Any chance to do both? Work with them, but also pursue your own ideas, and when they yield results, split paths. It would be the slower but safer route.
Working for them might polish your skills even further. After all, trade is a stolen art.
I use filmora as well, it has a really simple user interface compared to adobe premiere. Although most of the time I stick with the adobe suite (photoshop, illustrator, lightroom, indesign). For me it was only working alone (freelance, with ups and downs) and small teams (where I did all sorts of stuff, public relations, fb ads, accounting, photos, videos, graphics, babysit bosses' 6y old spoiled daughter). I prefer bigger companies now, if only to specialize on a single area. I'm tierd of being a tutti frutti in this regard. Plus they have money for better stock resources and you don't have to "make do" with little.
Of course, after work I do my own stuff, which may or may not yield cash. Still no clue how to play my cards on this one. I want to write a book too, lol.
You can try looking for a team among collegiates, take the best in class and eventually collaborate project based.
Good luck! It's cool that you have the drive to make your own path!
Last edited by sv.elia; 03-30-2020 at 08:19 AM.
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