Difficult career decision

[RAT900]

when the canaries just fall dead off their perches in the cages...

it is time to exit the coal mine

FAST

good luck up north!!

[NoisyDante]

when the canaries just fall dead off their perches in the cages...

it is time to exit the coal mine

FAST

good luck up north!!

Good analogy

Don't have the firm offer yet, but I'll definitely get politicin' with my contacts.

Maybe sending a fruit basket would help.  And by fruit I mean bacon.

[RAT900]

Good analogy

Don't have the firm offer yet, but I'll definitely get politicin' with my contacts.

Maybe sending a fruit basket would help.  And by fruit I mean bacon.

funny how this morphed into a "not so difficult" career decision...

must have been your instincts or your ancestors or whatever were whispering to you

[NoisyDante]

funny how this morphed into a "not so difficult" career decision...

must have been your instincts or your ancestors or whatever were whispering to you

True, when the option came up last week only one alarm bell was ringing, now it's the whole bell tower.

Today is gonna be a weird day at the office.

For anyone who saw my cinco di mayo thread, the sleeping employee was not one of those laid off.

[Drunken Monkey]

Just to add to all the good advice here:

Film & Television - Large, but ultimately shrinking industry
Videogames - Large and growing industry.

And sound is an increasingly important part of videogame design.

The only downside of the VG industry is that they often treat you like a slave and releases can seems like a Bataan Death March.

Then again, I have no idea what it's like in film and that may actually be an improvement.

[orangelion03]

Went to work this morning, and by the end of the day four people had been let go.  Two guys had been with the company for 17 years! 

That's the sound of the universe aligning.

[NoisyDante]

Thanks again for all of your advice and input as I traversed that period of job related stupidity.


I ultimately decided that moving to San Francisco, while very intriguing, was not going to make me happy simply because I could experience 'weather'.  The gaming jobs were going to be boring and I would have felt all of my experience and expertise going to waste.

However, I am a firm believer that when one door shuts on a mediocre opportunity, another will open on an even better one.

I just got offered a job at Warner Bros Post Production.  It will double my current income, put me in the guild, put me on a path to work only on television and film, no more commercials ever again, there's room for infinite advancement, and I'll rub shoulders with the inspirational teams who did work on The Matrix, Speed Racer, Dark Knight, Watchmen, and Inception. 

This calls for a cigar and beer. 

Again, thanks everyone for chiming in!

Now, who can tell me the best commute from Culver City to Burbank!? 

[derby]

Now, who can tell me the best commute from Culver City to Burbank!?  

believe it or not, it's probably going to be 405 > 101 > 134...

pm sqweak, that's similar to his commute.

[NoisyDante]

That's what I've been doing for the meetings . . . took 45 minutes each time with the car.  Could be worse I suppose, and it will be on occasion. 

And that's why I thank jesus for lane splitting in California.

[derby]

That's what I've been doing for the meetings . . . took 45 minutes each time with the car.  Could be worse I suppose, and it will be on occasion. 

And that's why I thank jesus for lane splitting in California.

somebody once told me it's faster during the morning commute to go all the way up to the 118, over to the 5, and back down to burbank (even though it's ~10mi longer). of course, i think he was more near the airport.

[DoubleEagle]

I'm the wrong person to ask as I have a 5+ hour a day commute as my questionable solution.
So I only voted boobies as they can make any town tolerable.

Why ?

Can't you find a place to live closer that you like , or does the traffic move that slow ?

Dolph       

[Triple J]

Congrats. That sounds like a sweet job! 

[sbrguy]

Thanks again for all of your advice and input as I traversed that period of job related stupidity.


I ultimately decided that moving to San Francisco, while very intriguing, was not going to make me happy simply because I could experience 'weather'.  The gaming jobs were going to be boring and I would have felt all of my experience and expertise going to waste.

However, I am a firm believer that when one door shuts on a mediocre opportunity, another will open on an even better one.

I just got offered a job at Warner Bros Post Production.  It will double my current income, put me in the guild, put me on a path to work only on television and film, no more commercials ever again, there's room for infinite advancement, and I'll rub shoulders with the inspirational teams who did work on The Matrix, Speed Racer, Dark Knight, Watchmen, and Inception. 

This calls for a cigar and beer. 

Again, thanks everyone for chiming in!

Now, who can tell me the best commute from Culver City to Burbank!? 

lucky bastard!!

sounds like you have a great opportunity right there.  enjoy the ride.

[NoisyDante]

lucky bastard!!

sounds like you have a great opportunity right there.  enjoy the ride.

Congrats. That sounds like a sweet job! 

thanks guys 

[The Bacon Junkie]

I just got offered a job at Warner Bros Post Production.  It will double my current income, put me in the guild, put me on a path to work only on television and film, no more commercials ever again, there's room for infinite advancement, and I'll rub shoulders with the inspirational teams who did work on The Matrix, Speed Racer, Dark Knight, Watchmen, and Inception. 


This calls for a cigar big-ass slab of bacon and a beer.      

Congrats Dante!   Worked out that way for me too when I was looking.   

So, you're buying the bacon tomorrow, then...  right?