In the Industry, sort of... (Career path advice)
polycounter lvl 4
I'll cut to the chase.
I've been working for the same company for about 1.5yrs now, initially hired as an Assembly Artist to work on game cinematics (Light/Render/Comp)
I have some previous experience in amateur freelance Editing/MoGraph jobs, and my higher ups knew about this.
Slowly but surely, while my team work on higher end client work, I was being isolated and given random Editing/MoGraph work to do.
This includes company demoreels for clients pitches, editing promotional videos, social media videos, making slideshows, mostly internal stuff.
I have no issues with helping out but this is not what I want to do, not the slightest.
But they seem to like the work I do, So I find keep falling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole and being type cast as the editing guy.
Honestly, It is disheartening, soul-crushing, depressing, and sucking every bit of passion I had out of me.
Literally watching as newly hired fresh grads are working on high-end client cinematics while im here editing the next Instagram video.
This has been ongoing for over a year now and I've had a number of chats with my superiors about this
But long story short, I was told that i was helping the company grow yada yada, for the good of the company yada yada.
Believe me, I am very grateful for my job and the money is not an issue, but at the same time im extremely unhappy day in day out.
Im aware that a majority of you have had a fair share of unsatisfactory jobs, etc.
I would like your suggestion on how you would handle this and/or if you have faced a similar situation.
TL;DR Hired as a 3D Artist but being typecasted as a editor/slideshow/mograph/social media guy.
I've been working for the same company for about 1.5yrs now, initially hired as an Assembly Artist to work on game cinematics (Light/Render/Comp)
I have some previous experience in amateur freelance Editing/MoGraph jobs, and my higher ups knew about this.
Slowly but surely, while my team work on higher end client work, I was being isolated and given random Editing/MoGraph work to do.
This includes company demoreels for clients pitches, editing promotional videos, social media videos, making slideshows, mostly internal stuff.
I have no issues with helping out but this is not what I want to do, not the slightest.
But they seem to like the work I do, So I find keep falling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole and being type cast as the editing guy.
Honestly, It is disheartening, soul-crushing, depressing, and sucking every bit of passion I had out of me.
Literally watching as newly hired fresh grads are working on high-end client cinematics while im here editing the next Instagram video.
This has been ongoing for over a year now and I've had a number of chats with my superiors about this
But long story short, I was told that i was helping the company grow yada yada, for the good of the company yada yada.
Believe me, I am very grateful for my job and the money is not an issue, but at the same time im extremely unhappy day in day out.
Im aware that a majority of you have had a fair share of unsatisfactory jobs, etc.
I would like your suggestion on how you would handle this and/or if you have faced a similar situation.
TL;DR Hired as a 3D Artist but being typecasted as a editor/slideshow/mograph/social media guy.
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I guess part of me knew what I have to do but I just had to hear someone say it.
One small problem however is that I am from a fairly small country with an even smaller studio count so I have had to weigh the pros and cons heavily before I make a decision. It is unfortunate, as I do currently work at one of the biggest companies here and I also like the working environment and people. But, I might just have to leave, even if its to a smaller company, so long as it doesn't drain all my energy every single day.
I have enough resources to take afew months off to level up the good ol' portfolio, so i might just do that.