Career, Education, Student Finance, Startup and Gap Year Features

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 13 June 2007; Last Updated: 03 December 2015

Matthew Brown

Name: Matthew (The Mongoose) Brown

Age: 30

Current Occupation: Television Director

So what exactly is it that you do?
I direct the look and feel of the show. This involves directing the actors in the voice recording studio to squeeze out every drop of emotion, decide how to frame the shots to best tell the story (is this a dramatic close-up or an extreme wide-shot), oversee the animation to make sure the characters’ “performance” matches the story and approve the final edit and sound mix.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 13 June 2007; Last Updated: 03 December 2015

Wynand Groenewald

Name: Wynand (the munki) Groenewald

Age: 25

Current Occupation: animation director/lead animator/technical lead

So what is exactly is it that you do? Supervise animators and make sure to keep a level of consistency and quality in the animation. Also, I animate.

Why in the world would you choose a career in animation? I’ve always wanted to be an animator – ever since the day I realized that one could get paid for drawing. (turns out it’s harder than it sounds, but the fun makes up for it)

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Gap Year Adventures; Published: 13 June 2007; Last Updated: 01 March 2016

Roaming Newton Chapter Two:

It gets you like a slap in the face. The bracing cold seems to cut through even the sturdiest of runway corridors. Most of the passengers on my particular flight seemed prepared for the change in weather. Jackets were taken out of bags, gloves come magically out of the jacket pockets and everyone assumed the all-too traditional stance – hunched over, hands in their pocket and ready for the chilling wind. A little voice in the back of my head began to laugh. Something told me the jeans and shirt were just not going to cut it, one day earlier and I was chilling on the beach having my last surf before a year of adventure and cold began.

Read more: London or bust...

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Ultimate Careers; Published: 13 June 2007; Last Updated: 18 February 2016

“You must have passion for this job…your first flight is almost like a drug, it’s so addictive!”-Warren Nupen Operations Co-Coordinator Virginia Flight School, Durban, South Africa.

It’s a childhood dream for many and yet it’s the one career that everyone wants to pursue but never actually achieves it. Watching movies like Top Gun, The Aviator, and Pearl Harbour makes an individual just want to jump into a fighter jet and fly off into the wide open sky. Unfortunately reality sinks in and the escapades of Frank Abignale Jr seem a slightly better option to becoming a pilot…

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Get Educated; Published: 30 May 2007; Last Updated: 25 March 2016

Getting Finance for your studies is not easy and finding a bursary or scholarship is something that could possibly drive you insane. We have put together some cool options offered by various companies and institutions, in the form of either a bursary or a scholarship. The list below illustrates how well companies/institutions have created awareness about the various options on their websites...but first things first, let’s get our terminology right: