119 - Working Remotely — with Cameron Pierron

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Design, Self-improvement, Education, Business, Marketing, Arts

5 • 976 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

2020 normalized the concept of remote work. Many people were forced to take their office home and find new ways to do business and stay connected. Whether they liked it or not. But before the pandemic, remote work wasn’t all that common. Which makes our guest, Cameron Pierron, quite the anomaly. Cameron worked remotely before it was cool. Like, in 2001. And he worked with big names, like Kyle Cooper and Danny Yount. Titans of the motion design industry. All from his home in the mid-West. In Kansas City. This conversation is from 2018, which feels like it was 10 years ago, but we’re willing to bet that people still believe you need to live on the coast, in a major city to work with big companies on high profile projects. Spoiler alert: not true. In fact, it’s far easier to to land those jobs now more than ever. And Cameron is a testament to that statement. He still lives in the mid-West, is self-taught, and continues to work with some of largest companies in the world. In this episode, Cameron walks us through his journey from remote freelancer, to studio owner, to now teaching motion design and creating educational products. He covers the steps and decisions he made to get where he is and even shares the financial milestones that came with it. From his early freelancing day rate to his current business’s revenue goals. If you feel landlocked and like there’s no way you’ll make it to the big leagues, then give this chat a listen. Maybe it will change your mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:12.6	I like to get things done as sufficiently as quickly as possible but at still at a high level and I feel like with my company because I've decided to do everything on my own I haven't hired people to help me who specialize in certain things, even like things like Facebook and social media,
0:16.3	I've decided to teach myself everything,
0:18.0	so there's a lot, a lot of wasted time
0:19.8	that I feel like I could have just approached it differently. Oh, Welcome to the future podcast, a show that explores the interesting overlap between
0:51.5	creativity, business, and personal development.
0:55.2	I'm Greg Gunn.
0:57.0	2020 sort of normalized the concept of remote work.
1:01.6	And thanks to COVID-19, a lot of people were forced to take their office home and find
1:06.2	new ways to do business and stay connected, whether they liked it or not. I'm looking at you,
1:11.6	Zoom. But before the pandemic remote work wasn't that common, at least not in the creative industry, which makes today's guest quite the anomaly.
1:21.0	You see, he was working remotely before all of this like in 2001 and he was
1:27.7	working with big names like Kyle Cooper and Danny Yount Titans of the motion design world.
1:34.3	And he was doing it all from his home in the Midwest in Kansas City.
1:38.5	Now this conversation is from 2018, which makes it sound like it was 10 years ago, but I'm willing to bet that a lot of people still think you have to live on the coast or in a major city to work with the big companies on high profile projects.
1:52.0	spoiler, not true. In fact, it's far easier to land those jobs now more than ever.
1:58.0	And today's guest is a testament to that statement, because he still lives in the Midwest is self-taught and has worked with
2:05.2	some of the biggest companies in the world. In this episode he walks Chris through his
2:10.2	journey from remote freelancer to studio owner to now teaching motion design and creating educational products.
2:18.0	He and Chris discussed the steps and decisions he made to get where he is today,
2:22.2	and they even share the financial milestones along the way.
2:25.8	Everything from his early freelancing day rate to his current business revenue goals.
2:31.2	So if you feel landlocked and like there's no way you'll make it into the big leagues, give this
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