But then, somebody who works professionally doing a particular job has the right to suggest that somebody else (a self-confessed amateur) has got some of his facts wrong. If somebody was trying to tell you how to do your job and what they were telling you was wrong then you'd reply in a similar way. And you're fairly wrong about the fact that "you just need to be creative" in TV. If you crewed a TV programme purely with people who were creative- without anybody who had the experience of producing for TV and without anybody who had solid experience of broadcast-acceptable use of the equipment- then what you'd have would be best described as a disaster. Stuart. On Wed 27 Mar, Chris Bennett wrote:
I do know this..I have met MANY people in the IT/AV/Music industry that are the same way..especially in the IT industry..example...Database administrators..they make a crapload of money..because of ONE reason..the whole industry has everyone else in the world believing that it can only be done by a select few individuals who are just "that type" of person. Often times, and also the reason for my harsh response, (even though i'm sure it wasn't forwarded on to him) is that the ONLY way to get these people out of their God bubble, is to pop it, and slap them across the face that they are just another guy looking for the allmighty dollar just like everyone else in the world, and one day they just may be surprised when some dolt out of high school exposes their secrets, and their job security goes to shit. At least in my industry, people DO tend to look for the certifications, so my job security is there whether I am a self protective guy or not, but As far as i can tell, for that industry, you just need to be creative, and show examples of your work...this is where the "protecting my secrets by being a self promoting jerk" mentality comes in..
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