Is that really motivational? Seems more depressing to me than anything.
It basically seems to me like "I'm extremely skilled, qualified, disciplined and hard working but I still can't get shit in my field and I'm having to work two shitty jobs just to live. But this is totally motivational because on the end I said that it's resilience and I'm not giving up."
Of
course, I'm a cynical bitch, so I'm bound to read it that way, but
still. If you look at it for its objective reality and not his personal
view on it, it's just bleak.
LOL I've been around the block a couple of times, I'm actually coming up to half way through my seventh decade alive (heh existence more like) next Feb, when I'll essentially hit the BIG 65yo - feckin!
I'm just your average bloke with a penchant for arty farty stuff so indeed seen and done a bit. For instance some parts of my employment history reads like a nightmare, practically populated with robust dangerous industries where you're paid absolutely sweet fuck all risking life and limb, either being shot at or jumped by drunk dickheads while on 12hr night shift foot patrol or long hours construction laboring work at height or heavy machinery factory relocations, where one tiny lapse of concentration you'll likely end squished under a single 200 ton stripped down Leichhardt industrial printing press component...etc basically you do what it takes to get by.
At the moment due to collecting assorted knocks-bumps-injuries sustained over decades, fortunately landed in a single studio apartment which is part of a large self contained care facility + independent accommodation village setting, that are dotted around Melbourne for ex-military/forces personnel, I was eligible having served 7yrs in the Australian army throughout 1980s and it's overarching charitable organization has been running these veteran/ex-service residential care homes for 80yrs.
Thus, currently survive receiving a fortnightly temporary Veteran Payment allowance via the DVA, after lodging a compensation claim 2022 for mental health issues I believed incurred while serving, had lost a few mates during my enlistment but these bureaucratic arseholes drag your application through the mud, re-traumatizing applicants by forensically picking apart submitted first hand evidence apparently without any ounce of humane secondhand thought. Already rejected twice, in fact once on appeal even-though I've been diagnosed with PTSD for fuck sake, anyway given I think it's a forlorn hope the second scheduled appeal next year in terms of final verdict will be accepted is probably slim, at best.
Hmm...really dunno why I'd shared an extremely abridged life story, maybe I'm just an eternal optimist, oh well quite possibly some sort of cathartic release triggered after reading your above response, however here's an unsolicited piece of lived experience subjective advice.
Take it from me, if an opportunity positively perceived should present itself grab and don't let go because life's too fucking short - my only regret at this latter stage is not initially choosing a creative path 40 years ago but as the old adage goes...
Is that really motivational? Seems more depressing to me than anything.
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I've had more 3d artists contacting me on Linkedin asking if I had any leads than recruiters asking if I wanted an interview these past two years, it's pretty bad. If I were laid off tomorrow I'd definitely be looking elsewhere, not this industry, for work.
Oh don't get me wrong, I respect his hard work, but....I feel bad for him, and his kids. Can a guy working two jobs and studying even get to see and spend any time with them? Basically, it just feels kind of strange to me. That thing where people will describe something terrible but then spin it as positive. I think on Reddit they have that "orphan crushing machine" one for it.
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I've had more 3d artists contacting me on Linkedin asking if I had any leads than recruiters asking if I wanted an interview these past two years, it's pretty bad. If I were laid off tomorrow I'd definitely be looking elsewhere, not this industry, for work.
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