I was so excited to start my first design job in December 2012 that I went to campus two hours early. I went to the computer lab where I worked on my class projects and sat in the back where I used to sit for critique, thinking about what it would be like to do it for real. Hard work pays off.
![2yrs 2 years](https://i0.wp.com/www.brienokeefe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2yrs.jpg?w=105&h=106)
2 years
![2yrs3 work is love made visible](https://i0.wp.com/www.brienokeefe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2yrs3.jpg?w=105&h=105&crop=1)
work is love made visible
![2yrs4 work hard in silence. let success make the noise.](https://i0.wp.com/www.brienokeefe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2yrs4.jpg?w=105&h=105&crop=1)
work hard in silence. let success make the noise.
![2yrs2 life is short. work somewhere awesome.](https://i0.wp.com/www.brienokeefe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2yrs2.jpg?w=160&h=160&crop=1)
life is short. work somewhere awesome.
![2yrs5 dreams don't work unless you do.](https://i0.wp.com/www.brienokeefe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2yrs5.jpg?w=160&h=160&crop=1)
dreams don’t work unless you do.
![2yrsmain 2 years at CU!](https://i0.wp.com/www.brienokeefe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2yrsmain.jpg?w=487&h=324)
2 years at CU!