Setting Goals

// March 5th, 2010 // Digital Media, Gaming

What’s Coming Up

Just registered for the Triangle Game Conference that is being held April 7th and 8th in Raleigh, North Carolina. There will be teaching sessions and a career fair. The career fair is what I am most looking forward to, since I will be graduating this December and would like to have a job afterwords.

Getting Prepared

To have the best presentation as a hire-able individual I will need to have somethings before I go to this conference.

• Demo Reel
• Online Portfolio
• Portfolio Disc
• Business Cards
• Something to Set Me Apart

Demo Reel

This is a good way for me to demonstrate my key work in a short period of time. It will be good for my portfolio site, and the discs.

Online Portfolio

This is essential. I believe the best way for me to do this is to polish up my current site, to make displaying my portfolio foremost.

Portfolio Disc

I am thinking this would be a good thing to have a a career fair. So that I could hand it out to potential employers. Although I wish I could think of a better way to do this. I would essentially have my portfolio in disc form.

Business Cards

I am thinking this would be another good thing to have to be able to hand out. Something simple with contact info on it.

Something to Set Me Apart

I think I need something to set me apart from the rest of the students there looking for jobs. So I stick in people’s heads. Instead of just another face in polo, jeans, knows how to use PS, Maya, etc. I know I can produce good work, but what is going to convince someone to look at it? Hmmm, I will have to think about that one.

Final Thoughts

Lots of work to do. Pair that with a super busy semester. Fun stuff. Hopefully there will be enough of a slow down after mid-terms that I can get this stuff done.

I also need people’s opinions and suggestions. Am I missing something, is there something else I should be doing? Is there something I shouldn’t be doing? Something I could do better?

Thanks for all the help and support.