Quote Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Sarah View Post
Wow @Neo Emolga, that is so dodgy! I can't believe they want you to pay for everything PLUS it's commission based! That's crazy!

I hate the networking thing too. It's really unfair. I'm terrible at talking to people. I know networking is really important for science too because if you know the guy who runs the lab, that's all that really matters. Blah. It really shouldn't be so hard to find a job if you want to work. If it's this bad already, imagine how much worse it's gonna get as things become more and more automated! I know some countries have been experimenting with having a basic wage that everyone gets paid each year no matter what, which seems pretty interesting. It might have been Iceland or something? I can't remember.
^ This.

I'm not social in the least, so my network pool is very, VERY small. And that's not all my fault. Sure, I'm shy, but the networking thing works both ways, and even if I talk to people, they find so little about me interesting they don't bother contacting me again. .-. That in itself makes it really hard to get a job, even though I'm pretty sure I'm MORE than qualified, I just have very little actual business experience.

That's why I blame Universities for giving us this knowledge of the field we want to get into, but not actually doing anything useful with it. We pay all this money to do a fancy course and degree, and yet can't even get anywhere in the work field because we don't 'know' anyone? That is so ridiculous. It's pretty much saying that no matter how hard someone works, they're never going to achieve anything important.

Quote Originally Posted by Suicune's Fire View Post
So many jobs are all about networking. I want to get into the games industry, the voice acting industry AND be an author someday... That's certainly all about who you know, not what you know! XD What you know helps, but who you know is more important. They really pushed us at AIE to get networking. They often had cool games industry people come in and give us talks, and we could then speak with them after. I've added a few on Facebook so I have my fingers in a few pies... Not enough yet, though. And getting yourself out there is always imperative. @Pokemon Trainer Sarah That's just it--it requires a lot of talking and more importantly, selling yourself. I always find that - and I know this is perhaps a tad inappropriate, but I'll chance it - a bit of alcohol in me always helps me free up and talk to people (even if it's just one standard drink XD). I'm ALWAYS more social when that happens... So it's great when there are gatherings and such at which you can have a few and get to know some people! I am not condoning alcohol. completely
You're lucky you went to AIE on campus. xD I mean the online course wasn't bad, but it certainly didn't help us network in any way (and my lecturer kinda just rambled on half the time..). I want to do graphic design, illustration and be an author, too! But even if I wrote some awesome manuscript, who would publish the work of a person they'd never even heard of? ;(

On the alcohol note, Xanthe, I've found that helps with me. xD As a super cautious person to begin with, I HATE putting myself out there. I'm usually that person at a party who just stands in the corner, baha. Once I've had a couple of drinks I do realise it doesn't matter so much, and I can talk more freely. Awful, I know, but it really does help. xD Pity I rarely drink at all.


On a sort of unrelated note, that's why when people talk about luck it just pisses me right off. I consider luck as something that happens as a result of all your hard work. To have people just sit back and be lazy and have everything handed to them... it annoys me. It degrades all of us who work so hard to achieve what they want.