| Hiro Antagonist ( @ 2009-09-02 08:36:00 |
Austin GDC - Zomg, Like a Girl Going to a Ball

^not me, but in the field I wish to be paid for working in
So I'm volunteering again at the Austin Game Developer's Conference. Last year was a blast, and the only frustration at the time was having to finish another year of school, thus being unable to take anyone up on job offers.
YAY! GRADUATED!
Now comes the hard part.
Lessons learned from last year:
1. Be in a position to be able to take a job. (check)
2. How ever many business cards you brought with you, it's not enough (working on that)
2.1. Try to make the business card visually interesting and a bit informative. (working on that)
2.2. It's just an excuse to get their card anyway - yay social rituals!
3. Have work to show (almost done)
3.1. Have an easy way to show people your work (hmmm...)
3.2. Have a website (halway mocked up so far)
So, those of you with experience in this area, please comment with advice.
I'm contemplating bringing my laptop with me, and putting the video footage of my level design on that, and designing a visually interesting card and getting like... 250 copies of it. I'm not sure if lugging the laptop around with me everywhere is the best idea though...
Thoughts?

^not me, but in the field I wish to be paid for working in
So I'm volunteering again at the Austin Game Developer's Conference. Last year was a blast, and the only frustration at the time was having to finish another year of school, thus being unable to take anyone up on job offers.
YAY! GRADUATED!
Now comes the hard part.
Lessons learned from last year:
1. Be in a position to be able to take a job. (check)
2. How ever many business cards you brought with you, it's not enough (working on that)
2.1. Try to make the business card visually interesting and a bit informative. (working on that)
2.2. It's just an excuse to get their card anyway - yay social rituals!
3. Have work to show (almost done)
3.1. Have an easy way to show people your work (hmmm...)
3.2. Have a website (halway mocked up so far)
So, those of you with experience in this area, please comment with advice.
I'm contemplating bringing my laptop with me, and putting the video footage of my level design on that, and designing a visually interesting card and getting like... 250 copies of it. I'm not sure if lugging the laptop around with me everywhere is the best idea though...
Thoughts?