[arg_discuss] Topic of the Week Oct. 12: You Tell Me

[Brian Clark]

> I say always follow your heart, and in those times you have

> to choose money over desire, don't let those jobs derail

> your ambitions!


Picking up on Mike's theme, the tipping point for me happened during
pre-registration of my freshman year in college. My academic advisor hit me
with the mother of all observations, which was a like a time bomb.

Don't worry what you're going to major in, don't worry about what you're
going to do with your life. You have to decide what kind of person you are.
Do you do something you're good at and make a lot of money and derive your
happiness in life from that? Or do you do something you love regardless of
how much money it makes you and derive your happiness in life from that? You
can't plan on both, that takes luck.

At 19, that was way too much for me to absorb, but it pretty much guided my
choices after that (including leading me into the independent arts
traditions, which tend to be long on passion and shorter on money). I aimed
for what I love to do and now also count myself lucky.





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From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On
Behalf Of Michael Monello
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] Topic of the Week Oct. 12: You Tell Me

When I was working for the not-for-profit Florida Film Festival, I once
turned down a job programming for Disney that would have tripled my salary
because I feared it would raise my standard of living too much and I
wouldn't take risks pursuing independent movies. A couple years later, I was
producing Blair Witch and earning far less than what the film festival was
paying, but it all worked out in the end.

I say always follow your heart, and in those times you have to choose money
over desire, don't let those jobs derail your ambitions!

Best,

Mike

On 10/12/09 11:32 AM, "Thomas Maillioux" <thomas.maillioux at gmail.com> wrote:

The question is this : Was there ever a "tipping point" for you guys where
you had to choose between a "classic" job your degrees training might have
gotten you and the career you're pursuing now ? If so, what made you take
the plunge and took you where you are now ?
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