[deusebio]

A local creative director in town gave me my first break. I was slated to work as a designer at coupon company making classified ads until he decided to give me a chance and hire me at his company. I think my career would've taken a much different path if he didn't give me that chance.

Granted, he was in a different type of design discipline. Learning fundamentals and how to think was more valuable to me at that time than just learning software.