Malaysia Creative Tech Showcase in LimKokWing London. I was a bit nervous as this was my first time joining a conference. I did not know what to expect and I went there by myself. I was so scared if professionals doesn't want to talk to me then what should I do.. but I was wrong all along.
During lunch break, I went to booths. There were around 10 booth but I went to an animation company booth called Infinite Motion and start taking to their CEO called DAto' Abdul Rahman. I was shaking god knows. But after awhile, I got hang of it, I started to show my work but I forgotten to give my promo pack !!! I also accidentally show my sketchbook, I should have shown my instagram or my behance as they contain more of my final work! anyway but the CEO from this company bought me lunch.
I told him That I'm scared of my future, what if I can't get any job as earlier during a press conference I asked the speaker 'What can Malaysia provide me after I graduate?' and he gave me a lot of advice and the most important advice that he told me 'You are just like a baby duck. Baby duck scared to swim but once the mother duck push the baby duck at the river, they can swim. Same as you, you just need to go into the industry then you know what to do.'
Dato' giving his lecture.
I also met other professionals from different company called Megasap, an application company. The CEO added me on Facebook, we exchanged business card/promo pack and planning to visit his company in Malaysia in august !
I was shocked as on the 1st day I was the only student there and the rest was professionals. I talked to many professionals and they were expecting more students. But anyway, the professionals are really interesting people to talk to as they have a lot of experience and knowledge in the industries.
There were another staff from Megasap company suggested me to work with a company first so I can build my partnership then open my own company. She also told me that Malaysia lack of 40% designers and advised me to not so worried about my future and just follow the flow and apply jobs within my area of interest.