Ever need a sign?

[huggyboo]

Right now i'm at that point in life where only a few things still make sense and i dont know where to go in life. I know that i will find something like a sign and i'm kinda wondering who else has found or looked for a sign in life that pointed them in the right direction.

[Xaozaddiction]

sorta, except the sign wasnt what i wanted it to be.

[MonsterMiner]

The sign is a bit yellow, with a tint of blue, and the smell of strawberries.

[screwbaII]

Well, mine came when I was talking to a friend about the brain and I was getting really excited, and I loved talking about it and that's when it kind of hit me that this is what I had to be, a neuropsychologist. My final test to see whether this was my destiny was to not study for the final highschool exams. If I got the marks I wanted to get into the uni I wanted I could safely assume this is what I was meant to do. This of course is exactly what happened and now I am happily on course to become my desired profession. This is the truth about how I came to want to be a neuropsychologist.

I guess the signs come through your passions perhaps. For me I had finally found something I got truly excited and passionate about. It's like the world made sense now I had finally found my place in it. Unfortunately though, some people don't ever find or get to know this feeling.

[Senna]

I can say i've has sonmething similar happen to me scre. 2 years ago i had to chose 4 subjects i wanted to study.I chose history drama music and computing as at that time i had no idea what i wanted to do. However as those 2 years passed i found myself only really careing about drama i'd long for the drama lessons and i've even dreamt about them. Eventually i passed with a C grade.

However now i am aty a cross road i once more had to chose which subjects i wanted to take. I once again chose drama with computing as a backup along with philosophy and ethichs and sociology.

Nowe this is where my problems stands while I truly love and enjoy drama the same is true for philosophy if i could id talk about it till i lost my voice now every thing hangs on how i do in the exams at the end of this year and the year after. If i do well in philosophy but fail drama i will go onto study it in Uni and if i fail philosophy and do well in drama i will go todrama school. And if things go bad in both i will study computing and become a games designer.

I curently dont know what to do if i pass both

[SiamJai]

I guess the signs come through your passions perhaps. For me I had finally found something I got truly excited and passionate about. It's like the world made sense now I had finally found my place in it.

That's a very nice way of putting it, Screwball - and it worked the same way with me too. :) I'd also add that finding that passion sign is like finding the first correct door in the maze of doors we call life.

In the span of thirty years, I've found three such doors, leading from one to another in unexpected ways. Looking back, I feel I've made the best choices; I have no regrets. ^_^


A few things life taught me about signs so far...

When the sign comes, compromising and delaying is like putting your vision on life support; you'll have to pull the plug sooner or later.

Following your intuition is difficult when it takes you against the mainstream, "accepted" way of life. Are you prepared to go against the advice of your mentors, parents, grandparents, friends? They might have only the best intentions and want only the best for you; but only you know what's really the best for you.

And if following the signs takes you abroad, consider this: you don't have to be physically together with the people you love, just to prove that you love them. ;)

Good luck.

[zlyfire]

i havent found my sign yet, but i still have a ways to live, unless you count flirting a sign :D

[rosedragon]

I'm used to not knowing what to do for few years, the peak is on my six months depression. If I remember again, that is terrifying moments, wasted a lot of time and have no standing point on anything, no confident on anything I do.

Opportunity is not something you suddenly meet by fate, destiny, or whatever, you are obligated to look for it and when it came to you, you need to snatch it fast. Or well, sometimes it is ok to just do what everyone around you expect you to do, most people do that, though I doubt it is a happy life going that way.

Passion? Hmm.. unfortunately that because a lot of factors, not all passions you can take them raw. Like a year ago I have passion on writing fiction but to make a living I need to write non-fiction and now I 'write' inside my games. Improvise I guess.

To sum those:
- seek the 'signs' in life and inside yourself.
- know possible branching on things you like to do. Like surfing might not going to give you money, but you can teach people to surf and get money.
or
- just do whatever people tells you to do.

[Darken Sin]

I fear that when my time comes... I turn into a rock with my conscience stuck in it. The desire of nothing... I'm stuck as a rock forever.. D:

[Cthulhu]

Don't ask me. Your signs are greatly affected by emotions, and as I have very little if any, I don't get signs. That and I can visit the future anyway.

[kittenlazars go mew mew]

:C Im only 11,but I think I had my sign when I played my first few videogames.Now meh wants to be a videogame developer when im older.

[huggyboo]

Yeah, i kinda have an idea of what i want to do after watching this one video, but i;m looking for more than just that. Anyway thanks for the support guys.

[rosedragon]

kittenlazer: I had seen flash game developers who are 12 years old :) . The good thing about flash is you can work on it alone ;) .

[zlyfire]

i cant draw at all, but i love video games so i guess i should be a video game tester?

[kittenlazars go mew mew]

kittenlazer: I had seen flash game developers who are 12 years old :) . The good thing about flash is you can work on it alone ;) .

But all the programming code hurts my brain D:

[screwbaII]

To be honest there is not a lot of money going into game developing and designing, and I think at your age there is a lot of people who want to be game designers/developers (I didn't though: since I was 5 I wanted to find the cure to cancer, and from there I went through stages of wanting to cure cancer, wanting to cure alzheimers, getting into genetics, or epidemiology). But when you learn about new avenues you will find a field of work that you really love, some people though are cut out for something, but are not sure what to do. My boyfriend is actually cut out to be a games designer, he has many brilliant and wonderful ideas and is awesome with computers, but he cannot stay focused on his projects! so he doesn't know what he wants to do (I support him wanting to be a games developer as games is his passion, but his family want him to do law, and I don't agree with this as this will not make him happy, they only want him to do it because of the money).

