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After 10+ years in VFX in top tier films and TV, the last 2 years I have been more unemployed than employed, currently back at my parents'. VFX is in crisis, wages are stuck in 2019, and it won't improve. I am feeling suicidal.

I could pay a decent chunk if it guarantees the change. An option is a top European MBA (INSEAD, LBS, IESE...) but I am afraid that without a related degree & interships in my CV, this would be a waste, and if I get lucky I'd compete with fresh 25 year olds for 90hr-week consulting jobs.

Another option is doing CompSci part-time, but I wouldn't switch until 40 for an entry-level wage, plus I don't know I can take the instability of VFX for much longer.

Lastly I believe I could be generate synthetic data for AI/tech, but in the UK and Spain the market feels non-existant compared to the US, and there I'd need a VISA.

My actual background is a bachelor in Fine Arts + unofficial Masters from the then top European VFX school. I'm on the technical side, do explosions, liquids, crowds, tool development, etc, and am familiar with a C-like language, Python, Unreal and Houdini.

I'm very thankful for any advice.