Just a moment ago, with a click of a button, I submitted my last assignment. Done with finals, done with homework, done with this semester, and done with college. Done with school! DONE!
As non-grandiose as an associate’s degree is there is something epic about being done with 15 (I think) years of school.
With a two year degree “backup plan” under my belt, I move onto bigger and better things.
A few reflections on my 2 year Business Administration degree:
1. They don’t teach you how to do business in college, they only teach you about business.
2. Focus is put considerably more on large scale business than small. They are really aiming to set you up to work for a business, not run one. Sad.
3. Experience is worth a thousand times more than schooling.
4. School is the most depressing thing ever. Well ok, not really, but I’d much rather be spending my time doing something productive.
5. 2 year degree at community college = DEBT FREE!
I hear that usually after college people venture out to try and land a job in their field. In my case, I already have a sweet job, and not in Business Admin. It has been a huge blessing as it is quite enjoyable and probably worth as much as another schooling degree in the video industry. If you haven’t heard about my regular day job here is the low down: I work for SMI (Simply Michele, Inc.), which is a company centered around growing TV celebrity Michele Beschen.
The brand is a DIY/how-to TV-show-producing company, something comparable to Martha Stewart except more hip with a younger demographic. Michele currently has 2 shows on TV. You may have seen them before. They are “B Original” on DIY Network, and “Courage to Create” on HGTV. We are currently finishing up our new TV series “B Organic” that will be airing on public television. As for me, I don’t have a very specific job description, except I am 1 of 3 guys doing all the media work, which is always a team effort. On set, I do audio work, grip work, and am sort of the backup cameraman (in other words, I get to shoot b-roll). Off set, I do a handful of tasks in the office. I am our web master (recently working on www.borganic.net), video editor, video engineer (I get to trouble shoot super technical video stuff), audio editor, graphic designer, photographer, and probably more stuff that I can’t think of off the top of my head. Basically, it’s an all around sweet job, and very similar to what I do for Save Deth. Check out this page for some behind-the-scene shots. I’m only in a few pictures because I took most of the others.
In recent news at SMI, Michele has been on the Rachel Ray show 3 times in the last 2 months and twice on Good Morning America (GMA) since December. She will be on GMA again for a third time this Saturday (May 9th) on ABC 8AM EST. The segment will be about a room make-over we did/shot last Friday. I got to use my two DVX cameras to shoot time lapse for the segment, hopefully they’ll make the cut, haha (ABC edited our footage).
On a side note, check out the sweet wall mounts I got to build for my cameras:
Oh, and here are some pics from the shoot:
You can currently watch Michele’s latest GMA segment here, titled “$35,000 Handbag Vs. $35 handbag”.
You can also watch a handful of our other videos here. If you are interested, I personally got to edit the “Paint DVD Trailer” and the “Company Snapshot”.
If you want, you can check out SMIs main website, CourateToCreate.com
Sooo….. Now that I am done with school, I wont have homework hanging over my head after “work,” and I will be able to devote more time to Save Deth. YES!
