Studying a Bachelor of Animation is a lot more work than I expected it to be. I hear all about how other university courses are easy, barely requiring any time at home, with minimal contact hours, and I can’t help but be jealous. My friend is doing creative writing and says that he literally has ten contact hours a week, then spends only five to ten hours a week doing uni work at home. Meanwhile, I’m working like crazy just to complete a simple animation before the deadline. It’s insane!
I just hope that I can find a job at a good 2D animation company at the end of my studies. All this hard work will be worth it if I get to work on a professional animated film or a cartoon. I’d even be happy to just do animations for marketing or businesses. Imagine if I completed my three years in university, just to go get a job at some supermarket or something. That would be so depressing. Thankfully the workforce and education system in Australia is designed so that it’s very easy to get a job in your desired field if you have a degree for it. I’m basically guaranteed to at least find a video production business in the Melbourne area that will give me a shot.
Of course, I’m being super sarcastic here. I know it can be hard to tell when you’re just reading text, so I thought I should state it clearly. I would honestly be shocked if I managed to find a job that actually uses my skills. Really, I should have just listened to my parents when they suggested that I drop out of VCE and do VCAL instead. I could be halfway through an apprenticeship by now, in a job that would actually pay me well in the end.
It’s a totally fair system. I get told my entire life to study hard so that I can go to uni and get a good job, but then when my degree is over, I won’t be able to find any work. I can’t wait!