EPTI graduated with a diploma in animation earlier his year and I have just finished my advanced diploma (My college doesn't offer anything further than that T_T) but over the years we did something a little different each year exploring all the mediums. It was only this year, as I finished, that I realized how much I sucked at the 3D side of it and how little I enjoyed it compared to the year I spent doing traditional 2D. However, hand drawn is leaving the world of animation unfortunately, and so I have applied for jobs (I only finished my exams two days ago!) in the industry pertaining to, but not really doing animation. So storyboard art, concept art, character design and development and story work.
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I graduated with a diploma in animation earlier his year and I have just finished my advanced diploma (My college doesn't offer anything further than that T_T) but over the years we did something a little different each year exploring all the mediums. It was only this year, as I finished, that I realized how much I sucked at the 3D side of it and how little I enjoyed it compared to the year I spent doing traditional 2D. However, hand drawn is leaving the world of animation unfortunately, and so I have applied for jobs (I only finished my exams two days ago!) in the industry pertaining to, but not really doing animation. So storyboard art, concept art, character design and development and story work. | ||
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Drogith
United States1350 Posts
Community colleges are the best start-off point. Also, finding an intern or very low paying job in a similar industry can do wonders for helping you to really understand what you want to do as you may see your dream job was a fairy tale. Another suggestion I can make is to look into joining the military if there is a job similar to the one you are looking for available. You get free training in that field as well as money from the military to go to college. Yes, there are a lot of other stipulations, but can be well worth it if you use the system to your advantage. My work/school experience: auto mechanic in HS, diesel mechanic in military, 2yr engineering, 1yr computer programming, 3 yrs capital assembly, my current job working with building prototype machines and programming them. Good luck with what ever path you choose and I can't really stress enough how much both a community college or the military can really provide for you. | ||
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Anub1s
Bulgaria17 Posts
Unfortunately I find it hard to work 8-10 hours per day on the computer and then play SC2 or whatever. My eyes and brain are not happy on the next day if it happens  | ||
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PIJAMA
Brazil137 Posts
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Zilch
20 Posts
I graduated with a degree in secondary science education with certification to teach broadfield science, biology, chemistry, and physics. I taught for two years, and now I'm in the middle of a career change. I'm pursuing a degree in clinical laboratory science. It's enjoyable work (for a science-oriented person), decent pay, and decent hours (as compared to teaching). | ||
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SuperBeastJ
United States10 Posts
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JinNJuice
United States255 Posts
On November 03 2011 14:21 Eternalmisfit wrote: I am in my final semester working on my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (~2 weeks till my D-day). Grad school has been an interesting experience with my workload varying from 1-2 hrs/day up to 14-15 hrs /day depending on project deadlines and research roadblocks. Since I work in simulation and modeling fields, my work schedule is fairly flexible and I get to browse TL/watch VODs at work and tailor my work schedule around my SC2 viewing habits. It is probably too early for you to go deciding on grad studies so I won't bother going in any details. I will start working on my job sometime early 2012 and it is simulation/modeling in an application environment in industry. The official work hours are 8 to 5 for 5 days a week. The 'actual' work hours will probably be 7 to 6ish. The idealist in me would be advise you to follow your heart in whatever career you are the most passionate about and do some experimenting to find that ideal career. The realist in me would suggest pursuing a career in engineering. Engineering is probably the safest bet in terms of career options and more often than not you can expand into a variety of different career options after Bachelors (I may be biased though as I come from a family of engineers). I was about to wonder if there were any Mechanical Engineers in here. Surprised there aren't more. I only have my B.S. in Mech E, working for a diesel engine company right now. Do you have any job experience at all or did you go straight into your graduate school from college? I've heard different stories that a graduate degree helps/doesn't help your career very much. Eventually I'll probably get my graduate degree but we'll see. To the OP, I work 40-50 hours a week depending on how much stuff is going on. My evenings/weekends I always have to myself. | ||
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57 Corvette
Canada5941 Posts
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Zion9
Romania347 Posts
 Near Medicine you don't have that much time for gaming, Ofcourse it depends on you how much you want to learn, but yeah, its hard | ||
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