QUOTE(alcohol @ Sep 8 2010, 03:50 PM)
i'm 25 and leaving my stable banking work and pay to continue study art (my passion). Most probably in animation. It's a hard decision and i'm not getting much support from ppl around me.
Many issues has arised;
starting next year.. 3 years course. i'll be only working at 29.
GF wants to get married around 2 years time. how? leave her?
I'll be most probably living off my previous work's pay.. until i can get other source of income.
I'm taking a big risk here just so that I would love my job doing art instead of now. I've done my research and looks like TOA is my first choice now. I'll like to get some insight from the forumers on what is the average student age in toa? i'm afraid i can't blend in. How's the job prospect in the future? In reality malaysia isn't much of a good place for animators..
is it worth it to pursue my passion? Hope some current students in TOA get to reply me. thanks!
i dunno if i have the right to comment on ur post as im just a student that just grad from sec school and currently studying in TOA. the students there are around 18-21..but i don think its wrong for someone who are elder than us to pursue studies there lo..
and do u really interested in ur banking work? if not why wanna stick with something u don like until end of ur life? since u know its time to change, go ahead then..thats what i think la..IMO..
as for the animators career path, u have to ask the students who study digital animation or mayb u can do a lil bit searching on it?
QUOTE(Xiven @ Sep 8 2010, 05:47 PM)
Don't worry too much, I'm about to graduate from TOA, so from my experience in college, the lecturers are really helpful, its all about knowing what to ask. They are always updating/upgrading the computers for DG students and also MM students. Atm the comps we have are win7, i7 processors, 12gb ram and so on. I usually stay back in college with my team to work on our finals[they open 2 labs if you have to work during the midnight, but most of the labs are closed at 12].
I know a few people in college who are aged around their 30s too & still studying. And they are still watching animes and playing games, so hey, I don't think age really matters.
i thought they said they going to upgrade all the iMac?