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What is (going to be) your job?

Jobs I'd be content with:

- Tattoo artist
- Writer
- Rockstar (Bassist/Drummer/Vocalist)
- Assassin
- Programmer
- Game dev
- Archaeologist
- Bartender
- Chef
- Graphic designer

I'm sure I'd be at least one of these in the future.
 
My job right now is scrapping. I make 20 or 30 dollars here and there by going around places and finding stuff that I can break down and sell for parts or go to the scrapyard. I used to do it a lot more because my dad worked at hospitals so when they would go to throw something out that didn't work he'd just take it out to his van and bring it home and have me tear it down and sort it and I'd get 15 or 20 dollars for two or three hours of work sometimes. Doing it now is harder though because it's kinda illegal to go dumpster diving at a hospital, but I've been going around the housing edition I used to live in and the trailer park that I'm now living in and just asking around for stuff that people just don't have the time or patience to deal with themselves. It's not great at all, but I haven't had any luck getting an actual job so it's what I have to deal with for now.

I want to either study culinary arts or music education & performance. My dream job is either being a band director at a high school or I want to start down the road of being a professional chef and hopefully one day open my own restaurant.
 
I'm looking heavily into swapping careers to a more military based front. I've been saying for years I should be selling guns. Guns sell, and they sell well. If I can somehow work with a military contractor to start off, that'd be great. I may even switch to a military career if possible. Right now I 'sell things' more like over the phone and in a warehouse. It's okay money, but being part of this is just wearing me down. I haven't felt this bummed since working minimum wage jobs. So: bullets and guns is the future for me. You don't like guns? Fine, more money for me.
 
Kura said:
I worked my butt off in Uni, and I work my butt off in the "working world" too. I've been promoted in the past year so my current job now is Lead Animator at Sega working on the Total War series. Hope to continue with the title, do it justice, and make really awesome (and even better) games in the future. It can be really stressful most days as there's lots of demand, but I enjoy it. I have a lot of ambition and I want to keep climbing. One day I hope to be a well-known name in the industry (for all the right reasons, of course.)
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You're pretty much living the dream of half the people on here haha

As for me, I'm currently working as a dance coach with government support since I only earn $10 per every half an hour right now plus $20 for every social group class. I'm hoping this will change in the future though because I'm coming towards the tail end of forging a business deal with my boss with a school programme I've written. If it works I'll be able to earn a maximum of $300 for a days work which is pretty awesome.

I'm also currently a bit over half-way through my Bachelor of Education for primary school. I love working with kids and in schools so it will be good to have that to fall back on if the programme flops or in dry patches. I think I'd prefer working full time as a dance coach though since dancing is my real passion.


Belldandy said:
I think 25 is the shifting point from "I'm a youth" to "I'm an adult for real now". At 30, if you haven't established some kind of respectable career, you're "behind" as far as I'm concerned. Sure, life and luck do strange things, too, but as long as you've at least acquired your degree (or for longer degrees i.e. Medicine, be close to finishing) then that's OK. If that hasn't been done by thirty, I question your sense of responsibility, integrity and overall just your maturity. Of course, I make judgment exceptions if your luck has been really crappy.
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I think a better way of looking at it would be "if a person is not a burden on society" rather than "if a person actively contributes to society". As long as someone is not a drain on society they can do whatever the hell they want, we don't exist purely as cogs of some big machine and we are entitled to our own sense of fulfilment.
 
I like to say I'm a gardener because it sounds pleasantly old-fashioned, but strictly speaking I'm a nurseryperson. Pot plants, re-pot plants, prune plants, feed plants, spray plants, (un)load deliveries of plants. Simple work, out in the fresh air. It's easy and stress-free — all I've ever wanted out of a job. It only pays a pittance, but I'm alright with that.



Belldandy said:
I think 25 is the shifting point from "I'm a youth" to "I'm an adult for real now". At 30, if you haven't established some kind of respectable career, you're "behind" as far as I'm concerned. Sure, life and luck do strange things, too, but as long as you've at least acquired your degree (or for longer degrees i.e. Medicine, be close to finishing) then that's OK. If that hasn't been done by thirty, I question your sense of responsibility, integrity and overall just your maturity. Of course, I make judgment exceptions if your luck has been really crappy.
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Nice to know you don't find the work I enjoy respectable simply because it isn't highly-qualified. Real nice. I'm sorry to be antagonistic, but I really don't think your outlook is reasonable. What makes you feel that way?



