I Think I Like This Adobe Thing

One of the reasons I decided to return to college was to beef up my writing skills. I also realized that I needed to know a little more to survive in the workforce. Hell, I needed to know a little more to survive in my own home. My oldest son can run circles around me on the computer. Choosing UB was a no brainer for so many reasons: location, atmosphere, quality of education. The best reason was the Corporate Communications program or Corp Comm for short. The program is broad because it touches upon everything a person moving into any communications field should know. The program also has the strong writing classes I was looking for.

When I learned about the designing/programming requirements, I must say that parts of the Corp Comm program intimidated me but I'm always up for a challenge. My background is more customer service/public inquiries. I am not a designer or programmer and what I learned about those things many years ago is certainly outdated. I quashed my fears though and tried to jump in with both feet.

It all began last semester with the Photoshop/Dreamweaver course. I found those programs very interesting and was impressed with what I could do with them but for some reason, I wasn't really into it. I know all of you designers and programmers are saying, "What do you mean not into it?!" Yes, not into it. Give me a paper to do and I'll get an A. Designing and programming just weren't my things. However, I knew I needed to get with the program like yesterday. I made it through with pretty good grades.

Fast forward to this semester. I'm singing a new tune. I'm in the In Design/Illustrator class. I'm into it and I'm loving it. I don't really know what changed my attitude. It's not that I didn't see the value in knowing Photoshop/Dreamweaver. I definitely see $$ when I think of those programs. I think I just realized how important the knowledge of all these programs will be. I had to remind myself why I was at UB: to acquire the skills I lacked so that I can advance in the workforce. I can say that I really love those programs now and I can't wait to use them in the real world.