Career paths

[Sam Lanes]

Mark – That is a great story. I enjoy the tales of people who set out to do one thing then end up falling into something completely different.

Andrew – Thank you – some great advice there. I am working hard at the moment to really make sure I know about a really broad range of skills (most of which is refreshing myself creatively whilst USING various programmes, equipment etc…these have moved on a lot whilst I’ve been a tech and although I know how to use many of them, it has been a long time since I’ve used many in a creative way over a long period). Persistence is also becoming a theme! I am not presently on facebook but I will sign up to get access to the groups you recommended.

https://www.aefromscratch.com

[Andrew Kimery]

[Sam Lanes] “Persistence is also becoming a theme! “

Persistence and having clearly defined goals is a winning combination. Persistence will keep you going and the clearly defined goals will make sure you keep going in the right direction. I’ve run into a number of people that were very smart/talented and persistent but they didn’t have defined goals and eventually burned themselves from aimless meandering.

[Shane Ross]

Here…instead of typing all of mine out, I have a podcast about, well, how I broke into the industry.

https://lfhd.net/2009/05/13/the-edit-bay-episode-13/

I, like Andrew, did the traditional route. Apprentice editor>Vault Manager>Assistant Editor…but then to Online Editor, back to assistant, then to editor. But I started out wanting to be a camera guy.

But the above podcast link (6 min podcast) shows how I broke into the industry.

Shane
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