Originally posted by Chirone the question you might as now is why would you want to get maya when you could just get mudbox, motion builder, mental ray and nuke? Cause maya does it all! None of those do particle systems, NURBS, fluids etc. and if you only want one program... and those together cost a lot more than maya. I'd suggest learning to use all aspects of maya, and if you realize you're wanting to specialize in character animation for example, give motionbuilder a try.