This is a very important subject that James has raised here - the issues of having to sell your soul, to dedicate 100% of yourself to the company, of hiding your art interests from them. It's all about "playing the game" and "telling them what they want to hear" of course, but if you are honest with your life and your art is part of that honesty, it causes problems, and I've had big problem with this especially during interviews. It blows the lid off the whole so called "creative industries" myth, of artists doing art and working for industry at the same time, as if people can split themselves so neatly and conveniently. Personally I can't handle the dishonesty.
cheers, dave On 23 June 2012 12:08, marc <[email protected]> wrote: > "Where do I go from here?" Text talking about employment... > > Hi James, > > I was reading you Journal today (yes, people read it you muppet!)... > http://jwm-art.net/o7.php?p=j20120523-0154 > > In the Journal entry for May 2012 "Where do I go from here?" - your > experience with the IT company sounds very unfortunate... > > "Some time later they contacted me for a second interview. I had been > very negative in my last interview they said. They would (if they were > to offer the job to me) pay for me to go onto a computer science course > at the local university. Where do you stand on intellectual property > rights I asked? The answer shocked me. All code I would write in their > employment regardless of whether it was written in work hours or not > would belong to them. Exceptions would have to be arranged, but they > would prefer for my focus to be on their work not my own or the projects > of others." > > This is a classic 'absolutist' mannerism regarding full-time employment. > But as you mention further down in your journal, due to you being > involved in the arts and being a critical individual, this makes you a > non-candidate for the 'happy clappy' role of pure submission of your > soul to any job. An issue that many are likely to share & appreciate on > this list. Do we really have to be banal robots to accepted into the > labour market? > > Because our minds are curiously drawn to other things which are not > necessarily part of an all consuming hegemony - we can end up being seen > as threats, when in reality many are just passionate beings exploring > amazing things. > > Wishing you well. > > marc > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- Portfolio: http://davemiller.org Blog: http://davemiller.org/art_blog/ Research: http://augmentedwonder.blogspot.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
