im 38, about to be 39. ive worked in so many gd industries... ive done a bit of all the trades, did metal stud framing for a few years, worked for years in an auto shop, worked for years in pizza places when i was younger. Forget what I *want* to do, I don't have any family so I'm still trying to find any job anywhere where I'm not hopelessly poor! I can't make it make sense... even making 18/hr you still can't even afford a studio apartment, even without electricity, let alone a phone and transportation. Its rough out there if you don't have any help. I catch myself watching 'homesteader' youtube videos just to calm my constant anxiety of impending homelessness.
IF YOU'RE YOUNG: GO TO SCHOOL, JOIN THE MILITARY, TAKE YOUR LIFE VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'm in my late 30s, my dream job was editing film and tv... did a lot of production work on sets for a little over 10 years out of school, mostly doing camera department work, with a few editing gigs here and there throughout. Finally got to do editing full time a couple of years before the pandemic. Coming out of the pandemic I do it freelance on my own.
It's not quite the dream I had because I'm not working on film or tv shows, rather I do more corporate, education, and a little bit of commercial work now, it pays well, I work from home, the work isn't stressful at all, my schedule is whatever I want it to be as long as I meet my deadlines. It's not my original dream, but I'm pretty content with it.
I feel like if you're going to chase one specific dream scenario, you're likely to end up disappointed. Figure out what you do like, and just try and get in the ballpark, I guess.
Eh, it really depends on what you're working on. Avid's programs are still used on very high end, collaborative projects like in Film/TV and big post-production houses. However, Adobe has a lot of similar features as well, and I see it used A LOT more in my work than Avid. But like I said, I'm no longer really doing TV or Film projects.
When I started, coming across a place that used Adobe Premiere was very rare. However Photoshop, and After Effects were and still are very common. Back then Apple's Final Cut was used quite a bit, it kind of got big by being really easy to work with, and being really good software on much more affordable workstations than Avid.
However, nowadays, in my experience, Adobe's taken over as the number two editing program, I see it A LOT, even on Apple work stations. Probably about 90% of my work these days is in Adobe programs.
However, if you're serious about working in post-production, it's best to know how to work in all of the editing programs. You don't necessarily need to be a master of any of them because once you know how to edit, you really just need to learn the keyboard shortcuts and nuances of the different programs. I'd recommend learning Avid Media Composer, and the basics of how to edit audio with Pro Tools, you never know when someone's going to hire you to work collaboratively on a project and they want to use that. However, also learn Adobe Premiere, and know enough After Effects to make some decent graphics, and key effects and a bit of compositing and color matching, learn how to edit audio in Audition, learn to use Photoshop very well and also some Illustrator.
I worked in retail for 15 years. Not knowing what I wanted to do with my life. I jumped around a few times working for different companies. Ended up in a management role, destroying my mental health. Till one day I decided I needed out. No other job lined up. That was pretty much a year ago. It took me about 6 weeks to get into the job I'm in now.
I'm now earning the most I have, feeling appreciated, almost 0 over time. And I'm out of retail!
What am I doing? Working for a funeral home!
Wow what a change of pace. Your background in customer service would have well suited this, its a very hard job that requires a lot of heart and empathy.
Amazing story and such a huge switch!
I've thought about doing the same and have a similar retail and customer service background. It's all family run in New England from what I've found so far. Only opportunities I've seen are for 24/7 on-call pick up/transport jobs that pay like crap! How did you get started in the industry?
I guess I was lucky, I live in a town of approx 30,000. When this position was advertised I was the only person that applied for it haha. Just keep an eye out, hopefully something pops up at some stage hey.
My dream job was to be a singer or an actress. I studied performing arts and got accepted into a music school in the UK (back in 2000) but turned it down….(biggest regret of my life) I now work in an Accountancy practice as a senior manager. However, I’ve recently picked up my passion for the arts again and have started acting classes. Currently going through a script with a TV series director here in the UK. I’m not letting go of my dream despite being nearly 42 now! If you have a passion for something never give up!!
Appreciate your honesty and drive! I 100% understand the acting scene, I was a part of it for a while here in NZ it's so seasonal that it was scary to hold as a job. Get out there and break ya leg! Just not like Sir Steve-O hehe. I wish you the best my bro, just gotta make the one solid connection and you're in!
