The Project Purge
yikes um… yeah I went from 3 projects to 1. Just 10 days ago, it went from 6 to 3, and now it’s 1. Everything just kinda fell apart.
The two contracts that I no longer have from Zyndrax fell apart because a lot of people quit. Those were the most important people too. The project lead didn’t really lead very well, and they had several instances of lack of feedback, ignoring work, being late to meetings, and just being stuck. For me personally, I was only affected by her being late to meetings, but everyone had a unique experience, some worse than others. Generally, the criticisms given by the people that quit weren’t received well by the project lead. I wanted to help settle things, but at that point it was a bit confusing for me what to do because the people that quit had valid points, and it truly felt like the project lead wasn’t listening at all and only gave excuses for whatever proof people were showing them. That’s what lead me to also do the same and quit, meaning that I terminated both of the contracts. It just felt too similar to the previous project I had co-managed and had to shut down myself because it just wasn’t working for the same exact reasons. That main project lead at least learned from what I told him, which was nice, but this project doesn’t seem like it would go that way.
There’s one good thing that did come out of it, and that was really good connections. This project had some really talented people and I was fortunate enough to meet them, and even stay in contact with some of them.
The other thing I can look forward to is the 1 project I still have because we plan to have it at MAGFest, and that would be amazing. I don’t have a contract with them but perhaps there might be something of the sort in the future. This project is not going to fall apart anytime soon though, that’s for sure. It is going very smoothly, and progress is being made.
I may or may not look for a jam or another project to join, but if I do, I think I want to stick with just sound design or music because I’ve been really enjoying those the most. Programming is fun but something has really sparked with sound design.
In hopes for a better future that everyone can live in,
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