What's the Clock Crew doing now? (Serious thread)

[NintendrCkolc]

As most of us are aware, our time here probably won't last much longer. We're down to a remaining few. Occasionally some older members will drop by but for the most part very few of us are "active" these days.

This is in large part, i'm guessing, to the fact that we are all moving on to bigger and better things. Many of us signed up here 10+ years ago and being as such we're undoubtedly not teenagers anymore with a bunch of free time. So I'm curious clock crew, what are you all doing with your lives these days? Don't be shy.


Me personally, I just recently graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in History and Education. Cum Laude. I've been applying for teaching jobs around my area and just got my first interview. I'm hoping it goes well but I'm keeping my expectations realistic as many people go on dozens of interviews before they land a job. Still I'm hopeful. Until then I'm working at a restaurant, trying to save up enough money to move out of my parents house. I'm 25 so It's beyond time to get out.

*edit 8/15/2016*

I got the job and moved out lol.

[pop-tart]

Yes, people are growing up.... but also, the internet has changed. Dumbed down for the populace. Flash animation as a whole is a dying art.

Biggest prob with this community is this forum is fkkn broke as shit and just posting is a bitch. I've got enough money coming in now where funding upgrades is doable... so hopefully we'll have a pleasant surprise for y'all well before Clock Day.

Congrats on graduating! My ladyfriend went to U of I for a year but couldn't handle the work... so I know you must've busted your ass.

I'm working as an Electronics team lead for a hypermarket chain and was just told I'd be moving into a new role shortly that pays about $10-15k more a year... so I'm doing alright-ish. :/

[Coolboyman]

True, it's pretty sad what's happening.  However I'm impressed that it's lasted this long.  I don't have nearly as much free time, but even if you're and old fart like me, you can still pop in here every once in a while and contribute small things to collabs and what not.

Congratulations on graduating!

I'm trying to save up enough money in order to get into a good school so I can get my Masters in Computer Science in a program that focuses around video games.  The program I took at Cal State didn't have anything to do with video games except one class where I barely tried and got 100% in.  My dream's to make my own legitimate video game company and in order to do that I need to learn from the best and have classes that actually challenge me in what I want to do.  I'm also working on a large game project while I look for school which I hope I can show off sometime this year.

[VuBawlsClock]

Working on becoming Super IT Extraordinaire and getting bunch of qualifications that will help me get good jobs once I'm out the Navy. For fun I'm just working on webcomic stuff and making my art things better, I should be working on a lot more clock stuff which I'm getting back into the grove for.

[PEANUTBUTTERCLOCK]

I joined when i was 12 now I'm 21. I moved to colorado I got my own apartment, working security at a casino until I learn how to deal and I've been just hangin out smokin weed and hash and drinkin liquor

[pop-tart]

ââ,¬Å"Isn't card counting illegal?ââ,¬Â
ââ,¬Å"No. Its just frowned upon, like masturbating in an airplane.ââ,¬Â

[BilliardBall10]

as long as loyal people such as pop-tart and vuvuzella/ren/patriot/phantomcat/ankh/DFC/rob/losperman exist in the CC, then we still have hope.

[SoBe Clock]

This clockday marks 10 years for me. These days I'm an insurance agent (life and health.) It keeps me really busy but I'm earning good money so I'm happy. With what free time I have, I mostly read books and play video games. Most of the games I play now are fighting games like Street Fighter. I occasionally compete in major tournaments (though mostly for fun, I can't keep up with pro players) and I sometimes stream on Twitch.tv. I never really left this place, you know. I just mostly lurk these days as the forum activity dies down.

[Topcatyo]

as long as loyal people such as pop-tart and vuvuzella/ren/patriot/phantomcat/ankh/DFC/rob/losperman exist in the CC, then we still have hope.

Oh yeah, I see how it is.

I joined when I was 12 and now I'm about to turn 24, so I've been in the CC for 11 years. Jesus Christ, why did I come here during my formative years? Damn you guys.

Anyways I work at a restaurant and just work on my art and music while I'm working on the corporation I started with some folks.

[Slurpee]

I've been formally diagnosed with ADD, and, jeeze, that explained so much. Wish I knew that in 6th fucking grade, when my studies finally reached the point where not everything could be understood intuitively, and I immediately went from an A to a C student, because I had, an, attention, deficiiiiiiiiiit. I am getting treatment, out of pocket, because, my insurance, is awful, but getting adderal was like putting on eyeglasses for the first time- you have no idea you can't see, until suddenly you can, and now taking them off is what feels weird... hopefully this means when I return to school in the Fall, for my 7th year at community college, lol, I'll actually have the focus and shitgettingdonedness to make some meaningful progression, toward, doing some vague computery thing, and making enough money to live in comfort and convenience with the people that I love. :)

in the meantime, I'm living with some artist friends in a rented house in the suburbs, making ends meet as a supermarket cashier :hellyeah:. The house is falling apart, but rent is cheap, and we don't want to rock that boat with our deadbeat landlord? Like, the pipes leak, whatever, we're just here until we get our feet under us. my cat allergy disappeared, because apparently that's something that happens? but that's good because my housemates keep cats and now I love cats, even though, I miss my parents' dogs terribly. :'(

