You might try DungeonScrawl (Free) or DungeonDraft ($20), works much better than Autocad. :D Although I admit when I was in school I used Autocad R10 to draw character sheets. It was the early 90s though so options were limited then. I believe DungeonDraft has the option to export /import to Roll20...

Drafter is also a dime a dozen. Offshore charge $7 an hr. Or less. Do look at local job sites and see what they got. 3D printing is another area that need 3D modeler. Basically you can make what you can model. There is always manufacturing, always construction. For architectural, yeah. The instruct...

Do you really want to do CAD or graphic/game design? CAD is more for mechanical geometric shapes. Game is on free form, organic shapes. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/solutions/games?utm_source=GoogleSearch&utm_medium=Performance&utm_campaign=3Q_UnrealEngine_Search_Brand_US&utm_id=2...

Yeah, local smaller companies are still hiring and likely always will. Pay and benefits are less but you usually get to wear many hats which can be nice if you get bored doing the same work over and over. You may even get promoted into a "engineer" without the degree once you learn the pr...

If you go the mechanical route, I'd learn as much SolidWorks as you can. I don't think many are still doing AutoCAD for mechanical design. BTW, I'm an old D&D grognard (Started on 2e AD&D), although I moved on from the D&D system back around 3.5. Yeah, I went through all the editions ex...

The jobs are out there, but my feeling is that salaries for drafters and mechanical engineers has stagnated some. If my own company is any indicator, it's because there is more outsourcing of engineering and drafting jobs to other countries like Brazil, India, and China where the wages are a lot lo...

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:02 pm Welcome. What software are you using at the school?

We are using AutoCAD. Though I think some of the later classes use Revit and Solidworks.

DanPihlaja That is very reassuring. With all the student turnover and even the electives at my school being a war to get through at times, that helps. As I mentioned, my half finished LinkedIn and personal email gets spammed by recruiters since I updated saying I was going for the AAS. But, of cour...

Nursing isn't all that. I was a nursing assistant, not a nurse. Took CNA to see if it was for me, and it isn't. Started as something to do during off season as I used to be a union banquet waiter at resorts in my younger years. After Katrina, I had to use it as my sole source of money for a bit till...

One of the things that sort of worries me as I am working towards my degree is availability of jobs. In the past I knew people who worked hard on degrees that never got the jobs they wanted. One poor guy I know fell for the ITT Tech scam back in the 00s. Wanted one of these "gaming graphics&quo...

Hello! I am currently preparing to begin my second semester for an AAS in Drafting and Design. Been lurking for a second. I figured it would be cool to be able to have discussions with people already in the industry that way once everything is said and done, I will be much more informed by what is o...