🧵 Getting a job thread
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Sep 2023 23:33:39 UTC No. 959473
Thread to discuss how to get a fucking real job with 3D tools.
stann co at Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:37:47 UTC No. 959563
>>959473
make your own company, and start looking for people who needs stuff made. I'm doing it with friends now. There's no jobs so we're making our fucking own
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:11:21 UTC No. 959577
I hate looking for work so bad bros.
I would love for a manager or something to take 25% if I never had to do it again.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:28:15 UTC No. 961904
>>959473
>Become a rigger
>make bank
>hate your job and studio higher ups/production,
>maintain job security because they can't risk losing you
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Oct 2023 19:24:55 UTC No. 961908
First, you need to be an asian. If you are not an asian, the peak job you can get is writing articles how generative AI will replace modellers.
Anonymous at Fri, 27 Oct 2023 05:09:04 UTC No. 962291
>>959473
newfag here, I dont plan to get a job in 3dcg, but say I were to build up a portfolio of design work using houdini, blender, substance painter, etc over the next 4 years
lets say I focus on houdini and become very proficient in procedural stuff
I have a twitter account of a thousand or so followers, a website, etc
how hard is it really to get hired?
Anonymous at Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:48:02 UTC No. 962311
Just do a normal job.
This is supposed to be fun.
Men in suits making money from your work is not fun.
Anonymous at Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:09:52 UTC No. 962336
>>959473
Doing something you like doesn't make you money. Doing something you like while the cost of living goes up puts you closer to homelessness. Doing something you like in an industry known for shit working conditions will never make you happy. Please do not pull an uno reverse card showing someone like Raf Grasetti or Frank Tzeng or Eric Barone those guys are anomalies when it comes to work ethic, social standing and business acumen. You do not have those traits. You were not born in the right place at the right time. It's over. Stop daydreaming and face the reality you are nothing but a NEET leeching of taxpayer money in your favela, Cris.
Anonymous at Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:48:37 UTC No. 962380
>>959473
Make a standard portfolio, but also search in niche markets too, there are so many people looking for modellers to make their projects, but they will never go to the professional modeler because they don't accept to sculpt a concepts for a retractable dragon dildo
budget casting, budget writing, with blood at Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:58:34 UTC No. 962804
yea, how much skill do i need to secure 6 number jobs
especially currently
Anonymous at Wed, 1 Nov 2023 09:49:25 UTC No. 962818
>>959473
You generalise with other 2D disciplines (graphic design, UIUX, illustration, video editing + mograph) and do multimedia for corporate, publishing and learning.
9-5, stable, and still something different everyday. Only downside (for you people I guess) is it won't be 24/7 3D work, but if you want a good job, that's the compromise you'll have to make.
🗑️ Anonymous at Wed, 1 Nov 2023 10:44:36 UTC No. 962826
>>962818
What if i dont do 3d. At all.
Only mildyl everything else too. But mostly notthign too corppor8 looking
Anonymous at Wed, 1 Nov 2023 15:59:59 UTC No. 962851
>>962826
Not having 3D is fine (a bit funny to say this in a 3D board), but it'll definitely value-add to you as a candidate, since companies usually just want to hire 1-2 multimedia guys (up to maybe 3 if they are big enough) to handle literally everything.
You'll have to up your "everything else" from "mildly" to at least a "moderate" level. As a generalist you won't have to know how to make agency-tier graphics, but you should know a ton of software, or at least quickly know how to use them (for example, I had to learn how to use Fontforge in 30 minutes to solve a font issue). Also, if you want to get into learning, you'll have to learn Articulate Storyline. Try to learn at least 2 different software for each discipline, while knowing the technical ins and outs of 1 for each.
Knowing how to at least read and edit code will also help you a lot when they inevitably ask you to help design a website for them (a pretty easy task nowadays with wordpress, but you'll still run into some issues).
Typing all these out I just realised it's probably a lot to expect lol, you don't mind telling me what stage you are in your life rn?
