Mediocre Designers Club: Daytime #OpenToWork Edition
Are you a worthless potato wasting your life away on Youtube and Reddit because you lack accountability and a boss breathing down your neck? Can't land a real design job because your portfolio sucks?
We’re here to help you get started via peer pressure and shame. We’ll work in small accountability pods of 3–4 designers for 90 minute blocks where you are not allowed to talk, check your phone, or visit social media sites.
We will attempt to emulate a corporate work environment to ensure maximum productivity, so I'll act as your 'manager' by periodically walking around and peeking at your screen to make sure you're not loafing on Reddit or Instagram.
How it works
When you arrive, you will be assigned to a group of designers to start working. There will be no talking besides a 60 second update on what you'll accomplish today.
No Youtube, social media, reddit, texting, or DMing allowed.
No talking during focus sessions.
Repeat offenders will be asked to leave the premise.
A catered lunch will be served at 1PM.
Who is this for?
Senior designers only
Unemployed and underemployed designers
Employed WFH designers who hate their jobs but can't land anything better because their portfolios suck
Designers who know exactly what steps to take but can't seem to focus and do the actual work
What this is NOT
NOT a feedback or mentorship event
NOT a fun-filled event for friendship building
NOT a place for you to commiserate, whine, or try to figure out what's wrong with your job hunt and portfolio
NOT a place to figure out how to build a better portfolio, this is strictly a quiet heads-down and work event
You are here to get some serious work done, and you will be kicked out if you are repeatedly caught idling, chatting/texting with others, or procrastinating via Reddit or social media.
You WILL be treated like a minimum wage contractor the entire time.
Schedule
12:15 PM — Doors open
& start working for 60 min
1:15 PM — 45 min Lunch break
2:00 PM — Start working for 90 min
3:30 PM — 15 min break
3:45 PM — Start working for 60 min
4:45 PM — Stop working and doors close
You may stay past 4:45PM to continue working in Fabrik
Catering
Catering TBA soon, most likely Vietnamese or Thai.
What to bring
Your laptop and charger
Headphones, if they help you focus
A portfolio task you can realistically move forward
Very thick skin, both literally and figuratively
Transportation
Subway
F train to York St (5 min walk)
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