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nerthos: @flaxx The first few years are always annoying, but they're important for getting a degree of economical independence so you don't have to worry about what'll happen if you don't get work for a month or two and can be a bit more picky with jobs.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 21:35:25 UTC
@flaxx The first few years are always annoying, but they're important for getting a degree of economical independence so you don't have to worry about what'll happen if you don't get work for a month or two and can be a bit more picky with jobs.
scribus: @flaxx Right on. Good luck with that.
scribus's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 21:31:37 UTC
@flaxx Right on. Good luck with that.
scribus: @flaxx Not great. Mental health issues, leaving work early because I can't sit in my cubicle without going into stress convulsions. But, I'm leaving work early, so I've got that going for me. How've you been?
scribus's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 21:02:21 UTC
@flaxx Not great. Mental health issues, leaving work early because I can't sit in my cubicle without going into stress convulsions. But, I'm leaving work early, so I've got that going for me. How've you been?
nerthos: @flaxx Oh, yeah, maiya's account is on another instance. You won't see her on public unless you're subscribed, but you should be able to see all of it from context. I agree that CAD is really boring, but it's a decent enough job for making money and practice. You can show architectural models to a studio to apply for a scenario modelling position and work your way from there.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:54:13 UTC
@flaxx Oh, yeah, maiya's account is on another instance. You won't see her on public unless you're subscribed, but you should be able to see all of it from context. I agree that CAD is really boring, but it's a decent enough job for making money and practice. You can show architectural models to a studio to apply for a scenario modelling position and work your way from there.
maiyannah: @nerthos @flaxx As an aside, I really adore how I can be more productive than many of these e-beggars when I have a chronic terminal illness that was supposed to kill me 15 years ago and make a mere fraction of what they do. The power of that emotional appeal when you have anything resembling a platform is monumental. Emotional blackmail.
maiyannah's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:53:34 UTC
@nerthos @flaxx As an aside, I really adore how I can be more productive than many of these e-beggars when I have a chronic terminal illness that was supposed to kill me 15 years ago and make a mere fraction of what they do. The power of that emotional appeal when you have anything resembling a platform is monumental. Emotional blackmail.
nerthos: @flaxx Well that's worth something. Having a team you can work with decently is half the way there.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:50:16 UTC
@flaxx Well that's worth something. Having a team you can work with decently is half the way there.
nerthos: @flaxx If all else fails you can claim you got cancer while developing and that's why updates don't come out, and beg for more money.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:49:31 UTC
@flaxx If all else fails you can claim you got cancer while developing and that's why updates don't come out, and beg for more money.
maiyannah: @nerthos @flaxx Most money I ever made on a contract when I was freelancing my various skills after 'retiring' due to my injury from the police, was with a local home-building firm. (Almost 40k for a month of work). And they're not even the top of that totem pole.
maiyannah's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:45:20 UTC
@nerthos @flaxx Most money I ever made on a contract when I was freelancing my various skills after 'retiring' due to my injury from the police, was with a local home-building firm. (Almost 40k for a month of work). And they're not even the top of that totem pole.
nerthos: @maiyannah @flaxx This. Forgot about it, but it's actually a really good job. Architects, surveyors, and other related professionals tend to hire people to do all the CAD and modelling since it's the most time intensive part of the job and by extension the bottleneck in getting more jobs a month and thus more money.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:42:43 UTC
@maiyannah @flaxx This. Forgot about it, but it's actually a really good job. Architects, surveyors, and other related professionals tend to hire people to do all the CAD and modelling since it's the most time intensive part of the job and by extension the bottleneck in getting more jobs a month and thus more money.
maiyannah: @nerthos @flaxx Its not as "fun" as game development, but there is GOOD money and more importantly a lot of jobs (here at least) right now in architectural modelling.
maiyannah's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:40:29 UTC
@nerthos @flaxx Its not as "fun" as game development, but there is GOOD money and more importantly a lot of jobs (here at least) right now in architectural modelling.
nerthos: @flaxx Bonus points if you fund it through kickstarter or patreon.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:37:07 UTC
@flaxx Bonus points if you fund it through kickstarter or patreon.
nerthos: @flaxx Jokes aside you can always work on modelling for any other bussiness until you get the job you want, as in a curriculum experience is experience regardless of where you do the job.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:36:07 UTC
@flaxx Jokes aside you can always work on modelling for any other bussiness until you get the job you want, as in a curriculum experience is experience regardless of where you do the job.
nerthos: @flaxx Just remember the golden rule about early access: disappear and erase your traces once you've made enough money and never finish.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:34:58 UTC
@flaxx Just remember the golden rule about early access: disappear and erase your traces once you've made enough money and never finish.
nerthos: @flaxx Well, everything is a door if you work on it. Practice, make a portfolio, and when you see some studio hiring just send them a link to your work. It's not uncommon to see small-to-medium size studios posting ads for hiring on social media, if you stick to the circles where that's relevant.
