Comments on: Get a job in visual effects, earn just $8 an hour

By: Jim Thacker

Jim Thacker — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:23:03 +0000

I’ve actually updated the image now. The original photo did show Russian coins, so I was caught fair and square.

By: to LULZ

to LULZ — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:47:44 +0000

LULZ:
1. The coins in the picture are not russain. U need to look more carefully.
2. 8$ in Russia is starting price only for 0 experience students. In Russia usually u get as low as 2000$ month. Of course, depends in what region u live.

By: Jim Thacker

Jim Thacker — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:25:39 +0000

@LULZ: The short answer is ‘because it was the only free stock image of coins I could find yesterday’. I’ve just updated it.

(You actually made me wonder how much VFX artists do earn in Russia. I couldn’t find any specific figures, but according to worldsalaries.org, the average wage there is 3.69 times lower than in the US, so I guess $8/hour would be reasonable, but not excessive.)

By: Robertb

Robertb — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:47:12 +0000

Just another example of why I need to move out of this state. The VFX economy here is slowly dying off if not already completely comatose.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:49:35 +0000

Wow, no experience required?! That will make some nice stereo-converted movies… NOT!

By: LULZ

LULZ — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:38:34 +0000

Any specific reason you used that picture for the article? Those are Russian coins. I thought the article was going to compare wages for VFX jobs across the globe, because $8/hour in Russia would be like a goldmine.

By: Meat puppet

Meat puppet — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:07:53 +0000

That’s nothing. In Utah those cheep bastards will either lie to your face and say that you will be paid what your worth and you wont see a dime, or they will expect you to slave away 3 weeks + and only pay you $200. This is why I moved to L.A. because I will NEVER WORK FOR A MORMON again!