My "Career"

I was asked today, like I am asked every time I meet someone lately, "What do you want to do with your life?" I feel like that is such a loaded question. I want to be a graphic designer. However, that could mean a lot of things. Graphic designers are very talented people. We can do many things. Using the skills that I have acquired at Quinnipiac, there are a lot of possibilities. On top of that, with technology changing rapidly, there are new possibilities emerging every day. Asking me to pinpoint, today, what career I am going to have for the rest of my life is nearly impossible for me to answer. The concept of "career", itself, is almost a thing of the past. People are no longer entering companies right out of college and staying there, in the same position, until retirement. According to Robert Safian in Maximize You Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build An Incredible Career, "The average time an American worker stay in his or her current job is 4.4 years"(46). He explains that when someone has a passion for what they do, they are constantly learning new skills. Especially in the design world, keeping up on new trends and technology is very important and leads to new opportunities. Personally, I like the idea of staying at one company until retirement. However, not in the same position. Who knows what opportunities there will be for designers in the future? All I know is that I plan to constantly learn and grow as a designer and go wherever my work takes me.