Future

It’s the last week of classes, and nearly the end of my first year of Media (after a year doing Arts/Law and another year working, so this stat is taken with a grain of salt). I’ve also just finished up a radio documentary examining the job prospects of media students. And now I’m thinking about my own future.

I’m in a different boat to a lot of the other students here, in that, my preferred career isn’t really in the whole, content creating media biz. Instead, it’s acting. Having said that, there are similarities. There aren’t a lot of spots waiting in the acting world for guys to just walk on in and grab them. There’s not a lot of security there. It’s scary to commit yourself to something, knowing full well that it might not ever happen, and in all honestly, probably won’t (at least not in the form you’d like it to). I think media jobs are a bit like that.

I know some students who are doing heaps of extra-curricular stuff, filming and interning and just getting into it, and I’m sure they’ll do great. I know others who don’t know where they’re at, who aren’t even sure this is what they want to do. I’m sure they will as well. It’s hard to know at this point what works, and I think for a lot of students, it’s really scary to see your peers going off now, in their first year, and getting work and experience, while you’re faffing around wondering what the hell to do with your life. But there’s always time to get stuck into something, and knowing those people just gives us more connections, I guess. I dunno, I’m tired and trying to write a blog post, leave me alone.