Killer wisdom from Paula Scher sharing 10 things she learned in her 40-year career (she’s been working for as long as we’ve been living). This is her career ladder. The best is yet to come, guys.

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20's peon/wunderkind
30's pro
40's aging pro
50's POWER
60's waning power
70's total decline
80's lifetime achievement awards and/or death

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I propose a friendly amendment:
20s - freaked out
30s - Malcolm Gladwell 6,000 hours to expert
40s - OMFG, I’m over 40
50s - increasing bitterness
60s - Madonna-like reinvention
70s - “70s the new 50s”
80s - Tony Bennett (not bad)

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If this is the arc, then it’s pretty awesome tbh. Power in my 50s, and waning power in my 60’s would be great. I don’t plan on working full time into my 70s and 80s. Hopefully will be relaxing and enjoying the fruits of my Power decades.

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I cant read it

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She made that to help inspire the hungry designers she will hire and exploit. Where she makes tons of money. The designers below will eat ramen and live with 5 room mates.

Don’t get me wrong she has designed at a golden age of graphic design and has paved a way for a lot of us. But the industry and how it’s set up is smoke and mirrors for young designers

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Can’t read it, would love to see it

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Yeah even with my reading glasses on...

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Ha! I thought it was just my fortysomething eyes. Love Paula Scher!

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Hey, they down-res big time in this app but CD3 got the copy right.

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That is 100% her trajectory. It isn’t for all of us tho. She has always had a very clear path. I know she doesn’t mean it, but it’s basically reinforcing the ageist ideas in this industry.

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Oh I guess I didn’t get that from the original post. If that’s the case, then cheers! I agree.

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As a creative at least, waning power should be 40s and decline in 50s to be accurate for most of us these days, sadly

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Yes OP and I love you for it. 🤘🏻

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Me either but love her 🙌🏻

This is awesome - and, quite accurate .

Actually, you read the ADO story on this and the best part is this:

“She does not see this life trajectory as cemented in stone. It is instead just a probability. “It is defiable by knowing it is probable.”"

I’m an Aging Wunderkind mmkay

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