Digital Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Free Training Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Is this software for sale outside DD now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 that's what I asked at SIG this year - they were offering the same training opportunity...I was told that "No, Storm is not available for sale bla bla bla..." it seems that this is just a very sneaky and very creative way of getting resumes and demos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Well I don't understand the point then really. Can I take the knowledge that I garnered from the training, bring it back to Sony and try and build my own Storm tool here (yeah right )? Or are they expecting students and people with no jobs to apply. If that's the case, then instead of taking a week off and not earning any cash while learning, I'd rather apply for the job and then get paid by DD while they train me on Storm. See... a loophole . M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 just make sure they don't loose your demo reel..... :whistling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltuzar Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Its to get new blood into DD, I am sure Jason and the rest of the DD employees are like "MHUWHAHAHA! new houdini recruits to the DD workforce..." I know for a fact that last time they did such a thing many people got hired right off the bat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deecue Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 i'm suprised they actually need to work at getting resumes/reels from people.. i figured any place like dd/sony/r+h/etc get's plenty of piled on people wanting a job there.. but what do i know.. hell, i'd do it if they paid for the plane ticket out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltuzar Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 i'm suprised they actually need to work at getting resumes/reels from people.. i figured any place like dd/sony/r+h/etc get's plenty of piled on people wanting a job there.. but what do i know.. hell, i'd do it if they payed for the plane ticket out there 21964[/snapback] ... they do get reels, BUT not many people who know houdini! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 ... they do get reels, BUT not many people who know houdini! 21970[/snapback] it's hard to find Houdini artists. They're all employed. Baffles me why more students don't pick it up, especially if they want employment. it's an open door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecue Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 [twiddles fingers mr burns style] excellent... [/tfmbs] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altbighead Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 what a great opportunity for artist from US.. damn.. life in Kazakstan sucks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 The Storm training is a good "you try us out and we try you out" effort. It bridges the gap for many (especially inexperienced) artists. Somehow I think that Marc doesn't qualify for the class We've had good feedback from people that have tried it out, even if we didn't end up hiring them. I don't think it was meant to come off as a "we train you up for free, so come on over!" thing. Good artists are very hard to find and good positions are even harder these days. Digital Domain is trying to ensure a best-match scenario with this course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 "you try us out and we try you out" makes sense.... better than an interview in some ways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 "you try us out and we try you out" makes sense....better than an interview in some ways... 21984[/snapback] You'd be surprised how many candidates we've had in for the week who had little or no Houdini experience too. In these cases they got introduced into Houdini usage from a production perspective. Cheers, Jason PS. These people not experienced with Houdini were not seamstresses or short-order cooks - they were very capable graphics programmers and folk from other disciplines like character animators with Max experience that had interest in Houdini, Digital Domain and Storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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