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Stephan
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Is being a audio engineer a hard job for a new career?
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Mark Morgan
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Hi Stephan!
The answer is "it all depends." I find audio engineering a very interesting field. As an electrical engineer and a musician, one who's been on stage and witnessed audio engineers in action, I've been extremely impressed. These people aren't just engineers or in some cases techs. They're artists! You've heard the term, "Jack of all trades?"
The guys and gals that I've worked with are able to repair and resolve issues with equipment even during performances! With that said, most of the time, their role is pretty straight forward. During a sound check, before rehearsal or a performance, they go through each instrument and each vocal. Once everything is set, they have the band perform and monitor. From there they fine tune and lock it in.
If it's something that interests you, I personally think you could do it. And the people I've worked with love it!!
You might try volunteering in a church or school setting to get a personal feel.
Hope this helps!
Mark
The answer is "it all depends." I find audio engineering a very interesting field. As an electrical engineer and a musician, one who's been on stage and witnessed audio engineers in action, I've been extremely impressed. These people aren't just engineers or in some cases techs. They're artists! You've heard the term, "Jack of all trades?"
The guys and gals that I've worked with are able to repair and resolve issues with equipment even during performances! With that said, most of the time, their role is pretty straight forward. During a sound check, before rehearsal or a performance, they go through each instrument and each vocal. Once everything is set, they have the band perform and monitor. From there they fine tune and lock it in.
If it's something that interests you, I personally think you could do it. And the people I've worked with love it!!
You might try volunteering in a church or school setting to get a personal feel.
Hope this helps!
Mark
Thank you !!
Stephan
Mickael Rosenberg
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Mickael’s Answer
Hi Stephan,
I do not think there is such a thing as a hard job for new career. Companies will not give a new graduate hire something that requires a lot of experience. Usually, you will work in a team of experienced persons that will guide you through the project you are assigned. Unless you are hired by idiots, they will give you something that they know require no expertise and will help. Of course, this is assuming you know the basics of the domain you have been hired in.
If you are an audio engineer and know nothing about signal processing, audio synthesis and so on, that will be hard. But any technical jobs will be in this case.
As a young hire, we do expect you to ask tons of questions, being lost at what to do and usually, companies assign young hires a mentor so that you do not feel at a loss when starting. The mentor is here to help you learn the job based on what you learned from school.
I do not think there is such a thing as a hard job for new career. Companies will not give a new graduate hire something that requires a lot of experience. Usually, you will work in a team of experienced persons that will guide you through the project you are assigned. Unless you are hired by idiots, they will give you something that they know require no expertise and will help. Of course, this is assuming you know the basics of the domain you have been hired in.
If you are an audio engineer and know nothing about signal processing, audio synthesis and so on, that will be hard. But any technical jobs will be in this case.
As a young hire, we do expect you to ask tons of questions, being lost at what to do and usually, companies assign young hires a mentor so that you do not feel at a loss when starting. The mentor is here to help you learn the job based on what you learned from school.
Thank you !!
Stephan