How did you get a job you currently working or previous work? What was the qualifications?

[whistlingwh0res]

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

It was kind of cascade starting from uni.

I published a paper and some source code I for a project I was doing in computer graphics sources and I didn't intended it to become a big deal but before I knew it, I was finding my name printed in books even at my local Barnes & Nobles and my software was being used for big films all over the place.

After that I just followed the most interesting job offers.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

[*] I published a paper and some source code [for] a project I was doing in computer graphics [...]

After that it was a such weird thing. I started taking up job offers and worked for big Hollywood productions like Avatar at James Cameron's house.

Then ultimately found my way back to a very snug fit here back in Japan working remotely, but still for VFX company in the US.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I've actually never written a resume once in my life except as a practice thing in my university for a course (fake resume). The whole way I got here was just how that little project I made while studying for my CompSci and VisArts majors just became so unanticipatedly successful.

I was just like, "Wouldn't it be cool if the computer graphics did this?" I wasn't sure if it was but I thought it'd be so cool and so much more efficient. Then apparently it was.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

After Avatar I did some more projects and won a Siggraph award and now I'm here. I'm admittedly a bit washed out now. I just make a comfy thing writing little plugins for VFX software now. All those days of glory were in my 20s before I got married. Now I just kind of have a little comfortable niche I carved out.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

My biggest creds although I'm just a software developer who writes code in my own box, relatively divorced from production, include Sin CIty, Avatar, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Brave, Monsters University, some other ones. Also my software got used for some archviz and also NASA. NASA was one of the most annoying people I ever worked with because we're using single-precision floats and they wanted like nanometer levels of precision.

[MaybeTony]

I work in Wealth Management. This is actually my second career choice. I got a Bachelors in Finance, and earned my CFP/CFA. You can get into the financial services industry with no degree, but you’re going to end up being a salesman rather than actually doing any financial planning. If you get the credentials that I have, then you don’t have to settle for a sales first position. I still work with clients face to face, but I also get to manage their portfolios, place trades, implement tax strategies, and manage their risk. I love what I do. Get to meet a lot of interesting people.

[MaybeTony]

Oh and I got hired during my last semester at uni. They reached out to me.

[serious_miss419]

In 2020 I got laid off. So I used the money the government was giving to lots of people, go buy some certificates and do some crash courses and now I make enough to pay my rent. It was a good move on my part

[Daviddd5412]

I applied online and they hired me the next day. My qualifications were that I'm alive and have a pulse.

[Nice222]

I went to a trade schools to learn auto and truck repairs.

[NathanDavis]

I started it myself

[Jennz6]

Knowing how to Dance