Reply With Quotei'd do it so i wouldn't feel weird about passing it up. i'd be ready to go if it began to even sound fishy.
but i don't know anything about this stuff... i just know how it feels to pass opportunities.
I have been working freelance for a film production company who shall remain nameless. In the year that I've been working for them, I have put up with a lot of crap that I won't go into here aside from the fact they pay me practically nothing. Well things have gone on long enough and my boss already knows I am angry at him. I am not going to go into a huge confrontation, though I know this will not end plesantly. Here the catch: the animator who works for this company is putting a video game pitch togther because he has a contact with someone who's out shopping for a title from a unamed but well known company. He told me I have the option of doing this to-I know someone who has a game in the works but needs an artist whom I will be first choice for. If I stop doing work for the compnay, I essentially loose this oppertunity, because the animator and my boss are good friends and I saw what happened between them and another artist who is essential now cut off from them because of bad business and backstabbing (not that I have done any of that (bad business on their part not mine) to cause this rift. A lot of what seemed to be oppertunites have come asnd passed so I am really skeptical about where the company is going and what they will be doing. But I am pretty sure the animator is for real on this and I don't want to loose this chance. Should I stick around until I find out more about the project or am I being to naive?
i'd do it so i wouldn't feel weird about passing it up. i'd be ready to go if it began to even sound fishy.
but i don't know anything about this stuff... i just know how it feels to pass opportunities.
Swallow your pride unless you're being blatantly abused and try to be political about it. You'll put up with some shit to further your own career, you know? And try to learn from how they do it so that in a few years, you're a better boss. Give it a shot, you're young - see if the potential new job pans out.
My barely informed opinion.
You could try doing both - keep your current job and do the video game one on the side. Paying jobs always come before "this could be big" jobs with me.
Tweeter,
I say go with your gut.If I would have listened to mine I would have alot less headaches right now.any way I would say take the paying job.It might not be the best,but it's money and I sure you have bills just like the rest of us.Well thats what I would do.
How does it go?
as one door closes, many more will open.
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Quit your job, become a porn star and live rich and famous!
Not everyone can be like me Juan.
Go for it tweeter! Use them, get what you need out of it....Then leave.
Wait, let me see if I understand this correctly. You know some guy who knows some guy who's putting together a pitch for some company? Does anyone in this situation actually have real contacts or real prospects at this well known company? Because really, anyone can put together a pitch. I guess the situation depends on how real these prospects are and how much you're willing to put up with.
Originally posted by tweeter
I have been working freelance for a film production company who shall remain nameless. In the year that I've been working for them, I have put up with a lot of crap that I won't go into here aside from the fact they pay me practically nothing. Well things have gone on long enough and my boss already knows I am angry at him. I am not going to go into a huge confrontation, though I know this will not end plesantly. Here the catch: the animator who works for this company is putting a video game pitch togther because he has a contact with someone who's out shopping for a title from a unamed but well known company. He told me I have the option of doing this to-I know someone who has a game in the works but needs an artist whom I will be first choice for. If I stop doing work for the compnay, I essentially loose this oppertunity, because the animator and my boss are good friends and I saw what happened between them and another artist who is essential now cut off from them because of bad business and backstabbing (not that I have done any of that (bad business on their part not mine) to cause this rift. A lot of what seemed to be oppertunites have come asnd passed so I am really skeptical about where the company is going and what they will be doing. But I am pretty sure the animator is for real on this and I don't want to loose this chance. Should I stick around until I find out more about the project or am I being to naive?
For one, a pitch is not a sale. It's not a sure thing. What engine is the guy going to use, who is he making the game for (PC, PS2, Gamecube), how many other people are slated to work on the project, (background designers, level designers, coders, 3d artists, etc).
It's not like you can just jump right in and go "Hey, let's make a video game" and shit will come up roses for you. Look what happened to Joe Mad. Even with everyone riding his jock for this game of his to come out, they ended up going under.
I say not to follow your gut, it's just grumbling cause it's hungry, and if you eat all the seed there can't be a harvest. *does that make sense, cause I just made it up and it makes sense to me, but my analogies usually don't do well with others. Or maybe it's just dumb* Regardless, I'd do my research. This is your future, not a school dance.
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