UP and why I'm in the wrong career
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We took the kids to see the new Pixar film today. As usual, it has bits that appeal to all ages, but it got me thinking about my chosen career path. While it's kinda cool for my kids to be able to say that the old man owns a company, it would be much cooler for them to be able to say that dad works for Pixar.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
I know what you're feeling. I work for an company that does precisely what you're talking about: Animation. Everything, from modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, special effects, etc., The office environment is very informal. You will find art work everywhere - sculptures, drawings, sketches, carvings, etc., It looks beautiful. 1000 odd people sit in 3 floors, and ALL of them are such artists capable of doing several things in animation and we are a group of less than 10 programmers there. It's exciting to see the kind of work that they do, and especially the way they do it. The monitors - unusually HUGE, the computers and other peripherals - best that money can buy. :) You would see people wearing 3D glasses and previewing a shot to approve it before it could be sent to Dreamworks (our partner), or EA Sports, or Nickelodeon, etc., people acting infront of the animators to explain how exactly the character in the movie should appear, etc., There is art room, there are different kinds of paints, brushes, papers, pencils of different kinds that I have never heard of, tablets, instruments that can be used to sculpt, and a whole lot of other things. I'm not an artist by any stretch of imagination. I cannot draw a proper line with a ruler and pencil, but ironically I sit amongst the best of the people who can do it. When I need a break from work, I can open explorer, browse to the output repository and watch an episode of Back at the Barnyard[^] that is yet to be telecasted, or choose amongst many other such TV shows that we animate here, or I could choose from one of those several animated movies, a particular shot in an animated movie, etc., to watch from. Oh, BTW - if I don't feel like sitting and watching it at my desk, we have a theater like setup in the office, that is sound proof and has customised speaker systems by BOSE and the seats have cupholders! :-\ They gave me a tough interview before they could take me in (6 hours, 3 rounds). It was difficult to get in. But, it is going to be very difficult if I have to think of leaving this place some day in the future. I don't see why would I ever want to leave this place, which is a different thing... It's fun to be here. FUN. :)
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I know what you're feeling. I work for an company that does precisely what you're talking about: Animation. Everything, from modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, special effects, etc., The office environment is very informal. You will find art work everywhere - sculptures, drawings, sketches, carvings, etc., It looks beautiful. 1000 odd people sit in 3 floors, and ALL of them are such artists capable of doing several things in animation and we are a group of less than 10 programmers there. It's exciting to see the kind of work that they do, and especially the way they do it. The monitors - unusually HUGE, the computers and other peripherals - best that money can buy. :) You would see people wearing 3D glasses and previewing a shot to approve it before it could be sent to Dreamworks (our partner), or EA Sports, or Nickelodeon, etc., people acting infront of the animators to explain how exactly the character in the movie should appear, etc., There is art room, there are different kinds of paints, brushes, papers, pencils of different kinds that I have never heard of, tablets, instruments that can be used to sculpt, and a whole lot of other things. I'm not an artist by any stretch of imagination. I cannot draw a proper line with a ruler and pencil, but ironically I sit amongst the best of the people who can do it. When I need a break from work, I can open explorer, browse to the output repository and watch an episode of Back at the Barnyard[^] that is yet to be telecasted, or choose amongst many other such TV shows that we animate here, or I could choose from one of those several animated movies, a particular shot in an animated movie, etc., to watch from. Oh, BTW - if I don't feel like sitting and watching it at my desk, we have a theater like setup in the office, that is sound proof and has customised speaker systems by BOSE and the seats have cupholders! :-\ They gave me a tough interview before they could take me in (6 hours, 3 rounds). It was difficult to get in. But, it is going to be very difficult if I have to think of leaving this place some day in the future. I don't see why would I ever want to leave this place, which is a different thing... It's fun to be here. FUN. :)
Lucky bum. I envy you your work...
