If you are good there is a lot of money to be made. Generally these are design houses and they have some great clients that keep the cash rolling. I am in print, so I am not dependent on my moderate graphic design skills and go long periods without (thankfully) having to do any real design work. There are a lot of really bad graphic designers out there though, people who think they have cracked version of photoshop makes them a designer.
Whadda mean, whats the problem when Designers sending you files in RGB colours, and images with web page resolutions... ?.Ugh sorry to hear you are working in print, I was in the industry for a long time but luckily got out! But I hear COVID has been kinda ok for print with all the signage etc needed, and all rush as well.
A lot of people confuse Graphic Design with Printing, I use to tell people I worked in Printing and they would return with "oh you are a Designer", no I am not ?. Print is more technical, it basically boils down to manufacturing. Some of the tools are similar along with some of the skills, but that's it for crossover. And yes I have met ton's of useless people on both sides, print & designers, which make you wonder how they are even employed. I guess the same could be said for other areas of employment, if you are good you will find work.
These industries have been globally connected for year and years, I use to send files overseas for print production, but all the graphics and art production was done here. Also there is a lot of on demand stuff in print, like everything else in this world needed now, where clients don't have time to wait for stuff to print/ship from overseas, because corp just ok'd a budget and they need to spend it and move onto the next project.
Anyhow it is generally a decent way to make a living, I just got fed up and needed a change, for various reasons.