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:30:07 UTC
@flaxx Well, everything is a door if you work on it. Practice, make a portfolio, and when you see some studio hiring just send them a link to your work. It's not uncommon to see small-to-medium size studios posting ads for hiring on social media, if you stick to the circles where that's relevant.
nerthos: @flaxx Going for a career in videogame development then?
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:20:53 UTC
@flaxx Going for a career in videogame development then?
tiff: @flaxx it's the main reason we're friends
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:20:27 UTC
@flaxx it's the main reason we're friends
tiff: @flaxx because you're a clever little swede
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:16:39 UTC
@flaxx because you're a clever little swede
nerthos: @flaxx Doing fine. Got up just an hour ago and heating water for a mate cocido (it's like tea). Haven't heard anyone mention Maya in years, but I do remember it from early 2000s magazines talking about 3D rendering
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:14:56 UTC
@flaxx Doing fine. Got up just an hour ago and heating water for a mate cocido (it's like tea). Haven't heard anyone mention Maya in years, but I do remember it from early 2000s magazines talking about 3D rendering
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:14:11 UTC
@flaxx my secret shame
nerthos: @flaxx RDN remembers. How are you doing anyway?
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:09:36 UTC
@flaxx RDN remembers. How are you doing anyway?
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 20:08:14 UTC
@flaxx Envy
tiff: @flaxx more evidence towards the sneakiness of your creed
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:55:43 UTC
@flaxx more evidence towards the sneakiness of your creed
nerthos: @flaxx http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1543735
nerthos's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:54:36 UTC
@flaxx http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1543735
tiff: @flaxx who am I to stand in your way
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:41:28 UTC
@flaxx who am I to stand in your way
tiff: @flaxx that's a good point actually
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:38:39 UTC
@flaxx that's a good point actually
tiff: @flaxx My cause is to rough you up so you can face the world
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:35:08 UTC
@flaxx My cause is to rough you up so you can face the world
tiff: @flaxx I told you you people were scheming little bastards
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:28:27 UTC
@flaxx I told you you people were scheming little bastards
tiff: @flaxx what have I ever done to you
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:26:35 UTC
@flaxx what have I ever done to you
scribus's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 19:22:01 UTC
@flaxx Hi, you. :)
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:59:08 UTC
@flaxx that offends me
tiff: @flaxx haha what the kiwi is this your safe space
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:54:32 UTC
@flaxx haha what the kiwi is this your safe space
tiff: @flaxx the alt-right doesn't have to make sense
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:49:54 UTC
@flaxx the alt-right doesn't have to make sense
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:47:44 UTC
@flaxx Nationalism
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:46:01 UTC
@flaxx you devious little man
tiff: @flaxx is that not, in itself, sneaky
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:44:40 UTC
@flaxx is that not, in itself, sneaky
tiff's status on Monday, 12-Dec-16 18:43:11 UTC
@flaxx you're sneaky, you swedes
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 18:04:53 UTC
@flaxx tou can ché at that game
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 18:01:34 UTC
@flaxx thank ya
tiff: @flaxx it's a radiohead reference, if you liked good music you'd /know/ that
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:58:38 UTC
@flaxx it's a radiohead reference, if you liked good music you'd /know/ that
tiff: @flaxx tinker tailor soldier sailor same man different man beggar man thief
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:55:38 UTC
@flaxx tinker tailor soldier sailor same man different man beggar man thief
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:53:52 UTC
@flaxx same man
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:50:52 UTC
@flaxx to good music? yah
tiff: @flaxx even now I know you're damn right
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:49:38 UTC
@flaxx even now I know you're damn right
tiff: @flaxx then no I have not, I preordered their new album so I was planning on waiting so I can be all surprised and junk
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:48:45 UTC
@flaxx then no I have not, I preordered their new album so I was planning on waiting so I can be all surprised and junk
tiff: @flaxx is their new thing Life Itself
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:47:26 UTC
@flaxx is their new thing Life Itself
tiff: @flaxx okay but only because I'm laughing so hard I'm in tremendous pain
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:44:43 UTC
@flaxx okay but only because I'm laughing so hard I'm in tremendous pain
tiff: @flaxx no you're asking tiffany haha lol
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:42:36 UTC
@flaxx no you're asking tiffany haha lol
tiff's status on Wednesday, 03-Aug-16 17:40:40 UTC
@flaxx funniest thing EU 2k16