🎙️ OUT NOW: University, College, Apprenticeship… or None of the Above? Part 2
If Part 1 explored the routes in… Part 2 asks the harder question: what actually happens when those routes meet reality?
From apprenticeships to university, non-linear careers to AI anxiety, this is the reality check every parent, teacher and aspiring VFX professional needs to hear.
💬 What our guests had to say:
Samuel Gallant (
@framestore )
“No route is a golden ticket! You still have to prove yourself once you’re in.”
Joshua Ebanks (
@ilmvfx )
“I didn’t go to university. I figured it out by asking questions and talking to people.”
Marsida Shpendi (Student at
@unioftheartslondon )
“The real pressure hits when you realise: education ends… and then what?”
Andy McNamara (
@cinesite )
“We’re still figuring AI out in industry… so education is even earlier in that journey.”
Ben White (
@blueboltvfx )
“Passion gets talked about a lot. But determination is what actually gets you in.”
Emily Birkett (
@vine.fx )
“Getting in is just the start... Staying in is where the real work begins.”
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio!
Because the truth is… There’s no single ‘safe’ path into VFX anymore. Just different ways forward, and what you do with them.
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