Engineering and Film Double major?

[lessonwitch2]

I would just like to say 3 things. First…

@jjwinkle

Oh I’m sorry, that was in the original post to give an example of what I would find ideal for a career. That is a bad visual. Here is a better one. I have 3 problems at this point. But first…

My Ideal Career

• to earn a Masters of Visualization (an architecture / comp sci degree)
• work for 1 year in animation while (at least looking for) work part time as an engineer
• Then move on to being a full time design engineer while freelance animating

1 ) Can I get a BS in engineeirng and an MS in visualization so I can start off as an animator for 1 year of work, and then move to a Design Engineer job

2 ) If I get a Masters of Visualization and a year of work experience an employer would question my dedication to engineering and think I’m waiting for my “big break” even though I have a BS in engineering and a year of work experience? ( Guess I though it wouldn’t be that bad to go from Mechanical engineering to animation to design engineering)

3. {{{most important right now }}}If I do something outside of engineering(any hobby, not necessarily animation) , would my engineering employer question my dedication to engineering. Please answer yes or no and add why.

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Why its titled called Engineering and film double major

(for those who just skip to the last post page like me) I wanted to do animation freelance, in my own free time, without wanting to do more then 4 or 5 commercials at a year while working full time as a design engineer. I don’t want to “dabble in both” I want a career in engineering, and to animate for fun… is that not possible

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@jjwinkle

Understand, also, that those who teach film have a powerful interest in getting you as a student (it supports their own careers), but they will never pay your bills when they’re due. Don’t assume all is well for their film graduates on the basis of the claim that 90% get job offers (investigate the truth and quality of these jobs), and bear in mind you’ll still have to elude, even if their assertion is legitimate, being in the unfortunate 10%.

I didn’t believe it too at first. Its actually because a lot of animation companies hire 2 kinds of people: those with art or engineering experience. And since this program combines both, it makes the graduates are demanded by animation companies since they don’t need to hire 2 people when one person can do both jobs on their own. Since the program isn’t even 30 years old yet and has less then 500 members currently it makes sense that with connections to over 50 art studios they could get most of them a job. I also know some of them stay at the university and become researchers so that could be the missing 10%. It is a small major with few candidates and they mainly only take engineering majors with art experience and vise versa. It is a very difficult program to get into unless you had experience in engineering and art, so their is a pretty good chance I won’t get in at all

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… that being said… back to my problem.

My new question is if I do something outside of engineering(any hobby, not necessarily animation) , would my engineering employer question my dedication to engineering? Regardless of pay. Because if it is that black and white, I may need to rethink a career in that area altogether. I don’t want to be working 60 hour weeks and not be able to do anything for myself without my employer questioning my dedication regularly. That is not the kind of life style I want to live, regardless of if I did animation or film editing.