After leaving education, I
would like to become a Videogame developer or VFX designer, either creating
3D modelled environments and characters, or writing code for interactions
and gameplay.
As a result, much of my portfolio is centered around modelling, animation and Videogame development. In order to help me present my skills and capabilities to employers in the industry, gaining a higher likelihood of being hired than without portfolio examples.
A few portfolio examples include:
Board Game advert: https://youtu.be/fLcnLB_R0iE
Museum: https://youtu.be/5EhKpncosUA
Eternal: https://youtu.be/iPpWDTGVfPg
Eventually, I also intend to use my Personal website (currently un-used): "http://tobyroberts.biz/" as a platform to advertise my work and portfolio as well.
Also, once I finish my college course, I intend to search for employment rather than go into self-employment. This is because, while self employment has it's advantages, employment has many more benefits and regulations, leading to less financial risk and supplying a steady income.
Despite this, both self employment and employment have their pros and cons. For example:
Self employment pros:
More independence: You have significantly more independence with work choices and what tasks you want to complete, doing things such as freelancing.
Higher average income: Freelancers in the UK earn an average of around £50,000 a year – but that’s a crude figure as it includes workers from lots of different industries at various levels, from junior web developers to senior management consultants.
Can be used to gain work experience for employment: There
are plenty of ways you can help your career develop as a self-employed
person, such as taking additional qualifications, building a strong
portfolio, targeting prestigious clients to raise your profile and
branching out into new areas as your skills develop.
Self employment cons:
More financial risk: While being self employed, such as a
freelancer or contractor, there will inevitably be times in which there
is no work, and while running your own business you may have periods
of low or negative profits, which may reduce your income, possibly causing you to constantly be chasing work and putting
yourself under pressure.
Taxes: When you’re
self-employed you take full responsibility for paying the right amount
of tax. You need to keep accurate records of everything you earn during
the year along with all business-related expenses and you would need to
fill out an annual self-assessment tax return form.
If you run your own limited company, the company also has to pay tax. As a result handling your own tax affairs can quickly become time-consuming, in which case it may be most efficient to hire an accountant.
Employment pros:
Regular income: While you will earn less money on-average than being self employed, you will not need to worry about not getting paid because you will receive money from your job every
month.
Benefits: Being employed means you have access to several types of benefits, such as a pension, paid annual leave and paid sick leave.
Taxes: In the UK , when you are employed, you pay taxes automatically (due to tax free filing), so you are not required to do anything unless you have other taxable sources of income.
Sociable: When employed you will likely be working with others, which is a great opportunity to make new friends and network.
Safety net: One of the main benefits of being employed by someone else is greater job security. When starting a new job, you should always sign a contract with your employer which outlines the conditions of your employment as well as your rights, responsibilities and duties.
Employment cons:
Micro-management from your employer / boss: Typically, when employed, your employer will always be checking your work, sometimes criticising your work. It is common for people to quit jobs or request transfers to different supervisors because they don't like their boss.
Your schedule may not be fixed: If your employers need you to work at different times than normal, you would need to make lifestyle adjustments to fit the time slots. Also if a co-worker calls off and no one is available to fill that open shift, you may be forced to do so.
Not paid as much as people that are self-employed: On average, you will earn less money than someone who is self employed. However, this can vary between industries and countries.
Less control: While you can control your job stability to some extent as an employee, you’re not necessarily in control of the final decisions being made. From this aspect, self-employment and entrepreneurship have the upper hand.
Sometimes your job will change without your choice: Sometimes, referred to as a forced transfer, employment contracts put in a stipulation that your services will be best utilised by the company at their discretion. If you’re on a great team and you love your boss and the company transfers you over to a different team and you hate it there, your options to create another change may be rather limited.
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