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So the other day I got invites from my university for a Brand Development role and an Event marketing role.

1. Because I’ve already interned with the uni before
2. I’m really good at video editing and making media for social media.

I’m not really worried about the interviews, I’m confident I can land at least one of the jobs. The problem comes when my brothers think I’m wasting my time since I did a degree in Creative Computing (Gaming) and now to them seems I’m not using that degree just to get trapped in a 9-5.

I’ve been applying to game related Jobs since August 2023, improving my resume and portfolio but I’ve only ever gotten 2 interviews and never heard again from either. I’ve probably applied to 500+ jobs by now, so I was so happy I got an offer for two interviews as part of my universities new graduate scheme. My plan is to work for the university whilst improving my portfolio and apply to game related marketing jobs to show I have experience.

But my first older brother I texted this about says this I’m going to be wasting my time and it’s a trap that’s going to keep stuck in that job. It’s not worth it because it only pays £25,000 per annum. For a first graduate job that’s pretty good in my opinion, yeh it’s close minimum wage but in this economy its harder to find a GOOD job that pays this much especially when your 21. Anyways when I tried explaining that to him he just left me on read

My second oldest brother said pretty much the same thing but, that I need to value my time into my portfolio rather than chase money, which is not exactly what I’m doing, like I said I can earn whilst building my portfolio. I will say he’s is worried that I keep changing my mind about what particular what I want to do, whether its game concept art, vfx or UI, but I’ve been applying to all sorts of roles and have gotten nowhere so I don’t think I can be too choosy because who knows when an opportunity like this can happen again.

Thoughts?

Do you think it’s a bit annoying or sad that even Mike Tyson at 57, almost 58, is still a household name and people still would pay to see him to see him box and not considered old news with his star power surpassed by the newer young upcoming boxers coming up to become big stars in their own for the public to take notice and pay attention to?

When boxing was a major sport, no one would've bought into this farce. No young fighter would've wanted a 57 year old man's name on their record, no promoter would've thought it would sell, and few fans would've bothered to watch.

Sport is meant to move on; yesterday's champs are respected, but superseded by the stars of today. The fact that Mike is still a bigger star than any active fighters is bad news for boxing, its not the sign of a healthy sport.