Also called: Render Farm Technician
Watches over the render farm where thousands of computers turn 3D scenes into final frames.
A render wrangler monitors thousands of render jobs overnight, restarts failed frames, and keeps a studio's computer farm running. If a big deadline is coming, they decide which shots get computer time first.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. A two-year IT degree or similar training, plus basic scripting and Linux skills; render wrangler is a common entry job at VFX studios.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Computer Science.
Growing slowly. Cloud rendering automating.
High risk for 10 years. Cloud rendering and automated queue management now handle most jobs, so fewer wranglers are hired.
Classes: Computer science, Computer applications, Math, Electronics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1232.
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