In the past week I’ve seen 3 different Tweets all with the same sort of message. I’ll paraphrase as to spare the innocent:
“If you’re applying for sound designer or senior sound designer position and you list yourself as a composer or don’t include a reel, you’re making it real easy for me not to employ you.”
Wow. That’s a bit surprising, right?
At least to me it was.
A little over a year ago I listened to this podcast featuring Mark Kilborn of Raven Software. Mark makes Call of Duty for a living – not a small-time game. During the podcast he makes a point I’ve heard reiterated countless times since coming into the industry (again, I’m paraphrasing):
“It’s really difficult to get in as a sound designer now. There are so many applicants, and so many of them are extremely high quality – you really have to work to set yourself apart.”
So how do these two (entirely paraphrased) quotes mesh? To me – it seems like they’re vastly different.
I think there’s two things to it:
- You need to know what you want
- You need to not suck
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