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How could one start off on the path to be employed in one of the major animation studios throughout the world - Studio Ghibli, Dreamworks, Pixar, Disney, Sony, Blizzard, etc... ?

I think the general question here is how to properly start a career in Art? How much years does it take for you to become some kind of Art Director of medium-large studio?

How many years of working experience; what general softwares to use; etc. Tell me straight, is it realistic for someone to abandon everything and try to follow some general arts pathway looking at websites like Artstation and Scavenging the entire internet (piracy)? Or try College? There are also schools like Gnomon and other French ones, but they do cost an arm and a leg.

I haven't been able to get a decent ground-to-earth answer anywhere else. So I might as well post on 4chan.