Its hard to say for me. from the point I decided to stop taking contracts from my first employer doing car models to when I actually had another fulltime job? 3 years. I have done some work in between that time, but honestly I probably only made about 5k from 3d work in that whole period.
4 years. And then some stuttering with temp jobs until I got something fulltime. Much like Gir, I was focused so intently on the game job being my only option. the measurement of my success in life, it ended up hurting me, as I could no longer have fun the further I went without work. It got to the point I was considering…
Got laid off from a non-game job while i was in school..then I started tutoring. it paid peanuts, but it got me to and from. Got this job a few months before i graduated. been here just over a year and finally moved to full time a month ago or so. Being laid off right now would suck though...i have exactly 0 moneys saved…
about 1 month when I was laid off from Mythic. I had a month to prepare because HR spilled the beans and the layoff was really just sending me home in November but still paying me that month. I could have had a job lined up immediately but I wanted to enjoy the holidays with my family. Recently I was a contract environment…
I had about a year unemployed when I left my first industry job as a vfx artist to pursue a career as a character artist. It was really painful at times and i did have offers but they meant moving all over the place. The time I spent unemployed though I don't look back and think what a waste. I worked 10 hour days and 5…
Thats a damn good question man, I'm glad you asked. Despite us being horribly geographically challenged down here as far as the Games Industry goes in order to progress, I had to completely abolish that entire side of the equation from my mind. There were a couple of key factors to keep the fortitude buffed. 1) I turned…