Two of my friends went through vastly different paths. One earned a master in computer science. The other did an interdisciplinary undergrad followed up by CG design for his master's degree.
The comp sci guy works for EA Games in Japan, developing PS3 stuff, pretty much living his dream life. The CG design guy currently works for Best Buy's Geek Squad. His CG art degree (from a high end institution) also cost him three times as much as the CIS degree, so he's facing $60K in student loan debt to boot.
There is no shortage of CG artists, it seems. What the industry needs is more folks that can handle line coding.
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Two of my friends went through vastly different paths. One earned a master in computer science. The other did an interdisciplinary undergrad followed up by CG design for his master's degree. The comp sci guy works for EA Games in Japan, developing PS3 stuff, pretty much living his dream life. The CG design guy currently works for Best Buy's Geek Squad. His CG art degree (from a high end institution) also cost him three times as much as the CIS degree, so he's facing $60K in student loan debt to boot. There is no shortage of CG artists, it seems. What the industry needs is more folks that can handle line coding.