RE: FLASH: Selfish (Sidenote)

[Branden Hall]

This is the real world.

Try to break into any technical field that does not have a standard exam...

you will find a similar set of circumstances.

You make yourself better by pushing yourself. I got where I am not by

showing real world examples of Flash work... I wrote games and little demos

(which is still a great love of mine!) Start building a portfolio. By

writing Pong on a spare computer while waiting for my interview is how I

really nailed my job at Fig Leaf. Be creative and keep trying to figure

things out on your own. I learned actionscript on my own by weighing my

programming experience against the basic docs I got when I was beta testing

F4.

The reason people may seem selfish is because this is business, and right

now Flash is hotter than hell... I get at least 3 job offers every month.

People want to keep that kind of marketability to themselves and not

saturate the market.


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software




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Subject: FLASH: Selfish (Sidenote)



At the risk of alienating myself right of the list, I

have something to get off of my chest.  I've noticed

that many (not all) of the more advanced flashers on

the list are extremely selfish.  How you ask?

I've seen many newbie to intermediate flashers post

messages that ask for some sort of internship or

mentoring that would give many flashers what they

need, real world experience.  Yeah we read the books,

and visit the tutorial websites, but lets face it.

99.9% of the books don't go beyond the intermediate

stage, and for some, learning by looking at complex

fla's with little documentation can be a daunting

task.

   However each time a request for experience in a

live

production environment is requested.  It either falls

on deaf ears or is answered with a condescending reply

that comes short of saying "go to hell."  A recent

posting to the list for a job said, and I quote "If

you're a newbie, or someone who read the books and

worked with Flash at home and are looking for

experience, don't call."  Where do we go after the

books and home study if nobody is willing to give a

person a chance to move up in the flash world?  I'm

not

saying that you should grab any knucklehead off of the

street and put him/her on a high profile account; not

at all.  Give him/her small personal assignment that

illustrates an aspect of flash that may that is not

covered in books, you know, show him/her the ropes.


   My only question is why?  Why are you so selfish?

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