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Unhappy Valley

Over the years, I’ve spoken with many colleagues who were upset about something or another with respect to the impact of market forces upon their career. One time, the conversation was with a TD who was frustrated that he wasn’t moving up the promotional ladder as fast as he "should". Another time, it was with a traditional artist who was happy to be employed on a feature film again, but upset that he wasn’t making as much money as he "should". (When previously, it was with an executive who said he "shouldn’t" have to pay his artists so much.) Recently, it was with an animator who was upset about...

http://www.animationoptions.com/pages/blog.htm#unhappy

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[I]Kevin Geiger Director & Co-founder The Animation Co-op http://www.animationcoop.org/[/I]

[I]Kevin Geiger
Director & Co-founder
The Animation Co-op
http://www.animationcoop.org/[/I]

Over the years, I’ve spoken with many colleagues who were upset about something or another with respect to the impact of market forces upon their career. One time, the conversation was with a TD who was frustrated that he wasn’t moving up the promotional ladder as fast as he "should". Another time, it was with a traditional artist who was happy to be employed on a feature film again, but upset that he wasn’t making as much money as he "should". (When previously, it was with an executive who said he "shouldn’t" have to pay his artists so much.) Recently, it was with an animator who was upset about...

http://www.animationoptions.com/pages/blog.htm#unhappy

Nice article Kevin, very timely given the state of the economy here in Michigan. ;) Thanks for the encouraging words.