Also in same numbers, if you had 10 people that are experienced in Softimage, and you got another 10 people in Singapore, why you haven't added those 10 for Maya and keep Softimage people focused on their work. By you mean AD and ofc it is just rhetorical...but even in that case isn;t replacing 10 years long experineced people with less experineced only short time transition period training on on software such as complex as 3d app already reduction in resources? 10 seniors != 10 juniors
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Perry Harovas <perryharo...@gmail.com>wrote: > OK, thank you for clearing that up, Maurice. > > So you are saying that moving Softimage to the Singapore team was a direct > lateral move, not an increase but also not a decrease, in the team that was > previously on Softimage (apart from being different people, of course)? > > So (for argument sake) if you had 10 people when Softimage was in-house, > you had 10 people when it was moved to Singapore? > > I just want to make sure I totally understand you, not trying to trap you > or anything. > > Thank you, > > Perry > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Maurice Patel <maurice.pa...@autodesk.com > > wrote: > >> Hi Perry, >> If you are quoting me, my meaning is that we were maintaining resources >> not investing more and not divesting. I was talking about >> increasing/decreasing resources on the project not about the software >> itself. Just want to make sure that was clear. If you have a team of 10, >> maintaining resources would keep it at current levels. Investing 10% would >> be increasing it to 11. >> Thanks >> Maurice >> >> Maurice Patel >> Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 >> >> >> http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/autodesk-answers-your-questions-demise-softimage-31411069 >> "We go through strategic planning each year, and it was part of that >> process that the decision was made. Softimage wasn't an area we were >> actively investing more resources in, it was something that we had >> outsourced to Singapore and was in a continue-to-maintain mode. But it >> wasn't something we were thinking of end-of-lifing until that strategic >> planning process." >> >> > > > -- > > > > > > Perry Harovas > Animation and Visual Effects > > http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> > > -25 Years Experience > -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) >
