Thursday, September 26, 2013

Another Change

So after a few months of searching for jobs in MA, relating to my degree, I came to a conclusion, albeit a multi-layer one.

  1. Comm Arts jobs in MA - non-existent: Sorry to all the comm majors out there, but better pack your bags and make tracks to NY or LA. If you're looking for jobs that involve video and stuff like that, then your odds of finding temp work even in those areas fresh out of college, is slim. Listings are few and far between (go to productionhub.com and look up jobs in MA and NY).
  2. Living in Northborough (far away from Boston) limits my job options: Employers don't like late workers. So either it's drive there, pay through the nose for parking and gas, and deal with traffic or drive to a train station, pray to God the train doesn't stop or gets delayed, and try to get there on time on foot as well.
  3. The entire "get a job with your major" is a myth.
I did weigh the option of moving to NYC for work in 2 years, but after a walk with my dog this week, I came to this conclusion about it.

Why would I move to a state where I have little knowledge or friends there? And then it went deeper, why would I move to a state and virtually restart my music career and collab base when I'm making in-roads here?

It became clear to me after all of this that I spoke too soon about moving, I spoke out of frustration. I said I wanted to move because I believed "gotta get to where the action is" and MA wasn't cutting it.

You can understand some of my frustration. I spent 6 years trying to get a degree, with 2 withdrawls in the mix, a beavy of  personal problems, that to this day still play a part in how I handle myself, and to be unable to find work with my degree just drives me up the wall. I don't want to work call center jobs, marketing jobs, warehouse jobs, when I can do something better, that pays more. And add in some other reasons too...

I came back home and then I remembered, the only reason why I went back to college was to get the security net my parents had so badgered me about, and now that I have it, I can actually get to what I want to.

Making music. Full time. So with that said, it's all a matter of thinking ahead, but not too far ahead.

Sure, this will probably seal my fate, and mean I'm going to live at home for the rest of my foreseeable future, but I would be crazy to move now, when I've met so many people and finally started to make moves here.

I haven't quit my day job, just went back to my original gameplan I should have never abandoned.