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What path has your career taken?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Christopher Kirkman Mar 10, 2010.

Where did everybody go to college?
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I figure this would get a good discussion going about some of the major schools for this industry and whether or not they delivered on what they promised or if it was all smoke and mirrors. So, where…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff McIntosh Jan 8, 2010.

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Gary Stone commented on Cassidy Bisher's video

Great style! My jaw dropped a little.

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Apr 25, 2010

Gary Stone replied to Eduardo Ribeiro's discussion 'wich course to take?'

If you can go to school, you should do it. Schooling isn't an opportunity that all of us get so take advantage of it. Also, try to learn as much as you can in your free time. Use resources like Harry Frank's site, videocopilot.net,…

Apr 25, 2010

Gary Stone commented on Paolo Ciccone's blog post 'Survey: are you going to buy an iPad?'

No.

Mar 23, 2010

Gary Stone replied to Chris Tarroza's discussion 'What Does it Take? Skill vs. Personality'

I would say that I'd hire someone that was moderate in skill but would be more fun to work with that the other guys. When you meet people in person you can tell how motivated they are to learn new things, or if it's just a line on the…

Mar 10, 2010

Christopher Kirkman replied to Gary Stone's discussion 'What path has your career taken?'

sounds like we're in the same boat.

Mar 10, 2010

Chris Tarroza replied to Gary Stone's discussion 'What path has your career taken?'

Video editing was my thing for a long time. At the place I work at now (also my first job in the industry) I was hired as a video editor using FCP. Although there is still much to learn about it, I have no mentor at my work so I moved on to another…

Mar 10, 2010

Gary Stone replied to Chris Tarroza's discussion 'What Does it Take? Skill vs. Personality'

Is it too much to ask that we have skill and are good to be around? If you want into this industry you have to understand the fact that you have no choice to work with others. We'd might as well get along right? You can be a jerk, we'll…

Mar 10, 2010

Christopher Kirkman replied to Gary Stone's discussion 'What path has your career taken?'

Awesome. I'm not the only one who fiddled in Deluxe Paint and Deluxe Animator, though my experience was on a Tandy! Good times. At any rate, my digital media evolution has taken an interesting path. I grew up a typical nerd. Naturally I was…

Mar 3, 2010

Gary Stone replied to Aaron Mustamaa's discussion 'VFX Wages'

Wow! I honestly didn't expect a response from the owner of the site! I hope I didn't offend with my post, because that was not my intent. Since you're here I'd like to tell you that you did a good job by giving the tools to…

Jan 19, 2010

Gary Stone replied to Aaron Mustamaa's discussion 'VFX Wages'

I don't think it will change much of anything. There is no way to prove the numbers are legit or how many people make up those graphs. The idea is good but was done better by Motionographer (I believe it was them), and they will be releasing…

Jan 18, 2010

Lawrence Taylor replied to Gary Stone's discussion 'What path has your career taken?'

Ooh, cool thread! I'm in the UK, near Manchester and mine started when I was a kid watching 'Rolf's cartoon club'. I'd get really frustrated with the kids on it for poor production values, then a few years later my brother…

Jan 17, 2010

Kyle Brosius replied to Gary Stone's discussion 'What path has your career taken?'

After I high school all I wanted to do was play music. So I did. My band did a few tours, put out a record, and had a ton of fun, but eventually it was time to move on. I worked with children for a few years during that time as well, and seriously…

Jan 17, 2010

What path has your career taken?

So I recently got promoted to Promotions Manager at my news station and it got me thinking about my career path. I've gone from a video editor, to jack-of-all-trades, to production, to now promotions and I was curious of the paths you guys have walked to get where you are today. So, how did you get to your spots today?

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Gary Stone replied to Andre Friedman's discussion 'Hello,colleagues.What do you think of new pure 64 bit CS5 interface.'

I have my fingers crossed for just getting it soon. I need a legit excuse for my lady to let me buy a new computer!

Jan 16, 2010

Gary Stone commented on Jeff McIntosh's blog post 'How much RAM do you have?'

I'm working on a dual core 2gb set up at home that absolutely drags. Previewing and rendering in AE is a nightmare. At my old job we had quad core 3gb rigs that smoked (comparitively) through renders and previews. I'm buying a new machine…

Jan 7, 2010

Harry Sherman replied to Gary Stone's discussion 'Where did everybody go to college?'

I'm sorry to hear from people that don't feel that they got much out of college. I graduated over 25 years ago and I still remember the names of my favorite instructors, and I recall the things that I learned, and have applied them…

Jan 5, 2010