Leaving game dev

Eric Chadwick

I'm starting Monday as a 3D Visualization Art Manager at a non-games company called Wayfair, managing and growing a team doing mostly architectural rendering. 

I'll still do some game art freelancing on the side, but I'm not full-time in game dev any more. I've been a game artist for about 25 years, and it's been a great ride. But now it's time for something new.

I'll try to keep a helping hand in the forums here, and the wiki too. Just a bit less probably. Anyhow just wanted to say, thanks for everything. See you all around.

MrHobo

Thanks for all your handwork and dedication to the community and forums. 
Best of luck with your new job, hope it comes with plenty of yachtes!   

Swaggletooth

Good luck! I have known other vets do similar, and from what they say it's a good move for winding down and getting out of the fast lane.

Thanks for being such a cool guy here

RyanB

Congrats.  I've taken multi-year breaks from full-time game development and always felt great doing it.  Expand your horizons!

Eric Chadwick

Thanks everyone. Doesn't feel like winding down though. I think it's actually going to be tougher haha. 

Odow

Good luck !!

beefaroni

Congrats!

My girl worked for Wayfair while we were in Boston and it sounds like a great company.

Good luck

cptSwing

My best wishes! I do hope we'll keep seeing you around here, you've been both an amazing source of information and an irritatingly friendly presence on the forum!

Fansub

Congrats, good luck and thank you so much for all your contributions to this forum !

Sunray

Congrats on the new job man hope you like it over there

low odor

Good Luck Eric!

sacboi

Sounds like fun.

All the best

Ruflse

Good luck Eric, you have teached a lot to a lot of people.
It's gonna be hard not seeing you in all the threads!

RyoClick

Awesome man, I hope everything goes well for you.

MiAlx

Congrats and godspeed Eric!

AGoodFella

Cool, good luck. Let us know how it goes.

Ruz

good luck Eric, I am sure you will enjoy the new role

chrisradsby

Wow, congrats man! And I hope you'll have an awesome time! Keep us updated on what it's like !

Joebewon

Good luck Eric! 
The work you do here is awesome and appreciated! So enjoy the new role and hope to see you around here still! 

Mathew O

Sound awesome, good luck man! Keep us updated

Pioldes

Cheers! Have fun!

SveinY

All the best indeed Eric!

Doodlok

WIsh you all the luck!! THough I never talked to you or interacted with you I always had massive respect about how you take your time to make critiques and replies to insane amount of posts, being constructive to so many beginners like me. Good luck with everything!!

throttlekitty

Good luck Eric, sounds fun!

Asura

Congrats on the new gig! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into PC

SnowInChina

good luck eric
have been wondering what all this archviz stuff was doing on your portfolio recently ^.^
now it all makes sense

melviso

Best of luck to you and congrats. As someone who does arch visualization works, welcome to the family

PollySong

I did the same transition and I think you made a good choice. It's nice to be able to go home at five and not have to worry about ulcers.

fearian

Thankyou for everything you do and have done here! Seriously.

Also, really odd to check out your Arch viz rendering and recognise it as the area where I play Pokemon Go at lunch.

Alemja

Congrats on the new gig! Thanks for all of the help you have given around Polycount, I hope you will continue to stick around.

Eric Chadwick

Hey, all the well-wishes mean a lot!

Also my score is through the roof, haha. Take that, Gib, and shove it up your ass!

MujtabaYousuf

Hey eric! I talked to you personally and you are a great person. Thanks for helping us newbies.

Chimp

congrats ol chap! Thanks for all the effort on the forums, wiki and site in general man, you've been a pillar of this community!
Now, with you busy there i'll be free to terrorise the forums! buahahahahahhahahahahahha

Autocon

Thanks for all the amazing hard work and dedication you have shown over the years to help people Eric. It certainly has been appreciated. Good luck in the new venture, it sounds like it should be a blast!

kanga

Congratulation on the move, and thanks for the help!

STRIKER

Congrats man! have fun in your new adventures!

Kwramm

Good luck! This actually sounds like a real job

Owul

Damn, I feel like I missed out. I'm new here, and it looks like you really did a lot to help the community out. Now, I'm going to have to feel like a creep going through your post history and find some nuggets of advice and tips. 

Edit: Congrats btw. 

Eric Chadwick

Thanks everyone! I feel the luvvvv.

It's been a hectic first week. Learning tons. It's also the biggest company I've ever worked directly within, what a trip it is walking through floor after floor of people all working on things together.

Also neat to be riding the Boston subway daily, been awhile since I've been part of that flow.

rollin

Buhuuuu.. I'll miss you .. even if it's just a tiny tiny bit less Good luck and have fun!
And greet the subway from me Love boston

D4N005H

Well actually PolyCount without him is like a 4WD car without 2 wheels. BTW wish you the bests for your new career Mr.Chadwick.

slosh

Nice! This seems to be a natural progression for some artists it seems.  I've had several friends and acquaintances move onto outsource management or art management after being an art dev for years.  Definitely not an easy transition one but a lot of new stuff to learn...seems exciting!  Congrats man!

z0ltan

You do boss work, and will forever be Eric Chadwiki to me. Grats and good luck!

Spoon

Reading the thread title and I thought: "Yawn, another random no-name-nub threatening to leave the industry".
But I was surprised and sad to see it is you.
Best of luck, and may you find eternal happiness, vibrant rainbows and saturated pastures

Michael_Ingrassia

@Spoon- you forgot Unicorns.

ZombieWells

Good luck!!! I hope you keep in-touch with polycount. I would miss seeing your post/comments. Have fun at the new job!!!

Tits

Don`t leave us tho , good luck in your new adventure !!

Steve Schulze

Enjoy all that filthy Archvis money.

EliasWick

Best of luck to you, and congratulations! I wish you the best time there!

blankslatejoe

goodluck eric! Be sure to make game stuff still too from time to time.

thomasp

congrats on the new job Eric, thanks for the hard work you've put into polycount - and once you're settled in over there I hope you choose to stick around here.