🚀 go-pugleaf

Great answers from everyone!

I'm not always sure what I post is appropriate. I've had these questions in the back of my mind since my attempts at training myself on my own in digital imaging back in '98. I thought an expert's thread would be the best place to ask.

Erik, you hit the nail on the head. I am lost. I got into this venture in hopes of improving my employment situation only to find it's a bigger world than I thought. Computers are so interesting. I've found I'm a person of many interests in all of this.

A career of repetitive tasks much like making widgets everyday wasn't going to fit well, so I picked the commercial art route just so I could make a living not expecting or desiring to get rich.

In fact to my detriment I can't stand being around rich people as it is. I haven't found one I can stand being in a room with for more than an hour. And in the jobs I've had in the past with a bank owner, fast track entrepreneurs and "bubba's with big cash settlements", God knows I've tried.

I'm trying to determine if all that I've learned is nothing more than forum fodder for interesting conversation (novelty) or knowledge/experience that can genuinely be useful at a place of employment.

Much like Jennifer's job title is probably Publication Designer, I wouldn't know what to call what my interests fall under. IT?, Graphics Tech Support? Prepress Consultant?... I love the exchanges and solutions offered in these tech forums for what seems an endless ordeal users have with their computers. I fear I've learned a little about a lot but not enough to fit into a job description.

I haven't produced anything professionaly for over 5 years, now. I don't know how to market myself because my new interests nolonger involve creating anything. I've been bitten by the tech bug and morphed into something I'm not sure has a title or job description. My only desire is to help. Creating art now pales in comparison to what I've discovered about computers.

Where do I go in this situation? How do I put this into a resume? Is it valuable to an employer? Yeah, you can say I'm lost.

Thanks for all your input, everyone.