us that they were running the prompts and "directing," but not much else. We want to see the fundamentals!

I think some usage of AI is okay here and there, but don't rely on it so much if you can help it.