I just heard the Jessica Hische Design Matters with Debbie Millman, and am now listening to the James Victore interview. In doing so, I couldn’t help but remark that both Victore and Hische talk about having mentors/bosses that really inspired them early in their careers.
I have to say that I’ve never really had that and wonder if I had, whether my career might have been different.* I’ve only worked under one creative director for a short time span who really put the right kind of fear in me. You know, the kind of fear that makes you want to do great work - or at least elevate your work and keep improving.
Four years into my career and I feel as though my growth as a designer has been stunted. I’m not really sure what to do about getting past this plateau.
So there’s that.
* I realize that It’s not up to someone else to make my career a success, but I daresay that neither James or Jessica would be in the same place today if they hadn’t had the mentorship experience they did.
