Inspired by Lukipela's comment in the Role Call thread...
Where would you like your future to go to? What aspirations do you have, what would you like for your future? Are there any particular things you like to do know, and would want to do something with in the near/far future? Is there anything you would've liked to achieve, but have missed, or have not yet achieved?
Share your stories, here's mine.
As some of you may know, about 2 years ago I dropped out of school. Having a simple diploma (VMBO, Level 3 in the field of Administration and Commerce, In Holland) I wanted to get into programming, and started an education that was supposed to lead up to that. It was a Level 3 Education focussing on Assistant System Managment. After I would've finished this one, I would have stepped into the Level 4 Education, called Program Design.
All this fueled by the desire to one day make games, and provide a new impulse of (self acclaimed) innovative games.
Unfortunatly, the Education wasn't what it was cracked up to be. There was a lot of theory that would have no merit in actually repairing/servicing Computers and where just there to show you how things work. Also, the Traject I followed was rather loose in that it wasn't particularly clear as to what you where supposed to do, and how you where supposed to do it.
I got fed up with it, and as a result dropped out from school for the next 2 years.
I did a lot of self-reflecting in the 2 years that followed. I wanted to go into game Development, but I was (still am) also actively practicing to play the guitar, hoping to one day be one of the best guitar players that ever lived. For some of you that might seem like a bit far-fetched, and maybe a too amitious goal, but if you're gonna set a goal, you'd better pick one that you won't achieve TOO fast, so you'll have something to do. At least, that's my view on the matter
Anyway, I spent a lot of time having meaningful conversations with a ** Not a psychiatrist, but someone who can help people tackle problems of their own, helps people understand their own minds etc. ** and learned a lot about how I worked, and how I reacted to the people around me, and also about how non-verbal communication worked. Wich is something I wasn't aware of up and until that point.
After all of that, I realised that Game Development was still an ultimate goal, but unfortunatly there isn't somekind of an education that aims at just that. There where options, like learning to program (something I've been good at back in the Qbasic days) but things like that cost money, something wich I didn't abundantly have. So I deciced to go to another school, and take the Education for System Management (- A school wich takes a more personal approach at supporting it's students with finishing the Traject). I'd be working with computers, troubleshooting, tech supporting and all that jazz, to make money, to fund my efforts into the Game Dev area of things.
I think this would be a good moment to tell you that I'm not the kind of guy that can 'self-teach' things like programming. It works with my Guitarplay, but that's because how you play has little effect on what sound you get, wich is the actual point of playing guitar. Since Programming requires a bit more theory, it's not as easy to just start with and learn until you're good.
Currently I'm waiting for mid-september, where the Education is supposed to start off, and in the meen time, I play guitar, I game, I do some freelance game development (writing a simple game with someone I know from another forum) and I socialise to get a hang of that part of life.
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But enough about me, how about yourselves?
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