stevewright Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 ok, i have to decide by monday, which one i want to accept, but im having real trouble as theyre both very different roles. job A- 3 times further away from where i commute to work at the moment, pay rise at 6mths, oportunity to be my own boss, but in a graphic design company who are setting up a visualising department (me). Its only residential which can be a bit boring, but theyre gona get someone in to teach me 3dsmax ( i currently visualise with artlantis and vectorworks) Purely visualising role. job B- very close to where i live, design job but with possibility of being trained to use lightwave or cinema 4d. Primarily working in design teams on projects in middle east and cruise ships, with prospects to become job runner or projectmanager etc. I currently have to give 2mths notice in my job, and job B will only offer me position on 1mth notice, so it means if i chose that one id have to try and beg my boss to let me out on 1mth (extremely difficult) I studied Interior design, and been doing allot of visualising, but dont quite know if i want to give up design and purely focus on visualising as its such a niche. Job B will enable me to get more design experience, whilst still have the option of visualising with lightwave or cinema 4d HELP i cant decide!!! what made you guys give up your architecture or design trades to focus on a small niche in the marketplace that is visualising? and is there extremely good prospects for purely visualisers alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindala Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I would definately go for job B! Working as the only viz guy in a graphicscompagny only focused on housing sound very boring. And how much do you expect out of being your own boss really, they hand you the jobs and pay you a monthly salary, you're just the only one doing 3d, sound like an unsteady position to me. Cruiseships, and the opppurtunity to work on designteams sounds much much better. As for the software, you can get good results with all of them. It sounds like job B offers much more knowledge and growth. But that's only my view, hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I vote for Job B too. I was the only one at my previous job in the US that does 3D renderings with no one to help. we succeeded so much we got 3 times the work on my second year of employment and I got overwhelmed to a point that I quit on the third year. if there is no one to help you if you succeed you're overwhelmed and if you fail there's no one to blame but yourself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat@MDI-Digital Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I do a great deal of residential work for UK developers...if you do deside to take Job A, and its similar to the work that I do expect to have to produce up to around 30 illustrations of pretty much standard house types, that often all look the same. And somtimes (like any design/vis job) the deadlines are very tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskin Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I think your long term goals are important. What you want to be doing in five months is not nearly as important as where you want to be in five years. focus on what you need inorder to accomplish your long term goals. Residential modeling my be boring, yes... but it may be a great stepping stone interms of networking and experience. if design is your long term goal than "A" is clearly the wrong decision. I haven't given up architecture but would if and when the opportunities arise. I get a kick out of a clients amazement when they see a visualization or animation at the schematic design phase. Personally, i love concentrating on the detail at the early phases of a project that is required to produce a good rendering but isn't necissarily required for the documents. I believe it is a design opportunity and a chance to influence the future of the projects design. I have always believed, while my peers are bitching about lack of design opportunities, that design opportunities are every where.... even remedial tasks like stair drawings and bathroom drawings are full of opportunities to design. i have found that 3d visualization provides me with that covert opportunity to influance a project.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinice Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I believe job A will give you the opportunity to become a freelance visualiser in the future. Take job B if you want to stay in design field. Visualisation maybe a niche but it is an important niche. Even today, I still wonder where would I be if I had stayed as an architect (and do visualisation on the side). But when I take a look at my contemporaries are doing, I believe I have made the right choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewright Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 Im thinking if i took job B, it does mean in 6mths or a yrs time, i have the oportunity again- design or visualising, though if i chose the other one, it would be visualising with no going back. However, the major major problem with job B, is they will only offer me the position if i can leave in one month, and its within my contract that i have to give 2mths. my boss will not let me go lightly, and dont wana end up being brought to employers tribunal, but i dont wana make the wrong decision based on worrying what might happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I didn't think that your boss would take to task over 1 month. It would cost him too much and not worth the effort. Effort that would be better put to use finding a replacment. Make an offor to help find a replacment, it would make it sound a bit better. Lets face it once one puts in your resignation we tend to slack right off and the last couple of weeks we are totaly useless to the company. 2 months is a long time. I am sure your boss thinks the same and would rather use that time getting someone else up to speed than trying to push you to do a bit more. Just remeamber to leave on good terms and not burn bridges.. Good luck JHV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewright Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 right, thanks for your help, i think ive made a decision. For once (not often this oportunity comes up) im going to go with my heart, and take the visualising job. Ive always been bored to death doing technical drawings, and find "design" esp in uk very snobby. Always said if i could do 3d all day, id be happy, so now i got the chance. Im thinking even if the company goes bust, by then ill have learnt max, and have lots of commercial and residential visualising experience. Im just hoping i can pick up 3ds max relatively quickly, i dont need any 3d training as such, just max training, but as of October (if things go according to plan) ill be a full time 3d visualiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 nice one! good luck in the new job! hope u enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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