RE: FLASH: OT: Your Professional opinion...

[Raymond, Derek]

DON'T DROP OUT OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!


I graduated a year and a half ago and I am making great money doing

graphics, 3d animation, and multimedia authoring for a great company.  I

currently live in Las Vegas, but I went to ASU so I know the Phoenix area as

well.  There are plenty of jobs in this field if you look in the right

places.  I get at least one calI a week from recruiters all over the

country.  I agree, you do not need a degree in this field, but you will

regret not having it. Some of the larger companies will not even look at you

if you dont have a degree.


School in general offers many opportunities you normally dont get.  It is a

great place to network.  You never know who your classmates will work for.

I even stay in touch with instructors who have a lot of connections.

Different classes offer you many directions in multimedia.  Do you want to

do 3d, 2d, animation, graphic layout/design, web, video, etc.


Al's friend chooses to be a grunt.  Anyone in this field with the talent and

the drive can be working in a great place.


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Al Rosetti [SMTP:alrosewebsitepartners [dot] com]

> Sent:	Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:23 PM

>

To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Subject:	Re: FLASH: OT: Your Professional opinion...

> 

> First Bob....

> ...in my humble opinion

> 

>        DROP OUTTA SCHOOL!!!

> 

> You probably aren't learning much, particularly compared with the

> investment

> in time and money you are making.  Worse yet, when you graduate you'll owe

> a

> whole ton-o-cash and none of your prospective employers will even care

> that

> you've been there!  All they want to see is a portfolio or if you have

> experience.  If you don't have any experience you get the same job you

> WOULDA got without the degree, hehe.  Sad but true.  I know this from

> personal experience but just recently one of my friends had a similar

> story.

> His wife graduated with a degree in art or whatever near the top of her

> class.  She's got $20,000 in student loans outstanding and the best job

> she

> could get was for $8 an hour working at the fox animation studio we have

> in

> Phoenix.  She's a grunt.  She coulda been a grunt 4 YEARS ago without a

> degree.

> 

> That's probably the best financial/career advice I could give you in the

> field of multimedia/graphic design.  If anyone has stories that contradict

> this post em now, but that's my experience.

> 

> SECOND...

> Photoshop, Flash and Freehand are my picks.  I use an old copy of

> Backstage

> instead of Dreamweaver, but I'd put my money on DW for production tools.

> I

> don't know how important the production tool really is though.

> 

> Sincerely,

> 

> Al Rosetti

> http://www.websitepartners.com

> 

> 

> 

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