I am also in the "creative industries" active and doing so far a wide berth CC. With me is still running CS6, I can install from DVD and the license is valid indefinitely. Of course, also here with compatibility sometime conclusion, but as long as possible, I do so on first. It's a nightmare to get into this profession and if you Abozwang announces, you can throw away their data virtually, because you can only use the software, if you continue to pay a good boy. Unfortunately, there is not for all Adobe programs sensible alternatives, otherwise I would have long since gone. Hopefully they eventually relented and change their model yet ....