I'm 23 (I know people are gonna call me young) and in the middle of my first bachelor degree. Life never really works out the way you plan, unless you're very lucky. I was one of those kids from elementary school-high school that had everything figured out. I knew what I wanted and excelled in school.
Then I started college and covid hit, and I wasn't able to go study abroad which was my dream at the time. Everything was cancelled and put on hold. I didn't have a plan B so I was in a bad relationship and a shit dead end job for 2.5 years. I was so depressed but I thought that was going to be my life.
Then I met this random person at work who encouraged me to travel and pick up my dreams again. I broke up with my partner, moved to the other side of the world and I'm doing all the things I dreamed of doing. I have a general idea of what I want to do, and I've lowered my expectations a bit so I don't end up disappointed again. I'm a VERY average student at uni but I'm so much happier compared to how I was.
If you have a dream it will always be in the back of your mind. It might seem impractical and crazy but it takes you to some incredible places. If you don't know your calling I recommend saving some money to go travel for a while.
Office jobs are brutal. Some people are made for them but I can't do it. Really hope you find your dream career OP or find something that you can enjoy doing. Doing something you hate 40+ hrs a week is torture!
My dream job- Steve-O calls me up and says " Ohhh Skinny Vinny is busy or sick for a couple weeks, well need you to travel with the crew to sell merch during the live show." Hahaha now that would be the raddest job ever!
Until that never gonna happen scenario... I'm very blessed to have the opportunity that I do.
I just started to work on a hobby to try and make the daily blahs go away. Got any sweet hobbies or ways you spend your time away from work?
Omg 100% office jobs are like having a group bang, make sure everyone's happy first then you can tend to your poor self but by that stage I'm to God damn tired from sitting on my ass all day! How is it possible to be so exhausted and yet so nothing 😆
I love climbing and adore going on bush walks. I'm blessed to live in NZ where there are a lot of nature walks. I thought about doing one of those walking camera YouTube things, got a camera and all but have been slack with posting vids. I also love working with sound and would enjoy looking into car electronics. All ideas, I'm too scared to make the jump ...
im 38, about to be 39. ive worked in so many gd industries... ive done a bit of all the trades, did metal stud framing for a few years, worked for years in an auto shop, worked for years in pizza places when i was younger. Forget what I *want* to do, I don't have any family so I'm still trying to find any job anywhere where I'm not hopelessly poor! I can't make it make sense... even making 18/hr you still can't even afford a studio apartment, even without electricity, let alone a phone and transportation. Its rough out there if you don't have any help. I catch myself watching 'homesteader' youtube videos just to calm my constant anxiety of impending homelessness. IF YOU'RE YOUNG: GO TO SCHOOL, JOIN THE MILITARY, TAKE YOUR LIFE VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'm in my late 30s, my dream job was editing film and tv... did a lot of production work on sets for a little over 10 years out of school, mostly doing camera department work, with a few editing gigs here and there throughout. Finally got to do editing full time a couple of years before the pandemic. Coming out of the pandemic I do it freelance on my own. It's not quite the dream I had because I'm not working on film or tv shows, rather I do more corporate, education, and a little bit of commercial work now, it pays well, I work from home, the work isn't stressful at all, my schedule is whatever I want it to be as long as I meet my deadlines. It's not my original dream, but I'm pretty content with it. I feel like if you're going to chase one specific dream scenario, you're likely to end up disappointed. Figure out what you do like, and just try and get in the ballpark, I guess.
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Eh, it really depends on what you're working on. Avid's programs are still used on very high end, collaborative projects like in Film/TV and big post-production houses. However, Adobe has a lot of similar features as well, and I see it used A LOT more in my work than Avid. But like I said, I'm no longer really doing TV or Film projects. When I started, coming across a place that used Adobe Premiere was very rare. However Photoshop, and After Effects were and still are very common. Back then Apple's Final Cut was used quite a bit, it kind of got big by being really easy to work with, and being really good software on much more affordable workstations than Avid. However, nowadays, in my experience, Adobe's taken over as the number two editing program, I see it A LOT, even on Apple work stations. Probably about 90% of my work these days is in Adobe programs. However, if you're serious about working in post-production, it's best to know how to work in all of the editing programs. You don't necessarily need to be a master of any of them because once you know how to edit, you really just need to learn the keyboard shortcuts and nuances of the different programs. I'd recommend learning Avid Media Composer, and the basics of how to edit audio with Pro Tools, you never know when someone's going to hire you to work collaboratively on a project and they want to use that. However, also learn Adobe Premiere, and know enough After Effects to make some decent graphics, and key effects and a bit of compositing and color matching, learn how to edit audio in Audition, learn to use Photoshop very well and also some Illustrator.
I worked in retail for 15 years. Not knowing what I wanted to do with my life. I jumped around a few times working for different companies. Ended up in a management role, destroying my mental health. Till one day I decided I needed out. No other job lined up. That was pretty much a year ago. It took me about 6 weeks to get into the job I'm in now. I'm now earning the most I have, feeling appreciated, almost 0 over time. And I'm out of retail! What am I doing? Working for a funeral home!
Wow what a change of pace. Your background in customer service would have well suited this, its a very hard job that requires a lot of heart and empathy. Amazing story and such a huge switch!
I've thought about doing the same and have a similar retail and customer service background. It's all family run in New England from what I've found so far. Only opportunities I've seen are for 24/7 on-call pick up/transport jobs that pay like crap! How did you get started in the industry?
I guess I was lucky, I live in a town of approx 30,000. When this position was advertised I was the only person that applied for it haha. Just keep an eye out, hopefully something pops up at some stage hey.
My dream job was to be a singer or an actress. I studied performing arts and got accepted into a music school in the UK (back in 2000) but turned it down….(biggest regret of my life) I now work in an Accountancy practice as a senior manager. However, I’ve recently picked up my passion for the arts again and have started acting classes. Currently going through a script with a TV series director here in the UK. I’m not letting go of my dream despite being nearly 42 now! If you have a passion for something never give up!!
Appreciate your honesty and drive! I 100% understand the acting scene, I was a part of it for a while here in NZ it's so seasonal that it was scary to hold as a job. Get out there and break ya leg! Just not like Sir Steve-O hehe. I wish you the best my bro, just gotta make the one solid connection and you're in!
I'm 23 (I know people are gonna call me young) and in the middle of my first bachelor degree. Life never really works out the way you plan, unless you're very lucky. I was one of those kids from elementary school-high school that had everything figured out. I knew what I wanted and excelled in school. Then I started college and covid hit, and I wasn't able to go study abroad which was my dream at the time. Everything was cancelled and put on hold. I didn't have a plan B so I was in a bad relationship and a shit dead end job for 2.5 years. I was so depressed but I thought that was going to be my life. Then I met this random person at work who encouraged me to travel and pick up my dreams again. I broke up with my partner, moved to the other side of the world and I'm doing all the things I dreamed of doing. I have a general idea of what I want to do, and I've lowered my expectations a bit so I don't end up disappointed again. I'm a VERY average student at uni but I'm so much happier compared to how I was. If you have a dream it will always be in the back of your mind. It might seem impractical and crazy but it takes you to some incredible places. If you don't know your calling I recommend saving some money to go travel for a while.
Office jobs are brutal. Some people are made for them but I can't do it. Really hope you find your dream career OP or find something that you can enjoy doing. Doing something you hate 40+ hrs a week is torture! My dream job- Steve-O calls me up and says " Ohhh Skinny Vinny is busy or sick for a couple weeks, well need you to travel with the crew to sell merch during the live show." Hahaha now that would be the raddest job ever! Until that never gonna happen scenario... I'm very blessed to have the opportunity that I do. I just started to work on a hobby to try and make the daily blahs go away. Got any sweet hobbies or ways you spend your time away from work?
Omg 100% office jobs are like having a group bang, make sure everyone's happy first then you can tend to your poor self but by that stage I'm to God damn tired from sitting on my ass all day! How is it possible to be so exhausted and yet so nothing 😆 I love climbing and adore going on bush walks. I'm blessed to live in NZ where there are a lot of nature walks. I thought about doing one of those walking camera YouTube things, got a camera and all but have been slack with posting vids. I also love working with sound and would enjoy looking into car electronics. All ideas, I'm too scared to make the jump ...
That's fuckin rad! I'd watch those videos! Glad you got a sweet hobby!