So, what's your #2 choice?

adam

We all come to Polycount for a reason. To get better at modelling and hopefully land a gig somewhere sometime. OK, maybe not all of us.. but the majority are here for our love for all things 3D. But what's your #2? What's something you could see yourself doing OTHER than 3D/art related?

Mine would be archaeology. I really like the act of discovery... being the first person to see something (in a long time/ever). That'd be my #2.

What's yours?

Bradfordart

Lawyer

Faucet

One of those dudes who hangs out at the coffee shop flirting with all the women and playing chess all day. To make money I'd throw pottery and sell it at the local galleries. I'd also organize a group focused on vegetarianism, peace, wine and the spiritual aspects of making little paper umbrellas.

Mr Smo

ummmmmmmmmmm a 'has been' :O cos then thatd mean i was something once!

JKMakowka

For me 3d/art is #2... basicly just a hobby.

#1 is biotechnology and genetics (that is what I study).

But it is a close 2nd, and maybe I will end up working in the games industry anyways

lkraan

Same here ... 3d stuff is "just" a hobby for me.
Don't think I ever really had a #1 that I was going for. I rolled into my current job as management consultant years ago ater college and I ended up really liking it. My goal is to start my own company in a couple of years.

oXYnary

Nothing. Well maybe a mountain man or freedom fighter.

Soul_Reaper

This career path is my #1 choice, not number two but since it isn't art related I thought I'd share.

I will soon be starting university to study English language and Japanese, in preperation for a move out to Japan to become an English teacher.

flaagan

my alternatives would be
#2 motorcycle / hot rod creator or automotive restoration
#3 construction (more than just grunt work kind. something creative)

honestly, I almost ended up doing my #2 choice if i hadnt found out about the college I shall soon be graduating from.

thnom

#2 Male Escort (for women)

Artreth

Computer Science(currently studying it)
Scriptwriting or just writing in general.

Kevin Johnstone

A writer

_Shimmer

2nd - making music, digitally and analogically (playing bluesharp and learning to play bass guitar)

3rd - telling stories to my friends, in stand-up-comedymode.

4th - writing for a youth magazine

5th - drinking beer and having fun chilling outdoors.

bmer

I would like to be a cook

ElysiumGX

2nd - a photographer

3rd - sports massage therapist

4th - a chef

5th - theatre

TechSmith

I think #2 would be a nice job in a computer retail/repair shop, or open my own bakery. Unfortunately there are probably enough bakery/coffee shops in Seattle.

Asthane

I'd love to be a writer, since I'm pretty big on books. In the past year I'd say I've probably read ten times as many books as I've watched movies :P

Jeff Parrott

I'd like to be a chef.

JKMakowka

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Close 3rd for me

But actually, if there was still a job called explorer/adventurer in this world, that would probably #1 for me.

Oh, and Soul_Reaper... are you serious? Well, I haven't been to Japan and I certainly didn't teach English there, but I have heard very bad things about exactly that combination. Have a look around on the Internet...

TomDunne

I've never had a second choice.

Soul_Reaper

Yeah I'm serious.
Most of the bad things I've heard relate to the JET program, which is not something I'm considering.

Regardless, if it does go tits up, I still have options available to me. I'm sure there's plenty of opportunities out there for someone with English as a first language who also knows the local tongue, and I'd still have a degree in English which means I could do almost anything I want, either in Japan, back home in England, The US, or Australia which is only a stones throw from Japan.

So it's certainly not "Japan or bust" for me, the back-up plans are endless

jzero

I think I've been doing my #2 choice for the last decade and a half, the staff all-around graphic designer thing. Which means that I've been doing it for about seven years longer than choice #1 has existed. Mom always said I would grow up to do something that hadn't been invented yet.

But barring all that art effluence, my last choice would be writing trashy serial novels with oblique hidden agendas.

/jzero

rawkstar

my second choice would be... hmmm probably an actor, or in some way being involved in making movies, or writing... with like a minor in psychology or something. but alas I make game art... my parents always remind me what a glorious occupation that is and make sure to note that I probably should go back to college and study as a lawyer or something. bleh.

bearkub

I wanna dance!

In sorta seriousness, I think a nomad-style writer would be one of the next things in line for me. No home, just a camper and some writing materials. Keep traveling and making cash to survive however I can.

Tied for second would be a bar owner (yes, I know the pains of it..) of a nice hometown non-gimmick pub/bar.

I also love to cook, but that is something that I would rather remain a hobby, no matter what, so I wouldn't ever get "burned out" on it and be stuck.

