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[static_ice]

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[Caeli]

K, well i probably don't know enough about any of those to be a real help, but in any case you've got to go for your dream job... wat's the point in life if you don't enjoy it?

Go all out, don't hold back...
(except in CC.. cuz then you'd get smothered...)

[static_ice]

ya that's what I was thinking, that's what all the washed-up parents who are tired of their cubicles tell me, the only problem is that my dream job isn't very safe

[Caeli]

Safe isn't fun!

Except in health class.

[static_ice]

yea, that's cuz in health class they say that Ear sex is safe

[Caeli]

haha, do you have evidence to prove it isn't?

[static_ice]

well I would take a pic of the herpes on my ear but the mods might ban me

[Caeli]

oh no... that's wrong on soo many levels!

[static_ice]

yeah I count 3 levels

[Caeli]

wow, this topic is real off track...

[static_ice]

ya I hope when people read it in the morning they read the first post before everything else...

or I could always start another

[Caeli]

you should check my last post in the person after you game again...

[static_ice]

I did didn't I?

the pink truck?

I'll check again...

[static_ice]

yup I did

[Caeli]

No! the person below you game you butt!

[static_ice]

I just did...

[chewyman]

Talk to a career councilor. You shouldn't be getting anonymous advice that is this important to your future from people that know nothing about you and live in different countries all over the world.

[static_ice]

No! the person below you game you butt!

oh oops

Talk to a career councilor. You shouldn't be getting anonymous advice that is this important to your future from people that know nothing about you and live in different countries all over the world.

I trust some ppl on this thread more than I trust my councilor...okay not really but I'm just getting some anonymous advice first from young people

[Caeli]

*not young! pic is decieving!!!*

haha

[Anarchist]

Out of the three I would choose Industrial Engineer
Were going to need people that can build damns after the video designers
realise theres a real world out there...

Aim for the Sky

[static_ice]

*not young! pic is decieving!!!*

haha

oh I wasn't talking about you

Out of the three I would choose Industrial Engineer
Were going to need people that can build damns after the video designers
realise theres a real world out there...

Aim for the Sky

ya I also thought that if I choose Industrial Engineer and become semi-rich then I could go back to college and do video games...

[flashleg8]

1. Industrial Engineer

The bad news is I'm lazy and I think the actual college work I'll be taking could be way too hard for me...I plan to take it easy in college and have fun, I don't want to spend 4 years of freedom working my ass off. I'm taking A.P. Calculus AB next year, so I can have a little college credit when I become a Frosh in college.
Basically I just need to know from the older CCers how hard engineering is in college.

All science/engineering courses are much harder than arts/humanity degrees. I'm not knocking those "easier" subjects but if you compare the workload and study time required they are significantly less difficult.
After that is said - ALL uni/college courses are hard, and require you to work (if you want to get a good pass). I always find that it really is much easier to study a subject you like and are interested in than to study one you hate. You might be different but I would say you will get a much better grade in a degree course you enjoy rather than one you pick just for job prospects. (though you must weigh up how this would translate to the job market - is a first class honours degree in history of art worth more than a minimum pass in molecular biology?).
Plus you really must decided if you would actually want to do this career for a living? 9-5 for the next 40 years? Money isn't everything.

2. Graphic Designer
The main problem is that I'm not sure if I have the potential to step up to the professional level. If you have graphic design experience and if you don't mind could you please check out some of my digital art by clicking on my sig? I just need to know from a professional if I have potential

Looks good to my untrained eye - and its a safe bet that if you went to college to study it you would sharpen your skills. I have a couple of pals that do this in the UK and to be honest they found it difficult to break into the job market as there is quite a lot of competition, it seems this is the sector all the folk who are good at art go into these days.
As for pay/prospects again I would strongly advise you to think about what you want in life. If it really is just a high wage then study business or finance - those are the top earning careers, but if your more interested in quality of life, choose a career that interests and challenges you. You will spend far more time at your work than anywhere else.

As for your potential to make a career out of it - have you asked the professionals? Take a CD of your stuff and go and see a few local firms (better in person, you wont be too easy to dismiss that way), explain to them you're not after a job - just some career advice (it'll be a harsh person that doesn't give you any advice - doesn't need to be the boss, even the new starts will have good advice for you). Who knows they might like your work and decide to sponsor you through your studies - lots of companies have funds for this type of thing, even small companies take on students part time as office juniors/trainees. These sorts of things look fantastic on your C.V. and count far more than academic grades when it comes to getting a job.

3. Videogame Developer

This career is my best case scenario, the only thing I'm worried about is that I won't be able to find a job after college. If someone who knows about this career could tell me about it, that would be great.

To be perfectly honest, if you have any chance of doing this as a career, you really should be developing games yourself - right now. All the top games developers start on their own and are picked up by the big firms on the back of their early work. If you go to college to learn it, even if you manage to find a job (very difficult market) it will probably just be as a code monkey not a games designer, in which case why not just study programming (less specialised and more transferable skills)? I have a friend who studied this at college and found it next to impossible to even get an interview. [It could be different in the States mind].

At least you're asking the right questions, a lot of people (myself included!) go to Uni with no clue what they want to achieve from it.

Good luck in what ever you decide!

[Iliad]

This thread was a bit side tracked for a while!

[Caeli]

Yeah, see Chewykid? That's a lot more than he would've got from a councilor...

[yeah, sorry bout that Iliad]

[static_ice]

3. Videogame Developer

This career is my best case scenario, the only thing I'm worried about is that I won't be able to find a job after college. If someone who knows about this career could tell me about it, that would be great.

To be perfectly honest, if you have any chance of doing this as a career, you really should be developing games yourself - right now. All the top games developers start on their own and are picked up by the big firms on the back of their early work. If you go to college to learn it, even if you manage to find a job (very difficult market) it will probably just be as a code monkey not a games designer, in which case why not just study programming (less specialised and more transferable skills)? I have a friend who studied this at college and found it next to impossible to even get an interview. [It could be different in the States mind].

At least you're asking the right questions, a lot of people (myself included!) go to Uni with no clue what they want to achieve from it.

Good luck in what ever you decide!

wow, thanks so much for all of that advice!
from what you said it sounds like graphic design is the best option...in video games I am a total noob right now, I never thought of actually trying to make flash games in my spare time...in fact I really wanted to just skip all the technical stuff and think up ideas for games But you're right I think graphics design is the best choice, thanks!

This thread was a bit side tracked for a while!

yeah...