Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f42.google.com ([209.85.160.42] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5026127 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:04:07 +0200 Received: by mail-pb0-f42.google.com with SMTP id up7so1648864pbc.1 for ; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; bh=Pn5aQuSfhtOIII6rdgUIUkME2yONHdptYLA1sdpHh60=; b=AZdv2xvbE80hsGPoN/20MDKxEB7K4Jyohw5Kqb+BX/r5dVs2pm2y4zQT8YO0eP8f93 ch3k2G41nfxAF2vIG1Xg9IQcxbMSm9Ky0uR212U4vtaxCdZ6Yn3s+ru/PTgQ2EXpxui4 v8gEA9kT1lRXY9rhqZtLdJEjXBXk6xD+JWgFwLDgYSarGhJF568FLA+aSFXfaw46izck duTbQzSVxoZsZ9m0ujIjmOYr0hnEt9TXieGXv8zdaSeJwQeqwmhAgEUseey7E1n4UgqC k9X4k8cC8EGjKK+hKPLUuPbz5cCHyUFCNnsDO8QpRmQ/pkcJWzKK8heozdzokMUFoC6d 3BoQ== X-Received: by 10.68.132.42 with SMTP id or10mr10869808pbb.127.1365109909131; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:49 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.10.101] (c-98-246-188-32.hsd1.or.comcast.net. [98.246.188.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k4sm11440062pbi.45.2013.04.04.14.11.47 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <515DEC93.4030300@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:47 -0700 From: Robert Houghton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130328 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] getting laid off References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------000502040103080707040703" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000502040103080707040703 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry to hear that, I was laid off in 2010 and went full-time freelancing from that point so I know where you are coming from. Considering what I've been seeing in the market (Portland, OR at least) that seems to be the new modus operandi. Keep a small core unit and expand via freelancers when something significant comes along. I would look into local freelance clubs or media associations and see if that's happening in your area. A good website to look at is http://www.freelanceswitch.com. It's mostly for webdevs, writers and graphic designers but has a lot of good information as well. Good luck to you! -Rob P.S. I know Trish Meyer swears by this but I am having a heck of a time getting my brain into Quickbooks for managing my business. It's like my right hemisphere is rejecting the notion that I have to manage a business now. On 4/4/2013 1:43 PM, mike cardeiro wrote: > so, after seeing it happen to many others, it is finally happening to > me. I just found out that I am losing my job on the 15th > > If anybody knows of opportunities either fulltime or freelance, please > let me know. I would prefer to stay in Pennsylvania, but will > consider anything. > > Thank you > > Mike Cardeiro > Soon to be Former Editor/Animator/Compositor > D4 Creative Group - Philadelphia, PA > > http://www.michaelcardeiro.com/resume/ > http://www.youtube.com/user/mcardeiro --------------000502040103080707040703 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry to hear that, I was laid off in 2010 and went full-time freelancing from that point so I know where you are coming from. Considering what I've been seeing in the market (Portland, OR at least) that seems to be the new modus operandi. Keep a small core unit and expand via freelancers when something significant comes along. I would look into local freelance clubs or media associations and see if that's happening in your area.

A good website to look at is http://www.freelanceswitch.com. It's mostly for webdevs, writers and graphic designers but has a lot of good information as well.

    Good luck to you!

        -Rob

P.S. I know Trish Meyer swears by this but I am having a heck of a time getting my brain into Quickbooks for managing my business. It's like my right hemisphere is rejecting the notion that I have to manage a business now.

On 4/4/2013 1:43 PM, mike cardeiro wrote:

so, after seeing it happen to many others, it is finally happening to me. I just found out that I am losing my job on the 15th

If anybody knows of opportunities either fulltime or freelance, please let me know. I would prefer to stay in Pennsylvania, but will consider anything.

Thank you

Mike Cardeiro
Soon to be Former Editor/Animator/Compositor
D4 Creative Group - Philadelphia, PA

http://www.michaelcardeiro.com/resume/
http://www.youtube.com/user/mcardeiro

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