So in the first reflective assessment I’ve noted weaknesses for me to work on:
-have excellent organisational skills
-have good communication and people management skills, in order to train and mentor others
-have knowledge of console hardware architecture; while I know this, it could improve.
-Learning Maya at least to some degree.
I have worked my way through teaching the class and found that I was working well on that, fellow students noted concise communication and flexibility.
So I can cross that off my list for now.
I’m still looking at learning Maya, hopefully soon I’ll be used to the interface enough for me to be able to manipulate it with the same tender loving care I’ve come to appreciate from using max. While I’m there, at a stretch, I wouldn’t mind looking at Houdini, that’s becoming an industry standard software now too.
So my revised SWOT analysis weaknesses based on my chosen role is:
-have excellent organisational skills
-have knowledge of console hardware architecture; while I know this, it could improve.
-Maya
With my Targets being:
-Learn the basics of Python, this will allow me to understand more about the syntax of other programming languages. There’s an app for this on android which I will take a look at.
-Continue to use Maya at least twice a week, even if it’s just opening up the program and making something basic until muscle memory of the tools and menus is burned in.
-Do short research pieces on the limitations of the PS4 and Xbox One, and how this affects the games industry – Seeing as I have no artists to aspire to, technical research will be my main focus.
-Make a time management sheet for the next month.
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