Now I'm a software engineer.  No more starving artist for me

   I gave the game industry a good go as an artist, but after being taken advantage of as an intern - I've returned to my original career goals. Apparently, the company I was doing 3D contract work for really liked me. I did some technical work for them for a few months and now they've just hired me on as a software engineer.   I'm super excited.

   I suppose the ironic thing here is that now I'll get normal hours and have time/money to play video games and do other hobbies - like art - I just won't be doing it for a meager living and surviving 70 hour week crunch modes with never ending unhealthy pizza dinners.

way to conform

    Yeah, a software engineer is just a programmer. Right now I'm doing some research/scripting to automate the placement of certain kinds of art assets. So the fact that I have experience as an artist is really helpful. I don't actually sit in a cubicle, but they told me I could have one if I wanted one.

   I'm sure plenty of artists are happy with their jobs. The job market here right now is just crappy, so it's hard to get the good ones and it's hard to break in initially.

I got a friend that get's around 3000 usd a month (and this is the newbie pay so he'll get around 4500
in two years or so) to fix bugs on some dvd-equipment AND he get's to travel to different countries to
get drunk with the bosses for free, which is probably the most awesome thing I've ever heard) so
programming seems to be the way to go even if you're into artistic line of work in gaming.

Well.. at least that's my theory so far; get a work as a programmer and convince people in the company
to give you freedom to design your own games.

Actually, $3000 usd a month is pretty low for a beginning programmer in most fields. Traveling is cool tho. A lot of people at my work get to go on business trips once in a while. I mostly enjoy having every other Friday off all year long ​.

As far as designing your own games; I think as a programmer you have the biggest chance to start your own company. The 3d contractors at my work are always talking about making their own game, but they just don't have a programmer with the appropriate knowledge.

grats rydia. i'm actually in the same boat. i do lots of 3d stuff and i'm about to graduate with a bfa. luckily i also know how to program ;)

so does this mean that you'll actually post some of your art around here when you get time....? please?!

engineer me some softwarepls

Now I'm a software engineer.  No more starving artist for me

   I gave the game industry a good go as an artist, but after being taken advantage of as an intern - I've returned to my original career goals. Apparently, the company I was doing 3D contract work for really liked me. I did some technical work for them for a few months and now they've just hired me on as a software engineer.   I'm super excited.

   I suppose the ironic thing here is that now I'll get normal hours and have time/money to play video games and do other hobbies - like art - I just won't be doing it for a meager living and surviving 70 hour week crunch modes with never ending unhealthy pizza dinners.

Don't give a shit, go brag somewhere else fag.  :nyd: :nyd: :nyd: :nyd: /thread