Hi !
Currently looking for new carreer options were I could put my CGI experience at
work as a "complementary skill"

So I suppose it depends on what kind of 3D works and renders you do...
probably for physics or engineering the procedural aspect is interesting, and
interior design and architecture, and maybe advertisements and marketing.

I suppose much less for CGI and movie making, but i may be wrong...


Any reactions ? (kind of... "never heard of this modeller before", And you have
to correct the hiring manager by telling him with a sense of pride that it is
purely procedural and that all your scenes where written by hand in code in SDL
without even a single object or primitive being modelled"

And are there any niche industries / job positions that are "pov-ray oriented"
more than others ?

Any input ?

Rodrigo.

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On 4/3/2017 4:44 PM, rodv92 wrote:
> Hi !
> Currently looking for new carreer options were I could put my CGI experience at
> work as a "complementary skill"
>
> So I suppose it depends on what kind of 3D works and renders you do...
> probably for physics or engineering the procedural aspect is interesting, and
> interior design and architecture, and maybe advertisements and marketing.
>
> I suppose much less for CGI and movie making, but i may be wrong...
>

> Any reactions ? (kind of... "never heard of this modeller before", And you have
> to correct the hiring manager by telling him with a sense of pride that it is
> purely procedural and that all your scenes where written by hand in code in SDL
> without even a single object or primitive being modelled"
>
> And are there any niche industries / job positions that are "pov-ray oriented"
> more than others ?
>
> Any input ?
>
> Rodrigo.
>

Employers are probably more interested in skills with mesh-based GUI 
modelers. But you can export from some of those to POV-Ray.


Mike

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I'm thinking of 'freelance' work: If an employer is a reasonably smart person,
and you have a *good* visual resume or porfolio to show, of images that you've
created, I would guess that your SDL coding skills would be a secondary
consideration-- meaning, the employer would be more interested in your visual
skills and creativity, and not so much interested in which piece of software you
use. POV-Ray can produce some stunning images (and animations) that are equal to
what the best commercial software can produce. And perhaps your SDL coding
skills might actually be impressive to an employer, who is probably used to
interviewing people who simply 'choose a menu item' to produce something with
standard imaging software.

Creating interesting images for magazine covers (like Scientific American
magazine, for example) might be one choice to pursue.

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