Introduction -- So you want to be in pictures? -- Stretching and squashing into a job -- Designing a career Part I: the animation artists -- Designing a career Part II: writers, directors, and producers -- How to get the most of long periods of employment -- Choosing your battles on the job -- Making on-the-job criticism your friend -- I've got no strings: the life of an independent animation artist -- Surviving unemployment -- Networking: people who need people -- All grown up and no place to go: starting your own business -- The horror! Pitching and selling a pilot or series -- Happy trails: parting thoughts and Animation (Cinematography)$xVocational guidance$zUnited States.advice -- Appendix: animation industry resource list.