| Comment | Don't forget that colleges are businesses. They want to push as many students through as possible, because that's how they make money.
Any tales they tell of future employment prospects is a sales pitch, and you should treat it as such. Pre-pandemic there were more students coming out of audio courses \*every year\* than the total number of full time jobs in the industry.
I've seen some "graduates" with shocking gaps in their knowledge and practical experience. Recently someone with an HNC who didn't know which way round to run an XLR cable, and was essentially incompetent at plugging up a really simple vocal rig.
So if you do choose to do the course, get some experience on the side, and hoover up whatever you can from online courses and information. ProSoundWeb is a decent place to start.
Bear in mind that outside of the white glove corporate AV world, most production work involves a lot of physical labour, loading and unloading vehicles and assembling equipment. They won't have you doing that at college. If you're in any doubt about your capacity for physical work, go and get some shifts with a crewing company and see if you can hack it. |
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