Hi folks. Paraphrasing Freddy Mercury ...;)

My enterprise was bought by another one bigger past december. The last months we the workers was waiting incoming changes, while rumors about firing people was sounding higher time after time. Past monday rumors was in their highest level: this week some people would be fired. We was accostumed to false rumors, so was rather quiet. But on tuesday 12 persons was fired in the upper floor. On wednesday three more, and two people from my department. Finally, on thursday the fourth person called to Human Resources Departament was me... I'm fired :P

Worry? Nah. First of all: I was hating my enterprise. I was working as telephonic agent in a enterprise subcontracted of Vodafone. I was working at Internet department, with cell phones settings, email connections, MMS configurations... but with the lowest stratum of the client average: prepay cards, low consum, so I was bored all the day to attend callphones from romanians, arabians, kids without money in theit prepays, morons incapable to read instructions of their expensive cell phones... (we has the teory about the amount of alive neurons that a client has is inversely proportional at the cost of his cell phone. So my work was DISGUSTING... but a work). Sometimes I thought on leaving it... well, I don't need to think on it anymore (mwhaha)

(politically corrected comment: no personal troubles with romanians or arabians. But you would need to know what is to attend daily a lot of people who don't speak well your language and giving instructions in a technical slang... because for example an IP address is an IP address and there aren't softer ways to explain it. Day by day it can fry your brain)

Troubles? Nah. They have paid me a nice indemnification that will support me a few months well rationed. My wife has her work (and her salary). I have signed at the unemployment national system, so I will be receiving a pension for some months. And finally... I have comissions with a respectable amount of money. This is the reason of the title of this thread. I'm in a personal point when I 'WOULD' live only from Poser (well, and Photoshop, and Terragen, and blahblahblah). I started a contract past month for a BDMS site, they pay me for a single comic more than my previous salary at my decesed work. Oh, and also it's the theatre. Not long time ago I was living only from musical theatre. I stopped it when my kids came, you need security when you have two lil'mouths to feed, but now... I don't know, but probably it's a better moment

Security is nice, but for an artist it can cut your wings. Well, I was not sure to jump the pool, but... now they pushed me, and by the moment I'm floating... ;)

Bleh. I'm boring, I know. But I wanted to share this. Damn, I'm here a lot of daily time using my Master Yoda's english, young my padawan :D

Oh, sorry if I dont answer you or if I'm late on it. I'm at home, so I'm working ^_^

Cheers

Message edited on: 03/12/2006 02:53

sometimes things just work out - i'd say they did u a favour by sacking you! well time will tell - it's like having the umbilical cord severed. good luck and keep us posted! love esther

Thanks Esther ;)

Being pushed into the pool at the right moment is very important sometimes as Esther says. Sure you will float :)) Good luck to you in all you want to do now :)

Michal

I am sure you will walk over the water - not just floating. Good luck :o)

Casette, best wishes to you. I enjoy reading your posts and enjoy your continued work with this software. I do hope all will be well with you. Rance

Hope everything works out ok for you Casette! I've been there before too (and my wife & I split up shortly after) but I bounced back and life is ok now! Keep your chin up and keep bouncing cuz once down, you can only go up!! Not to offend, but from my experience... pick up the slack around the house while the wife is at work... and maybe do a nice romantic surprise dinner for her one night when she gets home from work... I wish I thought of that 3 years ago!! LOL!! Take care! Gerard

While CGI and the 'Net is great, I have found missing the day to day interaction with workmates is a problem and being at home most of the time is not enough. However it sounds like they have done you a favour and given you the oportunity to do something you like doing. Good luck. Richard (an ex internet banking help desk person, amongst other things.)

Been there Casette. Economy wise, the 1st world and the 3rd world are changing places. It may be justice but it's still a bitch :-)

Life is too short to be wasted and every new morning is a new leaf in the tree of life :) What really matters is what you enjoy most!

Gosh... thanks to all, folks :')

I want to live for art and Poser!!!!! How do you get commission work???????

Well, sometimes they call to my (virtual) doors... I have sites showing my artwork at Renderosity, Renderotica, deviantArt, RaunchyMinds... they see my pics and request me 'hey, would you draw for meh... ?', So I have commisions for websites, persons, enterprises... Also I have three paysites (at Renderotica, EroticIllusions and Cult of Erotica) and a print store (deviantArt). And I try to email each new opportunity of work I find at the net. The BDSM site I've recently meet was the classical a-friend-told-me-that-a-friend-told-him-that-a-friend-saw

I wish you the best of luck!