Coming into the audio world right out of college will most certainly be a fun and exciting endeavor for myself but it will also be challenging and have its speed bumps along the way. I have had much difficulty in deciding what I want to do with my audio education. It seems that every week there is something new I discover or find out and want to dive into. I think back to why I started all of this in the first place and that was so I could always be close and involved with the music that I love to capture and create. Somewhere along the line from when I started to play instruments to the moment I am writing this, a span of 8 years, I have come to realize that being a musician is one of the greatest tools I have in my arsenal. Then I came to realize that your job title doesn’t make the man, it’s a good worth ethic, diverse and unique skills sets and quality output that really makes the best audio guys the best.  As I shadow engineers as an intern I have come to notice that so many guys sitting in front of computers only know how to do one thing. Granted, they can do that thing really well but there is no variety in their work, their job in general, or their life. There is so much talk by these older guys that the industry has gone down hill or failed or really isn’t there anymore but I see a booming industry with so much to gain. Of course our economy and the post-production industry took a poop but I believe that a lot of people, an older crowd, baby boomers specifically, see no opportunity in the greater-Detroit Post production scene because they do not posses a variety skills to aid in their search for work.  There is this feeling unease towards new technologies and though it’s hard to keep up with it in the first place, there is an unwillingness to comply with the advent of a new technology whether its ProTools or Spotify. It becomes really difficult for someone like myself who is raised on evolving technology to accept that new tech doesn’t have a place in your arsenal of tools. If an engineer or a producer makes it a point to have a multitude or skills and tools in their toolbox there should be very few jobs they should ever turn down. There is work out there it needs to be gotten. Being a jack of all trades and a master of those trades is the way to be.