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About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by cma »

mumblemumble wrote: post #20
chadcmulligan wrote: post #2

It's like all those jobs - game developer, film jobs, graphic artist, artist, musician - too many young people want to do it and there's a lot of money if you're successful so it attracts sharks up the top who keep all the money. Just don't is my advice, unless you have a trust fund, which a large number of those successful have, you can weather out the early years then until you make a name for yourself.

I'm rather fond of the story of the Pulitzer prizewinning poet Wallace Stevens, who worked as an insurance attorney by day, and did his writing during his free time. He considered his unexciting day job to be something that enabled him to do his writing, by giving his life a stable foundation that left plenty of mental resources remaining for doing what he loved. Some choice quotes on the subject: "It is necessary to…

Along those same lines: T.S. Eliot was a banker.

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Post by afavour »

ipaddr wrote: post #25
wincy wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, people don’t get excited and ask me more when I say I work on mortgage software. If I said I’m a game developer you can bet that’d be way less “boring” sounding.

Mortgage software actually sounds interesting and complex. Game developer working for someone else sounds boring.

There is no way that being a game developer does not sound interesting and complex. I say this as someone that doesn’t even play many games! But it’s something almost everyone has a point of reference for and has (hopefully?) enjoyed at some point in the past.

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Post by miked85 »

thewarrior wrote: post #12
chmod600 wrote: post #8

Most people are probably best off with good jobs that sound boring but are highly demanded. Could be plumber or software engineer or accountant or whatever. People are happy to see you, happy when you do your job, and pay you well. People work as a team rather than compete. Don't underestimate the value of pleasantness in day to day interactions. Cool sounding jobs are competitive and you are likely to be treated poo…

Does software engineering sound boring ?

It doesn't just sound boring, it is boring.

Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by setr »

chmod600 wrote: post #8

Most people are probably best off with good jobs that sound boring but are highly demanded. Could be plumber or software engineer or accountant or whatever. People are happy to see you, happy when you do your job, and pay you well. People work as a team rather than compete. Don't underestimate the value of pleasantness in day to day interactions. Cool sounding jobs are competitive and you are likely to be treated poo…

SysAdmins fit this bill, but I know them as having a pretty terrible social position — no one cares about you until something goes wrong, and then they’re pissed at you. Fix it, and go back to your dungeon.

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Post by phamilton »

alspacka wrote: post #28
neonnoodle wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So I’m an animator and I’d like to work on my craft. I’d also like a comfortable living, nothing outrageous by American standards. I’m not interested in the “job” of animator (unless something really wild came along), because these jobs don’t sound very appealing. It is very competitive, a “dream job” that attracts lots of young artists willing to work to death for a chance to break in to the business, but with relat…

I’m an animator and the complex jobs == production hell. Every facet of the industry is a race to the bottom, just a matter of how insulated you are from it. Luckily I’m in medical animation where things move a little more slowly

> I’m in medical anus room

Can you elaborate?

Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by Gibbon1 »

the_only_law wrote: post #23
Gibbon1 wrote: post #18

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> boring In 1983 I spent a few months working on a crud app. Finished it and never worked on another.

What have you done since?

Electronics and firmware. I'd be better off financially if database stuff didn't make my eyes bleed.

Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by aesyondu »

thewarrior wrote: post #12
chmod600 wrote: post #8

Most people are probably best off with good jobs that sound boring but are highly demanded. Could be plumber or software engineer or accountant or whatever. People are happy to see you, happy when you do your job, and pay you well. People work as a team rather than compete. Don't underestimate the value of pleasantness in day to day interactions. Cool sounding jobs are competitive and you are likely to be treated poo…

Does software engineering sound boring ?

I think it depends. The problem solving aspect of software engineering is definitely exciting to me.

Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by paulpauper »

THis is not suprising at all. It's similar to game design.

1. demanding hours and work with mediocre pay and little hope of promotion

2. no lucrative stock options ,even working for Disney or Pixar pales in comparison to how much $ Facebook,apple, netflix and amazon, workers made

3. no fat six-figure salaries.

It's one of those jobs where people do it out of a passion, so there will always be a supply of workers even if the pay is poor relative to the effort and skills required

Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by the_only_law »

thewarrior wrote: post #12
chmod600 wrote: post #8

Most people are probably best off with good jobs that sound boring but are highly demanded. Could be plumber or software engineer or accountant or whatever. People are happy to see you, happy when you do your job, and pay you well. People work as a team rather than compete. Don't underestimate the value of pleasantness in day to day interactions. Cool sounding jobs are competitive and you are likely to be treated poo…

Does software engineering sound boring ?

A vast majority of software engineering jobs do.

Re: About 90% of Animators Quit Their Jobs Within 3 Years

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Post by thewarrior »

toast0 wrote: post #14
thewarrior wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does software engineering sound boring ?

Yes. Sometimes, when my spouse is really having trouble sleeping, she asks me to tell her about something I'm working on. About 30 seconds in, dead asleep.

When I have trouble sleeping I stay up to read HackerNews to find out what others are working on :P
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