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I know what you're feeling. I work for an company that does precisely what you're talking about: Animation. Everything, from modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, special effects, etc., The office environment is very informal. You will find art work everywhere - sculptures, drawings, sketches, carvings, etc., It looks beautiful. 1000 odd people sit in 3 floors, and ALL of them are such artists capable of doing several things in animation and we are a group of less than 10 programmers there. It's exciting to see the kind of work that they do, and especially the way they do it. The monitors - unusually HUGE, the computers and other peripherals - best that money can buy. :) You would see people wearing 3D glasses and previewing a shot to approve it before it could be sent to Dreamworks (our partner), or EA Sports, or Nickelodeon, etc., people acting infront of the animators to explain how exactly the character in the movie should appear, etc., There is art room, there are different kinds of paints, brushes, papers, pencils of different kinds that I have never heard of, tablets, instruments that can be used to sculpt, and a whole lot of other things. I'm not an artist by any stretch of imagination. I cannot draw a proper line with a ruler and pencil, but ironically I sit amongst the best of the people who can do it. When I need a break from work, I can open explorer, browse to the output repository and watch an episode of Back at the Barnyard[^] that is yet to be telecasted, or choose amongst many other such TV shows that we animate here, or I could choose from one of those several animated movies, a particular shot in an animated movie, etc., to watch from. Oh, BTW - if I don't feel like sitting and watching it at my desk, we have a theater like setup in the office, that is sound proof and has customised speaker systems by BOSE and the seats have cupholders! :-\ They gave me a tough interview before they could take me in (6 hours, 3 rounds). It was difficult to get in. But, it is going to be very difficult if I have to think of leaving this place some day in the future. I don't see why would I ever want to leave this place, which is a different thing... It's fun to be here. FUN. :)
Right that's it. I'm coming to work for you.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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As you can guess - it's called UP, and I would love to be an animator. I dabble in 3D, and kid myself that I have some small talent at it, but it's like comparing a kid drawing with crayons with Van Gogh.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Right that's it. I'm coming to work for you.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Great then! Don't forget the shorts and hoodies. Suit and tie is taboo here. :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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Great then! Don't forget the shorts and hoodies. Suit and tie is taboo here. :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
I am in Jeans and Trainers!
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
it's like comparing a kid drawing with crayons with Van Gogh.
Whoa dude, you can draw like Van Gogh? Awesome!
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Whoa dude, you can draw like Van Gogh? Awesome!
Yeah. The stuff he's been doing lately sucks.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Which movie?
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I'm in the wrong career
Yeah, sometimes I think I should have been a Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineer.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Yeah, sometimes I think I should have been a Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineer.
Absolutely the same here!
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Yeah, sometimes I think I should have been a Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineer.
Absolutely the same here!
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
Don't get me wrong, I love ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) but I find that that there is something special about things that move!
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I know what you're feeling. I work for an company that does precisely what you're talking about: Animation. Everything, from modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, special effects, etc., The office environment is very informal. You will find art work everywhere - sculptures, drawings, sketches, carvings, etc., It looks beautiful. 1000 odd people sit in 3 floors, and ALL of them are such artists capable of doing several things in animation and we are a group of less than 10 programmers there. It's exciting to see the kind of work that they do, and especially the way they do it. The monitors - unusually HUGE, the computers and other peripherals - best that money can buy. :) You would see people wearing 3D glasses and previewing a shot to approve it before it could be sent to Dreamworks (our partner), or EA Sports, or Nickelodeon, etc., people acting infront of the animators to explain how exactly the character in the movie should appear, etc., There is art room, there are different kinds of paints, brushes, papers, pencils of different kinds that I have never heard of, tablets, instruments that can be used to sculpt, and a whole lot of other things. I'm not an artist by any stretch of imagination. I cannot draw a proper line with a ruler and pencil, but ironically I sit amongst the best of the people who can do it. When I need a break from work, I can open explorer, browse to the output repository and watch an episode of Back at the Barnyard[^] that is yet to be telecasted, or choose amongst many other such TV shows that we animate here, or I could choose from one of those several animated movies, a particular shot in an animated movie, etc., to watch from. Oh, BTW - if I don't feel like sitting and watching it at my desk, we have a theater like setup in the office, that is sound proof and has customised speaker systems by BOSE and the seats have cupholders! :-\ They gave me a tough interview before they could take me in (6 hours, 3 rounds). It was difficult to get in. But, it is going to be very difficult if I have to think of leaving this place some day in the future. I don't see why would I ever want to leave this place, which is a different thing... It's fun to be here. FUN. :)
So if you don't do any of the animation stuff what kind of programming work do you do there? I hope it's not prying but it sounds like a dream job so I am interested. :)
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep But I have promises to keep and lines to code before I sleep, and lines to code before I sleep...
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So if you don't do any of the animation stuff what kind of programming work do you do there? I hope it's not prying but it sounds like a dream job so I am interested. :)
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep But I have promises to keep and lines to code before I sleep, and lines to code before I sleep...
dreamaway820 wrote:
So if you don't do any of the animation stuff what kind of programming work do you do there?
Sorry for cross-linking, but I've just answered this query in this post[^] :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell