First time on a panel (at Coyote Cross-Up 2018)

So my team and I were planning to be at the Coyote Cross-Up on October 6th. One of the artists on my team who is a good friend of mine sent me a message of one of the panels in particular. "Are you interested in joining the game industry?"

I sent the director an email asking them if they were open to me letting the students know about internships and they asked me if I wanted to sit on the panel outright. It was a bit out of my element, as I've normally avoided panels. But if these were people who were interested in the industry and maybe potential team members, I couldn't turn the opportunity down. (I remember Paul laughing so hard when I told him I was participating)

It didn't go so bad. I was seated with a professor who also works in big-budget animation films and a teacher/entrepeneur who teaches kids how to code (I wish I had that when I was a kid rather than piano lessons) as well as someone who works higher-up at Live Nation. In my head I was kind of worried about being a bit too annoying because I always thought of things to say after someone else talked. But a lot of people came to our booth afterwards and talked about how much they enjoyed it. Perhaps I'll talk about the booth experience next time.