working in retail sucks and has made me a more bitter and disillusioned person than I used to be, but fortunately, more bitter and disillusioned than I used to be is still significantly less bitter and disillusioned than most. I merely shifted, from, like, quatre from gundam wing, tooooooo... alyosha karamazov, I would hope. anyway, this is making me very aware of my presumptions and aggressions, and I'm taking up a more active spiritual life to acknowledge these flaws and strive to better myself? weird. It feels like I'm continually finding my logical growth as a person, from moment to moment, but never before then, and my heathen faith becoming something that results in humility and personal betterment rather than self-satisfaction and reassurance feels like the next road to go down. sorry, this paragraph is all over the place, but it feels important.

[RubberDildo]

I joined up just because I wanted to post halfbaked cartoons without using my real name or having a lot of talent. I can see groups like the Clock Crew popping up later down the line (and if we play our cards right, more clocks) when people get sick of the same 3 popular animators posting rehashed jokes on NG/YT.

Anywho, Im a 22 year old extra in California with a high school education working part time as a java junkie and programming on my free time. Ive been meaning to take classes at Second City, but Ive been too caught up in family projects to do it. I still want to make Clock Crew cartoons/games, but right now Im working on freeing up time to do so. Ive been following you guys on Newgrounds since I was in middle school and I hope to see the Clock Crew span another 10 years.

[Losperman]

I'm coming full circle, in an odd sort of way, in regards the CC. I started out at NG by lurking for months before actually signing up for the boards, and I lurk here daily now.

I recently got my master's degree in English and have been accepted into the doctoral program so I'll be returning in the fall to get started on that. I've been teaching first year composition at my university as a TA, to pay da bills. Someday I'll graduate with a mountain of debt and (hopefully) a job. It's been fun, though. Hoping to have time to dedicate to watching/reviewing many Clock Day movies this year.

[RobClock]

I'm a full-time pizza cook, still working at the same place I've been since high-school. I work alternating opening and closing shifts so I don't get a lot of sleep anymore and it's fairly physically exhausting. I tried making an exit about a month ago (around when i made 'Confusions Masterpiece' with Vuvu) so that I could focus more on doing things that I enjoy and maybe get some sort of trade or secondary schooling, but one of my co-workers quit and they needed me to come back full-time 'temporarily', and offered me a fairly substantial raise that they haven't delivered on yet... I'm supposed to have a meeting with the boss this week so I'm not sure what's going on anymore. It's hard to walk away when you know you're guaranteed the hours where you are, and the job market is as empty as it is where I live.

I can't really afford to move out right now but I'm only 20 and my parents don't mind me living at home for the time being. I've got some time before it gets too pathetic anyways.

I had been driving a '00 GMC Sonoma until it recently blew a gasket and started pissing antifreeze everywhere. I got the parts to fix it and I'm going to sell her off as soon as that's done. Figure i can get something decent for it, it's in good shape and runs fine. My Grand-Uncle sold me his '07 Ford Fusion for next to nothing and the thing is pristine. I'm very fortunate.

I'm not doing to bad, I guess. At least I'm not addicted to anything, which is more than i can say for most of the guys i knew in school.

It's good to see how everyone on here is doing. I admire a good many of you, and I wish you all the best.

[CaramelAppleClock]

It's almost been 1 year since I got my Bachelor's in Advertising. I'd like to get my Master's as well but I wasn't satisfied with what I learned in university (mostly marketing stuff, I was interested in it for the artistic part); I want to get into video editing and digital arts kind of things but there is no such program in my country so I guess I have to actually save up so I can afford a Master's abroad.

However, in order for me to do that I need to get a job that actually pays well in another city, and salaries like that are kind of scarce. I want to become financially independent but it's a struggle. I am also kind of fucked in the head in the sense that I'd only get a job working something I enjoy. I got an internship offer in the music producing business which has my interest and I could go from there, but the vast majority of internships here are unpaid so how the hell am I supposed to move cities and work with no pay.

For a couple of years I've been working online as a video editing freelancer, but there isn't a constant work flow since I don't always get projects to work on. I have currently saved up about $1000, looking to get to around $3500 and see what I can do with that, possibly move abroad to work there.

In the meantime I just waste my days at home with my parents, playing a lot of DotA 2 and getting involved as much as I can in the local esports scene in hopes of landing a job in that direction.

[miracle fruit]

this thread AGAIN?????

[Zeffy]

just demod me

Never.

[MelloYelloClock]

currently broke, and exhausted all the time. u know, the american dream

[VuBawlsClock]

(holy shit the quick reply box actually loaded)

if there is one thing I learned, it's that debt is the american dream

[patriotclock]

just turned 25, still saving lives on the internet but i hate my job and want to do other stuff so im probably going to go back to school for my masters soon but it sounds like a lot of work and effort and i need money so idk, also prob moving from philly to hershey sooner than later to appease the gf, lord willin that wont be permanant tho because central pa is a wasteland

[MelloYelloClock]

Hershey make the girls go