Re: College degree really necessary ?

+1 for Mark's post.

My degree is in Political Science. I also took Bible courses. I learned photography while in school but not from the school. Then I went and got a job at a start up running camera, lighting, designing and building sets and occasionally running audio. I progressed to being a very good studio cameraman and then began to direct. The live 2 hour unscripted talk show was a challenge to direct but I and four others did it in rotation. Then I moved to video tape operations and learned to manually edit. Then to the editor's chair editing on quad machines. Then to a CMX 340 type edit controller on 1" type C. Then to Sony 9000 linear edit controller on D2 and BetaSP. Then to non-linear on smoke and fire and Final Cut.

I say all this to reinforce that my choir and band performing experiences in college, my writing long papers, my social life, all connected me to people who hired me and who have been my friends for 35 years now. Oh, and please, learn to spell correctly! :-) Best of luck.





Del
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