Connections get your foot in the door. Your skill and your personality get you the job. Without the connections, you'd just be at home with your skill and your personality, browsing Polycount and making blanket statement posts with no real point. Oh look... :P Every bit of work I've had in the last 5 years has been…
When shit hit the fan at Lionhead, it was my connections that meant I had offers on the table within 24 hours of receiving the news. Without that support network, I could still be looking now...
So let me clarify that first. technically, having connections does help you get a job. but at the same time it doesn´t, because you know that. so what benefit does it have for you that you know you have connections to secure a job in the future? NONE it gives you the illusion of security, and security will make you lazy.…
Pretty much. Also, +1 to Gav's post. Also #2, every job I've ever gotten has been through some sort of connection, as has virtually everyone I've hired/helped get hired.
obviously at any good studio you have to bring the necessary skills and pass the requirements. But what connections can do for you is giving you a better picture of what a particular studio is looking for when positions are open. You can get an inside view of the studio which other people without connections do not have.…
"Why having connections doesnt help you get a job" Actually, having connections does indeed HELP you get a job. But it doesn't GET you the job. You still have to have the portfolio, and you still have to interview well. But, having people vouche for you definitely helps, and can sometimes veto a shitty interview if you…
Even if someone isn't focusing on their art and is too busy making connections, do you think that those connections they make are going to recommend them if their art is substandard? Nope. I've had plenty of friends from college try to contact me about working at the company I'm at, and there have been times I've been…
I disagree. I would argue that my skills were at a "competitive level" for quite some time...but ultimately the right opportunity and the right connections is what it took for me to break in. Its not a black and white process. Being a great artist does not neccesarily mean youll get a job. Theres hundreds of equally great…
Sounds to me like you just had a bad experience and wanted to unload here. Having connections in companies does help and I won't stop telling people that it does. I have gotten several of my friends jobs. That being said, I only recommend the ones I know and worth while and truly hard workers. I wouldn't stick my neck out…
I don't think that's right. Networking isn't just for people already in. It's for even people who do it as a hobby. I think you trivialize the role that networking can play in an artists life. Networking helps people grow in their craft, it's a natural connection that forms when you share an interest with someone else.…