If it helps, Angus, as someone who deals with interviewing and crewing/staffing people, I can tell you that for us, it is far more important to find people who understand how to seek out the best tool they can find for every job and actually put it to use, rather than people who just want to tick a box in a list of job requirements. Ticking the box is of course important for freelancers at a more senior level on short term gigs, but at the junior level, what we care about is potential, the drive to push that potential, and personality. (And outstanding artistic and/or technical abilities, of course).
For example, all things being equal, a kid who walks in and can actually hold his own in a conversation with me about how to migrate his skillset from Softimage often stands a way better chance than someone who comes in and says he "knows Maya." (We are mostly Maya based in LA). On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za>wrote: > When we switched from maya to softimage we had an immediate improvement > in what they were able to deliver. I have no regrets about that. I can > understand their frustration though, the job market is hard when your > starting out and they dont really have anywhere else to vent. Sparing with > Luc Eric has given me a thick skin ;) > > Just shows how AD$K's decision has much bigger knock on effects then > they realise. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Maurício PC [goneba...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 05 March 2014 05:19 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement > > If your students are slamming you Angus, they are stupid. The knowledge > of Softimage is easily transferable as it teach you how to think properly. > > I'm certain they would be less artists if they started with the > Maya-hell. Oh well ... I'm almost buying this Modo 701 special offer. Damn. > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Angus Davidson > <angus.david...@wits.ac.za>wrote: > >> Great getting past students slamming our decision to teach Softimage >> on facebook. Not sorry for teaching the best software for DCC. However we >> will have to teach something else from next year ;( >> >> >> This communication is intended >> for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this >> communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the >> original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without >> the permission of the University. Only authorised >> signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the >> University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message >> may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal >> views and opinions of the author, which >> are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the >> Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and >> outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in >> writing to the contrary. >> >> > > > -- > gonebadfx.com > - your source for bad fx > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate > this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > >
