Godpseed on your new career direction. Thanks for participating on the list all these years.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> wrote: > Good luck Eric! From one Eric to another... > > Den 22. september 2014 kl. 08:15 skrev Eric Lampi >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I was getting off a plane in Austin on my way to SXSW >> when I read the news about Soft being discontinued. >> Even though, as I said for a long time, I expected it >> to happen, it was still a shock. That was the day I >> unsubscribed to this list. >> >> For a variety of reasons and for quite some time, I >> had been trying find something else to do. The state >> of the industry is pretty awful compared to even just >> a few years ago. Soft being killed was the last straw. >> I started using Soft 3D in 1995 and next year would >> have been 20 years since I began my 3D career in NYC. >> >> So instead of continuing on and having to learn a >> whole new set of tools, it was time to seriously >> evaluate my future in VFX. I was at the point where if >> one more person asked me to make a car out of smoke >> and turn it into 3 dragons made of water and one made >> out of fire, I was going to shoot myself. >> >> I decided to go in an entirely new direction and began >> coursework to become a User Experience (UX) designer, >> which I completed a short time ago. >> >> I spent a great deal of time on this list and I have >> to thank all of you who have pitched in over the years >> and helped me out. You're a great group of people. I >> felt a little bad having just signed off like I did, >> so on that note... >> >> So long and thanks for all the fish. >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> >> >