Kevin Albers

Music (you can download tracks from my website)...not that there is much money to be made doing music.
I spent 4 years in a rock band trying to get a major record label deal a LONG time ago...unfortunately working in the game industry is starting to seem a bit like a "rockstar" job these days, as competition for jobs goes up and up.
I would help form a music technology company if I had the resources, providing software and hardware for musicians, regular folks, music therapists, and others.

Illusions

...Genetics...

...what can I say...I like making things...

FatAssasin

Portrait artist.

Hollowmind

I'm doing #2 now working as a graphic artist. I would've loved to develop the skills and talent necessary to be a game artist but that would require me to move away from this area, which I can't do right now. I'm kinda' tied to this place if I want to stay close to my kids. So it has to remain just a hobby for me.

As for a #3 choice, maybe a carpenter. I love working with wood. I used to get my hands on all the lumber and nails I could find when I was a kid and build clubhouses, treehouses, rickety go-karts, whatever I felt like building at the time. Was fun stuff and to this day I still love it when I get a new computer desk, entertainment center, bookshelf, whatever that I have to assemble. I always start on it right away when I get home with it.

Is jigalo a valid career choice? If so I'd have to move that to #1 and move the others I mentioned down a notch.

KDR_11k

Coding. Gonna study media computer sience which is basically coding, CG, CAD, design, etc rolled into one with coding beig the focus.

JK: Whoa, biotechnology? The field with the most strict NC available (1.2?) ? Been really good in school, eh?

MacD

ATM I think I'm doing my second choice, which is studying applied physics (after I did mech. engineering). The thing is, I think I really enjoy the actual work of making stuff in 3D more than the actual work of mechanical engineering/physics (which is really calculations and setting up experiments/writing reports respectively, most of the time).

And as for writer...I'm of the sort who enjoys having written, but doesn't like the actual process of writing. So I guess I'll just have to practice a hell of a lot more to get what it takes to be a pro/paid 3D modeler

kleinluka

Probably something in the direction of teacher or writer.. I used to write a lot when I was younger.

Jay Evans

-Build and design furniture, and other products by myself. What I went to school for and did for a while before games.
-Travel, teach.. anything that envolves looking at people instead of a monitor.
-Firefighter. To raise my heartbeat from its super resting rate its normally at at work.

Eric Chadwick

I can't imagine myself doing anything else. This is my dream job.

JKMakowka

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JK: Whoa, biotechnology? The field with the most strict NC available (1.2?) ? Been really good in school, eh?

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Hmm, no not at all... actually what I am doing didn't have a NC at all when I started doing it (now it has a 'mild' one).

Are you sure you didn't mess that up with Bio-Chemestry? That one has a very high NC as far as I know, but just because there are so few universities doing it.

JKMakowka

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...Genetics...

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But don't get in my way when I start taking over

John Warner

hypnotherapist/neuro linguistic programmer.

and i'll be getting certified for both soon, hopefuly

Joshua Stubbles

Not sure. Probably a writer or an architect.

Illusions

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...Genetics...

...what can I say...I like making things...

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But don't get in my way when I start taking over



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Lol...don't worry, I'm sticking to art for now...muwhahahaha...

Paolo

Choice #1: Working with great people on great games (doing art,programming,whatever)
Choice #2: (what i'm up to now) broke grad student in CS
Choice #3: boring programming day-job making teh big bucks for 40-50 hrs/week
Choice #4: working in the game industry on mediocre project with mediocre artistic/technical director making teh small bucks for 60-80 hrs/week

ndcv

#2 would be architect, or designing those paper model books where you cut out and create a model of some castle or landmark... hmmm... now that I mention it, I think I might actually try doing that.

Ryno

Martial Arts instructor, which I actually do right now anyway when I'm not working in games.

Other than that, maybe a writer. I've written some technical 3d books already, but it would be cool to do some science fiction or graphic novels.

eXpendabLe

I'd like to make porn movies.

Or.. be Rogue's chauffeur

hmm.. can't decide.

sundance

jedi master
starfleet officer
competitor in the lilandri tournament
writer

PaK

An investor. Real-estate, unit trusts, the hard work of others, ect ect. pretty much leveraging of any kind that makes me money. The best part is, I get to have #2 within the 5 years.

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Scott Ruggels

Either Film, or back to Illustration full time.

Scott

frosty

Assuming I was in the Industry as a enviromental artist or Janitor or such I'd say then.

2. A mapper being such a map freak myself.
3. A PR manager or sales division, I love to sell things.
4. Q & A tester, nothing like letting the old guy test new games on easy setting.


I thought Rorshach wanted to be an Astronaut?