It's something one doesn't drink after one turns 21. (That's when you transition to Cisco.)

Thanks! I'll have to look into the playing thing (even downsized considerably, the video was too long to upload) or try YouTube or something. I'm a little old man whose grasp of the mechanics of social media is tenuous at best.

Quitting art?

I was actually just watching this (but on Tubi) as the latest in my watch-sleazy-gialli-to-learn-Italian series. La suor è cattiva!

This looks like a blast!

Is this yours and Bennie's?!?

This is such a profoundly stupid and hateful country.

Not steeper, just a little more time would need to be spent. 3D principles are the same no matter what software you're using, so if Houdini/VFX/sim work is what you're going for, might as well start with Houdini! Apprentice is great and Indie is only $200/yr.

It's hard to say as there were a couple of years of start/stopping as life kept intervening. I came in with a general knowledge of 3D from Maya but making the switch to points and nodes took some adjustment. My first pro gig was 2021 but I still have days of despair (but more of triumph).

Thanks!

I should add: their spineless, pro-genocide alma mater.