Anonymous at Wed, 1 Nov 2023 17:10:40 UTC No. 962861
>>961904
Literally me
part from the making bank think, we make minimum wage with university diplomas
🗑️ Anonymous at Thu, 2 Nov 2023 00:26:04 UTC No. 962897
>>962851
>stage of life
Less than moderate
>moderate
What is this definition
Pls expand tx
Anonymous at Thu, 2 Nov 2023 12:14:04 UTC No. 962937
>>959477
>worthless metaslop company nobody has ever heard of
Anonymous at Thu, 2 Nov 2023 12:44:15 UTC No. 962939
>>959477
>metaverse
>ai
>blockchain
They really hit it all, techbro dream
Anonymous at Thu, 2 Nov 2023 20:38:08 UTC No. 962961
>>959473
just don't... sitting 10 hours a day doing for work what you used to do as a hobby will kill you inside and your back
Anonymous at Fri, 3 Nov 2023 07:28:11 UTC No. 963014
>>959473
two ways
1. be junior level and know people in the industry and get hired through nepotism
or
2. If you know no one in the industry to get you in, you have to have a senior level portfolio and years of freelance experience and you will get yourself a junior to mid position sooner or later. Probably 4-6 years required before you'll get a job.
There's also a more elusive 3rd way but it requires you to be a moderately attractive woman and either fuck or hint at fucking your boss
Anonymous at Tue, 7 Nov 2023 12:18:19 UTC No. 963488
>>963014
This is the only accurate post in this thread. I came to post essentially this. Even if you're shit hot you will SERIOUSLY struggle unless you know someone. The whole industry runs on nepotism, diversity hires and hot girl hires. Its sad and I wish it wasn't true but its experience of the whole thing. I myself only got in because an old school art director stumbled upon my work online.
Anonymous at Tue, 7 Nov 2023 22:46:41 UTC No. 963557
have u tried getting an mfa from a halfway decent school? believe or not people are more likely to hire some with a grad degree over someone who watched a bunch of blender tutorials on youtube
Anonymous at Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:26:21 UTC No. 963602
>>962861
Sucks to hear that man
my perception is coloured by having sat next to the rigging team as an anim rev/tech anim junior and see this dude litter an adjacent desk with Sideshow Collectibles statuettes
Anonymous at Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:22:09 UTC No. 964029
>>963014
This
Im so glad that Im 1, most of my colleagues are 2. You either know somebody or you have to compete with senior portfolios
Anonymous at Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:26:13 UTC No. 964086
>>959473
Make an only fans and sell feet pics.
If you are referring to 3d, the answer is furry degenerate characters or a good rigger
Anonymous at Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:05:54 UTC No. 964308
>>959473
Start doing deliveries in my off hours, makes you learn how to do your own taxes, manage work time, and operate a small business (fking easy)
you're on your phone anyway look for ways to sell your stuff or advertise
Anonymous at Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:17:52 UTC No. 964317
Finally got an interview but no job. Getting jobs with no experience is a fucking scam.
My demo reel is better than 99% of the other applicants but the job always goes to the cute girl, diversity hire, or nepo hire. If I see whoever got the job make a post about it and they're yet another attractive woman or a diversity hire with a mid portfolio I will scream.
>>963014
>>963488
I swear to god I wrote this post before reading these. Fuck this industry. And then ofc if you try to point this out to anyone else they'll go "N-n-n-no I got my job because I have the skill!!!" and their demo reel is still made up entirely of shitty school assignments they did 2 years ago.
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:35:42 UTC No. 964417
>>964383
No thank you Anon. I would rather be unemployed in America then employed in India making 2 cents an hour and walking through streets filled with poop.
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:25:43 UTC No. 964465
>>964417
That is true kek
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:42:21 UTC No. 964475
Any advice for freelance work?
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Nov 2023 22:51:48 UTC No. 964492
>>964383
Would love to but I can't afford to move there.
Anonymous at Sat, 18 Nov 2023 02:34:09 UTC No. 964624
>>962291
Are you a nigger or a blue-haired cunt? Instant hire. If you are a white male, good luck, fren.