Vicarious Visions

Ok, so I don't have very long to blog but I felt the need to blog quickly about my experience meeting two incredibly interesting people from Vicarious Visions. This pretty much was the topping on an already pretty incredible week, but I can't help but be so excited about what they are doing at Vicarious Visions. The most attracting factor is just the work environment in general, it really seems as though they have gone out of their way to make it pretty exceptional. They actually encourage their employees to have a life outside of the office, crazy idea! It sounds as though it's fairly easy to move around the company internally depending on your interests, and that's the other thing... They recognize that there are really two different kinds of people, those who can focus solely on that one thing and be really good at it and those who have varied interests and good communications skills. That is so exciting because I had become increasingly nervous that I may not be able to enter the industry based solely on my art and that if I did they may not care that I have other skills and it may be difficult to move to a more communication based position, where I think I might do my best work in the future. Also they look for people with leadership potential, which my background is riddled with. Also they aren't in a huge city, which is incredibly appealing to me, they are located in Albany NY. To top it off they consider people right out of college! UGH! I probably shouldn't be getting this excited but it's really awesome to hear about a such an incredible working environment, when I've heard so many horror stories of how it might be working for a typical AAA gaming company. I was getting a little nervous that my future might just be consumed with more work and not much of an actual life. Well the future may not be as bleak =)

Check them out at www.vvisions.com

It feels like it may not be a bad fit, and so I'm very hopeful about hearing more in the future.