Brandon Dayton, who worked as a concept artist at Disney Interactive for several years, shares why he quit his dream job. Via DesignTaxi:
Clinching a job at Disney can be considered a dream come true for many artists around the world. This was no different for former Disney Interactive employee Brandon Dayton, who worked as a concept artist inside the company for several years. Dayton, who has worked as a professional artist for more than 10 years, explains inside the video’s description:
“In the fall of 2015 I quit the best job I could have ever dreamed of…I made art for a living, got good benefits and got to go to Disneyland for free.”
Despite being able to work “with a group of amazing artists” and earn “a decent salary,” Dayton shares in his clip that he’d constantly felt something was missing on a personal level, a sentiment that he sums up with this quote by Walt Disney:
“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.”
While that might have been Disney’s strategy in yesteryear, the world has changed and today, Dayton feels that the focus has severely shifted. He contrasts this with a quote by Robert Iger—current Chief Executive Officer at Disney—on the company’s present strategy that was cited inside the LA Times:
“We know how to leverage or mine value from [intellectual property] probably better than any media company out there.”