When I discovered neuropsychology and all the wonders of the brain it wasn't til about halfway through highschool when I understood better, all the avenues that were open to me. I think the scariest thing is though about learning about the brain is learning about getting older and the effect it has on you as well. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. The good thing is though, unlike your physical state your brain continues to develop and mature positively all throughout your life even til the very end! It's true, as you get older you become wiser :p, your brain isn't fully developed until you are about 24 years old. But taking this into account, whatever you choose you will learn a lot about, and sometimes the things you learn can be scary! Don't get put off by this knowledge though, because we can always find ways to act on it, even if we haven't found them yet.

[Cthulhu]

If you don't like programming but you want to develop games, then you should probably become an artist or writer.

[kittenlazars go mew mew]

I'll learn it.There may be computer programming classes this year at my school,so im looking forward to those.

[Cthulhu]

I hope you like math :D

[zlyfire]

To be honest there is not a lot of money going into game developing and designing, and I think at your age there is a lot of people who want to be game designers/developers (I didn't though: since I was 5 I wanted to find the cure to cancer, and from there I went through stages of wanting to cure cancer, wanting to cure alzheimers, getting into genetics, or epidemiology). But when you learn about new avenues you will find a field of work that you really love, some people though are cut out for something, but are not sure what to do. My boyfriend is actually cut out to be a games designer, he has many brilliant and wonderful ideas and is awesome with computers, but he cannot stay focused on his projects! so he doesn't know what he wants to do (I support him wanting to be a games developer as games is his passion, but his family want him to do law, and I don't agree with this as this will not make him happy, they only want him to do it because of the money).

When I discovered neuropsychology and all the wonders of the brain it wasn't til about halfway through highschool when I understood better, all the avenues that were open to me. I think the scariest thing is though about learning about the brain is learning about getting older and the effect it has on you as well. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. The good thing is though, unlike your physical state your brain continues to develop and mature positively all throughout your life even til the very end! It's true, as you get older you become wiser :p, your brain isn't fully developed until you are about 24 years old. But taking this into account, whatever you choose you will learn a lot about, and sometimes the things you learn can be scary! Don't get put off by this knowledge though, because we can always find ways to act on it, even if we haven't found them yet.

actually, lawyers dont make a lot of money. you hear they do but all the loans and stuff from law school is really expensive, and for like 20+years till you pay it all off

[rosedragon]

To be honest there is not a lot of money going into game developing and designing,
Untrue, though there are a lot of starving indie game developers, those who work hard able to make some living and even being rich. There often offers to work with game companies, they give quiet much though most offers lower than common IT industries. The problem perhaps that most think it is easy job, game making industry is a job with a lot crunch time.

**For the starving ones, mostly it is people who overconfidence thinking they could quit theirs real life job and keep making games while they just sold one game for few bucks.

and I think at your age there is a lot of people who want to be game designers/developers
True, not all can make it. But we don't know are we one of them or not unless we try.

If you don't like programming but you want to develop games, then you should probably become an artist or writer.
No writer vacancy on game design. They outsource writers or it would be game designer's task. For flash, the most common category are manager, artist, programmer, and (rarely) musician. For the professional game industry, refer this article: /game-development-2-variety-specialization (http://aorchard.com/content/game-development-2-variety-specialization)

[screwbaII]

Barristers make a crap load of money, solicitors maybe not so much. Ivernus's brother is a solicitor so he would be able to tell you more about it :p but I think you have more of a chance to make more money as a lawyer than a games designer (no offense Rose :p). Thing is with Aus we don't have special law schools, everything is just done through universities, so everyone that borrows money from the government is on the same boat as to paying it back. However you have to earn over a certain amount to begin paying it back. Good if you start off small, but not so good if the first job out of uni earns over the amount :p

Also Rose, you would know a lot more about money in games than me so I will take your word for it. I'm in no way saying going into games design is a poor option, but I guess you just have to be really good at the job if you want to get places?? As you said the people who don't earn money are the ones thinking they are top notch when they aren't and don't work hard enough. But I suppose that is what it is like with almost all jobs XD

Point is, whatever you want to get into, be prepared to work hard for it. People only want the best.

[rosedragon]

But I suppose that is what it is like with almost all jobs XD
Yeppers a yep.

[kittenlazars go mew mew]

No writer vacancy on game design. They outsource writers or it would be game designer's task. For flash, the most common category are 1.manager, 2.artist, 3.programmer, and (rarely) 4.musician. For the professional game industry, refer this article: /game-development-2-variety-specialization (http://aorchard.com/content/game-development-2-variety-specialization)

1.Well,I do get some pretty awesome ideas for games.

2. D: I can't draw very well at all,but im hoping to improve my skillz.

3.Dunno about this one yet.

4.Dunno either.

[Mkishere]

Well Kittens, I think you should wait a bit and try out some other things. I'm sure many kids your age want to be game developers with the growing popularity of games though you might find something better suited for you. And I don't remember having programming classes available in elementary/middle school, in my county they start at high school and a good knowledge of Algebra is useful for programming, so teaching programming in a grade where the majority of the kids have no idea how algebra works is not going to happen. Most people don't get their 'sign' untill highschool when they're faced with college courses and such. Why not look into other things, robotics are a growing job title along with genetic engineering, (changing genetics and such but it's a controversial job, saying we're playing god by changing genetics though it's pretty amazing we can do things like this) the movie industry is going to be brought down with all these boot legs, same as a lot of non flash games that people can just torrent off the internet. Soon everyone will know of these 'free' things and they'll start running out of them once the makers of the 'free' things run out of money.

[rosedragon]

The best is to try it yourself, why wait a bit? You will know if something is your passion after you struggle trying it :) . Waste six months to a year of your free time to learn game design, after that you will be able to decide if it perfect for you or not.

[Riida]

Dabble in a bit of everything, eventually you'll find what you like the most.

Simple as that..