There is a clear difference between an assistant animator and an assistant to the animator. For one, the former refers to someone who knows teh general flow of the animation process. The latter is a production assistant who servers under the logic or sometimes whims of a boss. There is a clear vertical career path for any assistant animator in 2D in the global scene. Usually, an assistant animator will eventually become the director for animation.
But the assistant to the animator has a more static career path. Yes, it is true that this role is a very speedy entry level position for any outsourcing animation company,yet, its long term "promise" is so bleak you could not even see if there is any "promise" at all. In the end, we keep on telling ourselves that it is better to have a job rather that to have no job at all. But in the final analysis, having a job that put you in deep shit and stupid financial debt is not a good thing.
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