The latest articles on DEV Community by Jan-Philipp (@janphkoch). https://dev.to/janphkoch https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F90836%2Fe597a300-1765-4cf5-ac8f-5aa0b0f0f398.jpeg https://dev.to/janphkoch en Jan-Philipp Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:13:38 +0000 https://dev.to/janphkoch/developers-within-the-entertainment-industry-1bbl https://dev.to/janphkoch/developers-within-the-entertainment-industry-1bbl <p>Hey I'am Jan-Philipp please bear with my first ever blog post but I really enjoy dev.to and wanted to give some insights into a industry that is maybe not so well represented here! So if you are/were a part of it or want to know more feel free to contribute or ask questions!</p> <h1> Who am I? </h1> <p>Studied computer science and somehow made a start as an 3d artist and then got more and more into technical stuff and now I am maintaining a 3D VFX production pipeline for over 25 people.</p> <h1> Whats the industry like? </h1> <p>Stressful. You create images that others enjoy on the TV or the theater. You work with new technology very often since new projects require more advanced visuals. No one wants his/her tv show or tv spot look like every other show, so often people want something new. We have a research part within our studio were we work together with a local university to create new technology around the media creation.</p> <p>For the tech part: nearly everything runs with python. Nearly every compositing or 3d tool got some sort of python integration you can work with. Python development is a real joy you can quickly pick it up and its clean and easy to read.</p> <h1> What I like about my job </h1> <p>The continuous joy of developing tools that save others time in there work so they can spend more time on the creative task. Don't know if that is our studio culture but you get a lot of respect and appreciation from your coworkers because you make their lives easier. That is a huge moral booster and keeps me diving deeper into development even after I though, a few years ago, I would never touch a programming language in my life again.</p> <p>__</p> <p>So that is it for me. I would really love to read some other insights or questions. I tried to keep it short and interesting and hope that this worked!</p> career discuss