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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

While everyone needs graphic design work I can't imagine everyone needs a steady supply of it. There's no maintenance aspect to keep the job going either. A few designers can serve very many customers full time

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There are a few industries that require a full-time graphic designer. It's usually underpaid and overworked but they exist.

The companies are usually flip-flopping from doing it in-house to contracting it out. Usually every 4-5 years when a new executive parasite comes along. So lots of career uncertainty for most graphic designers.

It also doesn't help the industry that for decades, predatory schools have been pushing out "graphical designers" as an easy fast degree. This has saturated the job market with lots of poorly trained people producing crap work.