Tuesday, October 22, 2019

7 benefits of IT for non-programmers

At the interview, one of the questions I ask the candidates is: “Why do you want to work in an IT company?” 80% answered that “the IT sphere is the future.” And, probably, in some ways they are right. But I would say that the main advantage of the IT sphere is that it is developing rapidly. An IT company must be able to respond quickly to changes and adapt to market conditions. The same applies to each employee. And if you want to work in this sphere your resume should set you apart from other candidates, use can use IT career resume examples in the web site https://finditcareer.com/resume-examples.

1. The speed of work in the company. IT is a market that is developing very fast. And to stay afloat, you need to work fast, think fast and act quickly. And the higher the speed of work in the company, the more interesting your work will be.

2. You are always up to date with all the news in the field of IT, even if you are not a programmer. This means that you always have something to talk about with your friends.

3. Highly educated people surround you. They are all professionals in their field, and this helps you to improve your skills and knowledge, no matter what you do.

4. Work with innovative projects. Each IT product is truly unique, and it’s more interesting to work with new and unusual products.

5. Ability to work remotely. Often in IT companies, employees, whether programmers or not, are allowed to work remotely, and many appreciate it.

6. Business trips, relocate, exchange of experience and communication with partners and colleagues in foreign languages. This is only part of the prospects for working with large international IT companies.

7. The level of income. Not all IT companies, as is commonly thought, are willing to pay employees in foreign currency, but the fact that the salary in this area is above average is a fact.

If you choose a Non-Tech specialty in IT ...

In this case, you do not need to understand the code itself, but it is important to have a common understanding of processes in the IT sphere. For example, if you are an account, then without this you will not be able to correctly set the task for a specialist. Or, conversely, explain to the client what exactly the specialist did. Therefore, it is important to navigate in which specialist is responsible for a particular area of ​​work. And also deal with the company's product to understand what you are working with and who is working with you.

Monday, May 5, 2014

ART AND BRAINS!

Art and BRAINS!

Art has been a big part of my life since I was very young. I loved Paul Klee as a child because he drew a big lovely cat with a little tiny bird that I could copy. I loved the Disney cartoons and going to Disney World to see the art being created before my eyes.

Lately I have been practicing my art quite a bit because I will be doing storyboards. This style of drawing is unfamiliar to me. It is like the art in comic books. Much of my art is more freestyle and I have been self-taught for the most part.
From practicing this new style I realized that I am not excellent at perspective, and have been taking classes with Bob Budiansky of Transformer fame, and another comic artist named Daniel Rosa to help me with my weaknesses.

To say the least, these guys are amazing.


Daniel recommended a book to me called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I had my doubts about this book because it seemed like many other art books I had seen...here do these lessons and copy this picture and you will get better at drawing. But this one is different. The lessons, at least in the beginning, are focused on helping the artist to wake up and use the right hemisphere of the brain.

The left side of our brain, once considered the dominant and more important side, is the verbal, analytical, logical and linear side...and can get in the way of the intuitive, holistic and nonverbal right side when drawing.


The book tells us there are ways to shift from left brain thinking to right brain. The first way told us to draw a picture upside-down. To be exact, to look at a picture that is upside-down, and to recreate it starting at the top of the page, which would actually be the bottom of the image. Here is the picture from the book; a drawing by Picasso of Igor Stravinsky:


Here is my drawing turned right-side up:

Another method to induce the shift is to draw with your left hand. I am slightly ambidextrous so I had a bit of an advantage with this one:


The final shift-inducer was to draw a picture of your hand without ever looking at the paper. The urge to peek is almost overwhelming at times...your left brain is trying to straighten things out. Here is my hand drawn on a taped down piece of paper...and I did NOT peek.



These lessons are taught to help us improve our art and to draw with more ease and freedom. Then just when you can feel that shift happening on its own when you draw, you need to in corporate that linear left side back in for perspective.

Looks like I need all the help I can get.

If you do any of the lessons please feel free to post them or send them to me, I'd love to see them!

Monday, August 26, 2013

My Art at the ERIC CARLE MUSEUM

This weekend was very special to me because one of my dreams came true...my art was in a museum. Yes, it is temporary, but what a wonderful item to tick off my bucket list.


The Eric Carle Museum of Storybook Art is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and features my favorite children's authors and artists: Mo Willems, Tomie dePaola, Tony DeTerlizzi, Maurice Sendack, Dr. Seuss and many others. There is a library and gift shop, and an art room for future Eric Carles. Take a virtual tour:

http://www.carlemuseum.org/Visit/Virtual_Tour

After reconnecting with a school friend David Rowinski, we knew we still had an artistic connection and decided to create a book based on a short story he told to a restless child. After rejecting many of my drawings, 
 
 
 we finally agreed on a style! It is a whirling and dream like depiction of a garden with many different animals, a look we thought might capture the attention of children and adults alike. Here is the first image sent to David:
 
Once this style was agreed upon, the rest of the pictures came easily. The week of July 4th found some of the images from The Open Pillow in a gallery in Westfield, NJ called Galeria West.
 
This past weekend David and I were featured at The Eric Carle Museum of Storybook Art for a special story time. David read the book and I gave the kids, and some grown ups, a quick art lesson.
 
 
We signed the author and illustrator's book, and felt very happy.


 
The summer is winding down, but hopefully The Open Pillow and my next book ART MOUSE are just getting started. :)
 

 
 

Friday, July 26, 2013

For the Love of ART


Thank you for visiting DEA'S ART. Please click on the pages above to view more samples of my work. XO

From The Open Pillow to be featured at Eric Carle Museum on August 24th.
Snail from The Open Pillow


Penelope the Witch from Penelope's Garden Penelope and Charles from The Moon is No Place for a Ghost
Morning Glory Willow