zarth opened this issue on Jul 19, 2002 ยท 21 posts
EvoShandor posted Thu, 25 July 2002 at 2:18 PM
My pardon, but I do not consider business savvy a difficult task to p/u. Having worked a "business" job for a several years, I decided to leave it to persue a career doing something I actually enjoyed (Animation)and glad I did. Living a life in which you loathe waking up everyday because you have a job you hate, is no way to live at all. I don't understand why anyone would discourage a person from persuing a career (degree) that they find interesting, in order to be "safe" with a "business" job (not that there are, on some planet those who like "business"). True, today's market is not so hot, but I would not suggest leaving something you want to do behind for something you think you should do because you are afraid. A job in the "business world" w/o a focalized education is a difficult rut to get out of if you don't want to be there. People stuck in that rut end up as your middle managers who have been desensitized to a boring life and no passion for their career.(Not that all middle mgr's are like this) Animators/Graphic Artists, etc. are semi-highly sought after positions(and potentially fairly profitable ones too). And generally, due to the skills required to BE in these fields, you will find that a person in such a job, loves their job, and would never ever feel sorry for persuing a career in it, regardless of pay. Sorry for the rant there.