Now, if you have read some of my other posts, or lived in the production world for any length of time, you know it isn’t quite that simple or black and white. So, let me expound upon that for you.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Commitment and You
Now, if you have read some of my other posts, or lived in the production world for any length of time, you know it isn’t quite that simple or black and white. So, let me expound upon that for you.
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By applying and subsequently enrolling in this Pre-College program, I decided to commit to Carnegie Mellon, at least for the summer. The workload is intense, the days are long, and the burritos really could stand to be better. Yet, each and every day I attempt to see things with a fresh set of eyes and do my best, nothing less. In twenty years, when I look back on these adolescent years, this program will just seem like a 6-week gig in which I did all manner of jobs. This article details what it means to commit, specifically to a gig for a company, but the principles can be applied to anyone in the Pre-college program. The paramount thing I take away from this article is that how we perform at each gig dictates how our career paths will end up. To that end, I'll continue to put in my best work, as commitment is an act, not a word, a quote mentioned at the end of the article.
This article has a really great point. When you commit to a gig, you should really stick it out and perform at your absolute best until the gig is over. I know that in a lot of cases things can turn out different or not go so well and cause you to want to skip out or “bail”. However, it is so important for your future that you continue to do your best no matter what the circumstances are as this article says. When you do bail on a gig for whatever reasons that company knows that you aren’t finishing your job. Because it is such a small industry, that news will travel pretty fast. Before you know it companies and production managers everywhere know that you are a quitter and in turn will not be sending you any job offers. So now it seems pretty worth it, waiting out at the bad gig and finishing your job to make sure that you continue in the industry and that there is still work for you out there. Keeping your word and doing your job are so important both for your own conscience and for your career in the industry.
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