I never thought it was this bad, but I can see where you’re coming from. My question is: if you’re stuck in a company that doesn’t value concept work, is a potential solution to this problem a challenging personal project that could also benefit your company?
Will: why can’t you get a visa to the US? Is it because you have an ID education and the US govt. doesn’t offer work visas to foreign ID professionals who haven’t got a formal job offer from US?
I was often wondering about studio culture like in some US companies, but can’t that get a bit stifling after a while? Does it actually confine you more to that studio than anywhere else? If you’re working with the same people all the time, doesn’t it get a bit too predictable, because you’d expect a certain remark from them?