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I'm a 25 yo British guy. I landed my first job as a dev in 2022 for a consultancy with a 1 year international placement, it was good but a few months after returning, the whole cohort was laid off due to corporate politics between the offices in the two countries. After 7 months of searching, I got my second job working for a small pensions fintech startup, it was fine but I didn't find it all that fulfilling. After 9 months of working there, the CEO pulled me into a meeting and said they'd made a mistake hiring me and they needed a more senior developer who could help steer the company from a business perspective too, so I was once again laid off.

That was in January, since then I've had 2 interviews, both of which have gone nowhere. The vibe of every position that's matched my CV has basically been the same sort of work- pretty mundane web dev roles and I can see myself being pulled into a cycle of mundane work then being laid off. I've wanted to be a developer for as long as I can remember, I started writing code when I was 12, studied CS throughout school so I could go to uni and do it for my degree - but now, I feel so disillusioned with the whole industry, where do I go from here? Does it get better? How do I find a job that actually feels fulfilling?

Sorry for the ramble, it's 4am and I just happened to stumble across this community while scrolling. Thought it might be worth an ask.

TLDR; been laid off twice in about 2 and a half years, feeling pretty disillusioned with everything, where do I go from here?

Indie animation has been increasing in popularity recently. It's clear there is more demand than ever for fresh stories with creators, not large corporations in control. I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of channels with the aim of getting more eyes on the smaller projects, and more people into indie animation as a whole.

To be eligible for this list, creators must be producing an original animated (2d or 3d) work of fiction not based on an existing property. Storytime animators and collections of animated skits (e.g. ASDFmovie) while great and loved by many are not the "right vibe" for this list.

How to use this list

Creators will be listed in alphabetical order by channel name followed by the name of the show in [square brackets]. The list will be updated periodically based on recommendations in the comments. All the initial channels listed here will be from YouTube, but feel free to suggest creators on other platforms.

Various notes will be provided as superscript numbers, the meanings are as follows:

• ^1 - Only a pilot released
• ^2 - Pilot not yet released
• ^3 - Channel frequently uploads other content not related to their own animation

But first the big one

The biggest name in the indie animation space right now is Glitch Productions they make several shows including the immensly popular "Murder Drones" and "The Amazing Digital Circus" with at least two more series currently in the works. For this reason, and because they have also done a lot of work to promote other indie animators I feel they deserve a special mention above the list.

The list

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• 11:11 Animation [Enceladus V^1 ]

A

• Alistocrat [Hugo's Mind Palace^1 ]

B

• Browntable^3 [Interstellar Ranger Commence]

C

• Coal Town [Coal Town^1 ]

D

E

F

• Far-Fetched [Far-Fetched^2 ]

G

• Georden Whitman [Port by the Sea^1 ]
• Glitch Productions - SEE SECTION ABOVE
• Green Tea3 [Strawberry Hill^1 ]

H

I

J

K

L

• Lackadaisy [Lackadaisy^1 ]

M

• MAKE Originals [House on the Outlands]
• MechWest Show [MechWest]
• Mirandamations [Atlas and the Stars^1 ]

N

• Nezhahah [Heathens^2 ]

O

• Olan Rogers [Godspeed^1 ]

P

• Paul Georghiou [Day Job]

Q

R

• Rainbott [The Epilogue of Endings]

S

• Steamroller Animation [Spice Frontier^2 ]
• Studio Starseed [Cosmic Travellers^2 ]

T

• To Binge [Pandora's Cubicle]

U

V

• Vivziepop [Helluva Boss]

W

• Wigglewood [Wigglewood Tales]
• Worthikids [Bigtop Burger]

X

Y

Z

• Zeddyzi [Ramshackle^1 ]

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