Kura said:
I worked my butt off in Uni, and I work my butt off in the "working world" too. I've been promoted in the past year so my current job now is Lead Animator at Sega working on the Total War series. Hope to continue with the title, do it justice, and make really awesome (and even better) games in the future. It can be really stressful most days as there's lots of demand, but I enjoy it. I have a lot of ambition and I want to keep climbing. One day I hope to be a well-known name in the industry (for all the right reasons, of course.)
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>Lead animator for Rome II/Attila
>Wants to be known for all the right reasons

Oh dear. It's not your fault of course, it's the Warscape engine. Even so, I wouldn't say you're in a good spot right now with regard to your ambition.
 
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Cassino said:
>Lead animator for Rome II/Attila
>Wants to be known for all the right reasons

Oh dear. It's not your fault of course, it's the Warscape engine. Even so, I wouldn't say you're in a good spot right now with regard to your ambition.
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Not all in-game anims and code driven anims are reflective on what is in my portfolio, so that's a bit harsh of you to say. You also don't know what projects I've been working on that are currently unannounced, and what aspects of the games I've actually contributed to. And just to clarify, I also was not lead on Rome 2 and have just recently been promoted- very little, if any, decisions and outcomes with Rome2's structure were under my control.

I think I'm in a fantastic spot at the moment with a great company that makes great games. To become lead from a junior position in under 3 years takes a lot of dedication and I'm not going to sit here and let you belittle my accomplishments. Either say something nice or don't say anything at all because this is my job path and I enjoy what I do- I do it well or I wouldn't be here.
Don't come here and tell me that my work is shit just because I don't work at Pixar. (And FYI, I interned at Disney so don't even pull that one.)
 
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Kura said:
Not all in-game anims and code driven anims are reflective on what is in my portfolio, so that's a bit harsh of you to say. You also don't know what projects I've been working on that are currently unannounced, and what aspects of the games I've actually contributed to. And just to clarify, I also was not lead on Rome 2 and have just recently been promoted- very little, if any, decisions and outcomes with Rome2's structure were under my control.

I think I'm in a fantastic spot at the moment with a great company that makes great games. To become lead from a junior position in under 3 years takes a lot of dedication and I'm not going to sit here and let you belittle my accomplishments. Either say something nice or don't say anything at all because this is my job path and I enjoy what I do- I do it well or I wouldn't be here.
Don't come here and tell me that my work is **** just because I don't work at Pixar. (And FYI, I interned at Disney so don't even pull that one.)
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Did I come across that way? I'm very sorry. I was just making a casual remark based on the veteran playerbase's opinion of the quality of TW games. What I mean is, because CA have garnered some hatred from this part of the playerbase, if you were to remain in your current position, this association may keep you from being liked by the players of the games you work on. Then again, I suppose being liked within the industry is another matter. I have no opinion on the quality of your work, as indeed you've stated I have no way of knowing exactly what you've worked on. Again, I do apologise if I've upset you.
 
Cassino said:
Did I come across that way? I'm very sorry. I was just making a casual remark based on the veteran playerbase's opinion of the quality of TW games. What I mean is, because CA have garnered some hatred from this part of the playerbase, if you were to remain in your current position, this association may keep you from being liked by the players of the games you work on. Then again, I suppose being liked within the industry is another matter. I have no opinion on the quality of your work, as indeed you've stated I have no way of knowing exactly what you've worked on. Again, I do apologise if I've upset you.
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Yeah honestly, you did.. but I also wholeheartedly accept your apology. I also apologise for jumping the gun a bit too. I understand where you're coming from though.. we're a massive studio and there are so many things that I want to improve on for the next projects that sometimes it's hard to get something implemented for the current ones because of time restraints and etc. A lot goes into games, so while we all know the shortcomings of Rome 2, we also listen to the community and are working to build that up again and release things that are better. No one wants to make a rubbish game at the end of the day.. we all want to make something that others will enjoy :3

Really, though.. I really appreciate the apology. Means a lot. Sorry for the miscommunication.
 
a voice actor, yo.

i'm going to college for my drama degree atm, so we'll see how that goes.
 
Sadly, I don't have a dream job lol. I'm at a lull right now between my Associate's and choosing a field for a Bachelor's so I've just been working bottom of the barrel ish to make some money.
 
gimmepie said:
I think a better way of looking at it would be "if a person is not a burden on society" rather than "if a person actively contributes to society". As long as someone is not a drain on society they can do whatever the hell they want, we don't exist purely as cogs of some big machine and we are entitled to our own sense of fulfilment.
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Yeah, I think that's the main point and goal individually. I think that at some point, though, you should give back in some way to the collective society. I don't think it's right to benefit from, as is the case in Canada, the health care system, the educational system, etc. and not give back in some way that isn't taxes. You're right that this is basically the overall idea I have, though: just don't be a societal leach.

Cassino said:
Nice to know you don't find the work I enjoy respectable simply because it isn't highly-qualified. Real nice. I'm sorry to be antagonistic, but I really don't think your outlook is reasonable. What makes you feel that way?
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I think I read that you're a garderner, right? That's not necessarily a bad thing. I like flowers and plants, etc. too. Gimmiepie probably put it in better words than I did. I don't like leaches who leach on purpose or have screwed themselves up that they can feasibly only be leaches. My mother's side of the family - three aunts with over ten kids between 'em - are all unemployed welfare leaches who had children young and never acquired highschool diplomas. They have no ambition to amount to anything and for the foreseeable future will just continue to accept their monthly child benefits and social works cheques.

If it's by horrible luck that someone is in that situation, then it's OK. We're not all lucky. We're not born with equal chances, as much as we might like to think anyway. My aunts and other extended family have made some poor, practically irreversible choices. I'm so far the only individual between my parents, my aunts, my cousins and my siblings that will acquire post-secondary (or even a secondary school degree; most of them do not even have one of those) and be eligible for what even they dub as "meaningful" employment. What's sad is that they recognize that they're not going anywhere but don't bother to change it. Their children are the ones that will really suffer from that. The case files at CAS for even myself and siblings, let alone them with their drug issues and debt, is stupidly large. It's unfortunate. At least one of my aunts prioritizes her children, though. The other two have taken and wasted their children's trust fund from our late grandfather or use their social works for drugs and alcohol. Not cool :pink_no:

But yeah, take what I said more like what Gimmiepie said about being a leach. Society can't survive without having individuals who pursue gardening, customer service, etc. as employment. If everyone had post-secondary-type jobs in large firms, as professors, etc. there'd be no one left to do the jobs no one wants to do or that do not pay as much, but are perhaps less stressful (as is the case with gardening - oo~ flowers ♥). Unless by then we develop some pretty neat high-tech robots, but then we'd still garden for fun :pink_tongue:
 
idk man, i'm thinking somewhere in the medical field or some sort of engineer. i know there's more to engineering but i really like math and science. if i were to go into the med field i could be a psychologist or work with babies. i'm still trying to figure what i'm wearing tomorrow how am i supposed to pick a career.. geez
 
My major is liberal arts, which is just fancy talk for general lmfao. I'm just trying to gtfo of school. I don't really know what I want to do after that. :< I might try to work towards moving up at GameStop, but idk. I don't really think I wanna spend my life in retail. Sigh. I think I'll just enjoy what time I have left before I graduate and get the post-grad blues when they're relevant rather than right now. lol
 
Currently only doing on and off freelance jobs but nothing much atm. Starting my 3rd year and a bit and will be taking my Masters next year.

I'm currently studying in being a Multimedia Designer studying a degree in Design Innovation majoring in Media Design, but at the same time also studying a degree in Information Systems as well as looking at being a developer.
I'm specializing in game design, art and development within my studies, but being a multimedia designer, I do love working on the variety of different types of design than just specializing such as graphic,interaction-based, web + app, modelling, UX, animation etc. to name a few.
I would honestly love to do it forever, but I'm not fuzzy to whatever job I end up within my degree in because I love being a designer and developer all in all.

Dream job-wise though, I'd love to work more within something in the VR and AR field - it's what I'm hoping to maybe do my Masters on next year. Not necessarily just for games, but also other things and maybe some things that may benefit life. I'd also love to work on games that in someway are used within physical therapy. There was a class last year, but by the time I could take it this year it wasn't being taught because it was a special temporary topic.
 
A history teacher of some sort, either in high school or a college later on in my career. Don't quite know when I'll actually reach this career, but I think that I'm the perfect sort of person to be a teacher and it just relies on when I'll finish getting my degree.
I don't particularly care about money so the thought of never getting rich from my profession hardly bothers me. My thoughts on this will most likely change when I have children, but as I'm not going to have a child on my own, the extra income from my partner will hopefully supplement the mediocre level of income.
I'm quite fine with this as although it'll be exhausting, I'll be satisfied with how I'm living.
 
Gonna get that chef position in a decade or so, I just know it. Right now I'm doing work experience, but I've got like 5 months left then I'm gonna be a cook.
 
Blue_Bird said:
I'm working on a psychology degree (eventually masters) to become an Art Therapist. I would work with kids in hospitals, psych wards, etc.
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Good luck on your psychology degree! I tried that route for about 2.5 years right after graduating high school and didn't work out. The amount of time and effort needed to get a decent job in the psychology wasn't worth it \: As much as I would've liked to help people directly, I've managed to find my place in life with IT.

Evil Stud Muffin said:
Gonna get that chef position in a decade or so, I just know it. Right now I'm doing work experience, but I've got like 5 months left then I'm gonna be a cook.
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What kind of dishes do you like cooking? Can you be my personal chef? ;3
 
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