21 hours ago, L. Spiro said:

After being in the industry for 14 years I am finally starting to move away from it.  I am working on a manga, considering becoming a cartoon animator, and even considering career options involving working with animals.

You can see some of the work on "Something Something 7 Online" here: http://www.memoryhacking.com/SS7O/index.html


L. Spiro

Yeah, even the word "industry" makes me cringe. It's like you can't do it for fun anymore.

3 hours ago, francoisdiy said:

Yeah, even the word "industry" makes me cringe. It's like you can't do it for fun anymore.

That is not my issue.  My career in the industry has taken me around the world and has been very fun, allowing me to live a life of complete satisfaction, allowing me to see and do things that most people never will.

Some days were stressful, but then I would look out the window from my office and see something like this:

My issue is that I am not just a programmer, and I have never been able to do just one thing.  While in Japan I was able to do acting as well as program, but I still have to do art and music.  In order to make time for a career in art and I will need to drop programming.
The industry has been fine for me, but I want to move on to more creative careers.  I had never planned on programming being my life-long career in the first place.


L. Spiro

You can make a game based on that picture. I've never seen anything like that!

2 hours ago, francoisdiy said:

You can make a game based on that picture. I've never seen anything like that!

Same view on a different day:

Maybe you can understand certain Japanese games' backgrounds better.  Living in Tokyo gives you all kinds of ideas for games.  This is the atmosphere behind my manga.

The industry doesn't have to be hell.  In fact there is a very simple algorithm that ensures you never get caught in hell no matter what your industry is: While ( JobIsHell ) GetNewJob();.  It's so simple even a child could manage it.


L. Spiro

That's a good philosophy. Yeah, don't take crap.