Thread regarding DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. layoffs

Yes, IT/AT is mind numbingly brain damaged and bleeds $$$$ for JK/DW. Their state of the art is anything but. Patting each other on the back, handing out 'awards' to each other and getting photo ops with JK does not great technology make. Want examples of great CG tech in Production? Go to http://graphics.pixar.com, http://graphics.pixar.com/library/ etc. Want 20+ year old recycled POS crap? Join DW and sniff the foul odours. At least the embarrassingly dirty laundry isn't hung out to dry in public. But that's not because the perpetrators are embarrassed (they should be), but because they want to "protect" their top secret "proprietary magic". The world is sneering. I am a tech artist that has passed through the portals of several studios big and small, in the US of A and abroad (Europe, Australia+NZ, Asia). Trust me, there is no magical secret sauce at DW. On the contrary, other places have smart people who make smart technical choices, conduct great research, all in order to create smart and lovely tech that is a pleasure to use, and is cheaper in multiple ways. The equivalent at DW? Crud. Yet the brain-washing and wool-pulling continues, thanks to good old Hollywood-style hyping.