What is your dream job?
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A canoe instructor, or just a general outdoor activities instructor.
Or a chef.
Or a librarian/person who works in a book shop.
And if none of them work at all, then preferably something that involves driving fast cars, making explosions, or jumping off of very tall buildings.
So... a stunt (wo)man?
Or a chef.
Or a librarian/person who works in a book shop.
And if none of them work at all, then preferably something that involves driving fast cars, making explosions, or jumping off of very tall buildings.
So... a stunt (wo)man?
I want to work in the artist branch of the game industry, preferably as a concept artist but I'm also interested in storytelling and voice acting, although not nearly as much.
If nothing else I'd wanna be a freelance artist and possibly part-time truckdriver, for the lulz.
If nothing else I'd wanna be a freelance artist and possibly part-time truckdriver, for the lulz.
I'd love to work for some kind of videogame related publication. Gameinformer would be my dream pick, but I'd work for any magazine.
Escapist would be good too. I'm interested in working for you!
Escapist would be good too. I'm interested in working for you!
I spent a lot of my 20s trying out various careers that appealed - I worked in tech & game journalism, TV, speechwriting, and some other things. Like a lot of others I found that most popular aspirational careers force low salaries and crappy conditions on their workers in exchange for 'living the dream'. Videogame programming (which I haven't done) is a good example of this: almost anyone except the really high end geniuses could make a much better living doing database work, and not have to be chewed up and spat out by 80-100 hour work weeks. Journalism too: with honorable exceptions like The Escapist, journalism is often a proving ground where the smart kids eventually graduate to doing PR.
Without trying to be negative or crap on anyone's dream, I would suggest looking very carefully at the 'hot' careers and ask yourself what you're really looking for in them, because there are some very smart people who are cynically selling you a bill of goods with regards to things like the game, music & movie industries.
Now I'm in my early 30s I find myself motivated by internal rewards far more than external. I want to be a good person; I want to spend time with loved ones; I want to work with interesting people. This opens up a LOT of possibilities, while slamming some doors firmly shut.
Cheers
Colin
Without trying to be negative or crap on anyone's dream, I would suggest looking very carefully at the 'hot' careers and ask yourself what you're really looking for in them, because there are some very smart people who are cynically selling you a bill of goods with regards to things like the game, music & movie industries.
Now I'm in my early 30s I find myself motivated by internal rewards far more than external. I want to be a good person; I want to spend time with loved ones; I want to work with interesting people. This opens up a LOT of possibilities, while slamming some doors firmly shut.
Cheers
Colin
I have a pretty good gig...I own a comic and toy store My dream job would be to finally have the economy improve enough for some of the customers I've lost due to their financial situations to be able to come back I'd like to be busy enough that I need to hire some staff!
My dream job would be to finally have the economy improve enough for some of the customers I've lost due to their financial situations to be able to come back I'd like to be busy enough that I need to hire some staff!
Dream job, eat, play video games and have sex and get paid an exorbitant amount of money. Since that's not possible i'm working on becoming a surgeon.
I want to be a rock star.
Isn't that what every sane person wants?
[sub]and I swear to god if anyone plays that Nickelback song...[/sub]
Isn't that what every sane person wants?
[sub]and I swear to god if anyone plays that Nickelback song...[/sub]
Really? I hope Graphic Designer (Cover art mainly) doesnt count as music-related then : / Kinda my dream job atm...BonsaiK said:
