I don't know how I feel about this job.
I know, complete 180 degree turn from my last post. But I'm 2 days into it, and...I don't know. Before I started the job, I was PA on a commercial shoot. I had more fun on those two days shooting the commercial than I had at my new full-time job. Of course I guess it's all the paperwork and new protocol that I have to learn, but honestly, I don't think I'm cut out working for an actual company. I'm really into the freelance, work the hours you want lifestyle. It's risky, but I love it.
I shouldn't judge just by those two days, but let's just say that I'm glad that it'll be over in February. Maybe I'll feel different in February, but we'll see, we'll definitely see. I don't want to get too into it on this blog because I'm afraid who might read it. Unfortunately, nothing is ever really private on the interweb, so lots of censoring or cryptic messages might be rampant here.
The plan for AFTER February--that's the good stuff.
Kuya and Kat just came back from their trip to Machu Picchu, and I definitely want to go there before that area is completely desecrated by commercialism. So, I'm going to start saving my money now for that and for the next months in which I might be unemployed. The thing with my new job is that I'm moving to be closer to it. Right now, I leave an hour and a half before I have to really be there because of traffic. I also get home late.
My rent is pretty good ($500/month) for a room in a house, and it's only 15 minutes to work. It'll be worth the trouble. Plus it's by the beach, so that's cool. I don't care for the area too much, not that it's a bad area, but it's very homogenized if you know what I mean. But I'll look at it as an interesting case study.
Rent is my big expense. That's fine. I'm going to try and see if it's feasible to put 30% of what I earn into my savings (designated for unemployment time) and another 30% into another savings account (designated for travel). The rest will be used for food and other things. Going to have to cut down on buying the extraneous (books, dvds, clothes).
Okay, okay, okay. We'll see what happens. This is going to be interesting.
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
TAKE THAT RECESSION!
I have a job!!!
After the stint at my internship, I had some trouble trying to find work. I saw a lot of receptionist positions at production companies, but I'm done being the Pam Beesley of an office with more Dwights than Jim Halperts.
The animation studio that my friend works at ended up calling me up for an interview on Thursday. They had a production assistant's position for one of their animated shows that I applied for 3 weeks ago. I went in for my interview Friday (yesterday).
Their unassuming studio sits in a commercial business park across from some windows manufacturing company. They don't even have a sign for their company. I was early and waited for the production manager. Let's call her Sarah.
Sarah came and showed me around the building. Walked by the edit bays (where they edit the show) and onto "the floor" basically where all the animators and artists are. We talked in her office for 20 minutes. She explained the position. I'd basically be helping the animators and doing other production work. She asked me about my goals were and what I wanted to do in the future. I told her I wanted to be a script supervisor. That got her pretty excited since there might be work I could do in that direction for their company.
After the interview, she gave me the job right then!
We toured the studio. I met so many people in a short amount of time so hopefully I'll get everyone's names within the week I start! The studio is an amazing creative space. Lots of toys and games around, lol. They also have a motion capture studio.
I start on Thursday next week since I'm also working on a commercial on Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately my contract with the animation studio is until February since my position is only temporary. But if they get more feature film or gaming work, they might be able to keep me on. I'm just glad to have a stable job and income for a while. YAY!
After the stint at my internship, I had some trouble trying to find work. I saw a lot of receptionist positions at production companies, but I'm done being the Pam Beesley of an office with more Dwights than Jim Halperts.
The animation studio that my friend works at ended up calling me up for an interview on Thursday. They had a production assistant's position for one of their animated shows that I applied for 3 weeks ago. I went in for my interview Friday (yesterday).
Their unassuming studio sits in a commercial business park across from some windows manufacturing company. They don't even have a sign for their company. I was early and waited for the production manager. Let's call her Sarah.
Sarah came and showed me around the building. Walked by the edit bays (where they edit the show) and onto "the floor" basically where all the animators and artists are. We talked in her office for 20 minutes. She explained the position. I'd basically be helping the animators and doing other production work. She asked me about my goals were and what I wanted to do in the future. I told her I wanted to be a script supervisor. That got her pretty excited since there might be work I could do in that direction for their company.
After the interview, she gave me the job right then!
We toured the studio. I met so many people in a short amount of time so hopefully I'll get everyone's names within the week I start! The studio is an amazing creative space. Lots of toys and games around, lol. They also have a motion capture studio.
I start on Thursday next week since I'm also working on a commercial on Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately my contract with the animation studio is until February since my position is only temporary. But if they get more feature film or gaming work, they might be able to keep me on. I'm just glad to have a stable job and income for a while. YAY!
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