{"id":2469,"date":"2024-03-30T20:27:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/premdm\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2024-03-18T20:34:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:34:56","slug":"how-to-pivot-learning-from-personal-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/2024\/03\/30\/how-to-pivot-learning-from-personal-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pivot &#8211;\u00a0 Learning from Personal Experience\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written By Zea&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business school is a magic place where you will find the most ambitious people and the most confused students in the world &#8212; at the same time. Over my four-year observation here, I&#8217;ve understood that the former see this place as a launching pad where they can add a catalyst to their success, and the latter choose it as the first step to a dream. Yet, I found myself nowhere among them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not complaining about being left behind. A girl who gained A&#8217;s in major courses and actively engaged in business competitions wouldn&#8217;t be seen as being left behind. I was just not in any group of these two. I was in the middle, the tragic grey area between them &#8212; a person wished to gain success but was given the wrong catalyst.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things changed in my second year of university. I knew exactly I wouldn&#8217;t stay long here as I entered. Then, I attempted to find a new track. I joined a game design summer camp and met a group of people passionate about video games and talented enough to transform imagination into reality. During the camp period, I learned how to use those tools to create art, collaborate with others and make functions with code and engine. Most importantly, I noticed the boundless potential for growth in the digital media industry and myself.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of calling me a &#8220;creative&#8221; person, I would recognize myself as a problem-solver who always turns things into fun. I found myself more engaged in this type of project, during which I could take advantage of my ability to learn a tool and apply it to practice quickly. After that, I started to explore more chances related to digital media, including game development, animation, and even virtual reality content design. The more I dug into it, the more freedom I gained, and I realized I still needed to level up my skills. And it gradually became clear that it was where I could use my skills and experience. So, I decided to step into the digital media industry, go to another country and start a new journey, conveying all my passion and expectations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition has not been all fun and games, from realizing what an uncertain situation I was in the past to taking action to start again. Luckily, I got strong support from my family and friends. Even though none came from the digital media field, they all stood by my side and encouraged me when I was nervous. Up until this point, I\u2019m still satisfied with the decision I made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written By Zea&nbsp; Business school is a magic place where you will find the most ambitious people and the most<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/2024\/03\/30\/how-to-pivot-learning-from-personal-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Pivot &#8211;\u00a0 Learning from Personal Experience\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-media-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}