Sara Choudhry's presentation highlighted the key trends within the web industry, further illustrating how diverse and how frequent new developments are made. The second part of the talk was about Sara's experience in industry and how she came about making certain decisions on her career path. The content she delivered was very realistic and genuine, she gave us the sometimes harsh but true facts about what kind of things employers look for, interview tips, salary expectations and necessary levels of experience expected of a junior creative.
There is lot of money to be made within this industry, however nothing comes easily. Practice and experience are the main components to a successful career in this field. As the digital age progresses, media is everywhere and everyone has online access instantly, by using this tools/platforms like social networking sites to our advantage bridges the gap between professionals, businesses and novices; this resource is affluent, so why would we not take advantage of it.
Sara was in the same position as us not too long ago, so she knew exactly what doubts and worries we have at this stage of our studies. It was very interesting to hear from someone who had not been on the year in industry program but had still gotten the necessary experience of working through a summer placement. She expressed that this decision was based on her own convenience and reinforces that you firstly must, consider what your goals are, whether they are attainable in the set time constraints and then secondly, figure out the best way to achieving the goal. There are plenty of ways to do any one thing, I just have to find the best way for me.
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