Pixar has become the envy of Hollywood because it never went Hollywood.
We’ve made the leap from an idea-centered business to a people-centered business. Instead of developing ideas, we develop people. Instead of investing in ideas, we invest in people. We’re trying to create a culture of learning, filled with lifelong learners. It’s no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it’s a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. Nelson
Pretty impressive stuff. I’m hoping something apprentice-ish like this comes to eventually take the place of university. Like filmmaking? Apprentice with pixar, learn the ropes, stay with them if you’re good enough. School shouldn’t end once you have a degree in hand.
Pixar University is at the center of Mr. Nelson’s agenda. The operation has more than 110 courses: a complete filmmaking curriculum, classes on painting, drawing, sculpting and creative writing. “We offer the equivalent of an undergraduate education in fine arts and the art of filmmaking,” he said. Every employee
The best way to get approval is not to need it.
I really need to get a summer job, and outside of the guy at the hardware store saying he would call me back last week to give me a job (which he didn’t), I really got nothing. C’mon metafilter, lets do this together.
Antoine de Saint-Exup
A great book recounting the life of a
What a nice tee-shirt – I do want one.