toaks — 8/6/2025, 5:22:47 AM

I have been thinking about doing animation for college (and career) and literally everyone I know who knows about it and all advice online is like “you will NOT get a job”

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geo:

do it!!! do what u wanna do bro

8/6/2025, 7:34:02 PM
supercash:

yeah keep doing it. Jobs are for suckers. Forge your own path

8/6/2025, 4:51:04 PM
toaks:

Yeah, but I do enjoy eating food

8/6/2025, 6:00:31 PM
supercash:

hey man, I ain’t been legally employed since 2022, and I ain’t starving yet

8/7/2025, 4:41:13 AM
toaks:

Fair, best of luck in your future endeavors. I'm still looking into animation for college, and I have the chance to see what it may be like this year

8/7/2025, 7:00:05 PM
kiwi:

i met a guy who’s worked at nickelodeon for several years recently, he basically said exactly this

8/6/2025, 4:18:11 PM
toaks:

💔

8/6/2025, 6:00:16 PM
mef:

counterpoint: it’s cool as hell

might be terrible advice but imo I’d rather do something I love than do something just for the sake of a career

8/6/2025, 11:29:13 AM
toaks:

I guess it's pretty disheartening to hear this from everyone I know

8/6/2025, 5:59:56 PM
mef:

I mean you could try doing a dual major/minor if a college offers it, if it doesn’t work out, you have a different degree to fall back on

idk tho I’m not an expert, I’m into game dev so I’m in a similar predicament lol

8/6/2025, 9:43:26 PM
mef:

there’s always Gambling With the Algorithm™️ too

8/6/2025, 9:44:31 PM
toaks:

What does this mean

8/6/2025, 10:26:57 PM
mef:

Posting your animations on yt/wherever else and seeing if they blow up

8/6/2025, 10:50:49 PM
toaks:

Fair enough. That being said, the algorithm is fickle

8/7/2025, 3:13:20 AM