what made you want to be an animator? Would you still be an animator if you were paid 8.50 and hour. What if you had no respect in your work.
What IF
Iāve wanted to make animated movies since I was a kid.
Lately Iāve actually been leaning more towards Live Action stuff, but I have been working on one large animated project for the last couple years. My problem is that I kept re-starting it over and over because I didnāt properly plan things out. The current iteration of the project has been in āproductionā since the beginning of this year. I think I finally have it nailed, but Iām not going to show a single iota of it until it gets near completion.
I currently get paid nothing to do it, and I have no idea how people will respond to it, and I donāt know if I care that much either way. If I donāt make a dime with it - and I do plan to sell it - I wonāt consider it a waste of time or anything.
if you want to know who my two biggest inspirations / influences are:
http://www.davidoreilly.com/
Both of them share my exact attitude about animation and have basically proven that the things I believe in will actually work in the marketplace and in storytelling. Visually, anyway.
Iām still a kid, 13 years old, so I animate just for fun, and I wouldnāt care if I got paid minimum wage :no: and had no respect for me work because I like what I do 
I donāt want to be an animator though, I want to be a programmer/animator/modellerā¦ Iām going to be a programmer first though. 
I have big plans ahead of me
when i dream, i can only envision and describe.
when i animate, i can see and share.
Many animators earn less, many earn more. Earnings have to do with circumstance, talent, and career, not with why. I would not do this Blender thing if I could not earn enough to eat, 'cause ya gotta eat. Otherwise, I love to do my passion; life is a trade-off between what you have to do, what you want to do, and that which you are able to do.
If you donāt get any self-respect from your work, you need to take steps to improve, or find another line of work. If you donāt get any respect from your client or boss, then you need to find another client/boss or find out why and deal with it, even if it means realizing you need to find another line of work. If youāre not getting any respect from your peers and the industry in general, you need to build your brand.
It has always bothered me that animation is seen as āfor kids.ā Going to school Iāve gotten some ideas where animation can be used in a fine arts setting. I would like to see a shift on the view of animation in my life time so that it gets the respect it deserves.
Iām not an animator, Iām a programmer. I just do animation to keep my sanity, and to try something different to ābroaden my horizonā so to speak. 
If someone doesnāt like what I make, they can just shove off. I didnāt make it for them 
I agree with you papa smurf. I love animating, but i want to be able to support my kids and wife.I want them to have. I wonder how much being an animator i will earn, but only time will tell!
I have an idea for an animation that could be reallly big but still learning animation so ugh
Its like the same things as Michael Jackson video smooth criminal just the dance move and even the little black kid dancing using all free rigs