1st off... Im an engineer and I dont make ****. I got 4 certificates from Recording Workshop in Ohio and that dont mean ****. A degree is nothin in audio engineering, only what it took to get that degree is what counts, so if you think you're going to get a plaque and hang it on the wall and have people calling you you're wrong [and im not saying you think that im just stating the inevitable]
Why I dont make ****, maybe I havent tried hard enough, too stuck on doing my own thing in my home studio. I got my resume printed up and invested in equipment but I still havent taken the big step forward which will either be: Register a LLC at my clerks office or... this:
M-dagreat said:
you have to intern an basically be a freelance engineer until someone gives a full time job which is hard to get since theirs so many engineers out their i was thinking about going to SAE institute in L.A. but i said **** it i want to produce not sit around an **** wit a mixing board all day an be some producers ***** an i think you get paid any where from 45k-90k i think not sure
Thats true, and I know boys I went to school with who still havent found a job.. And they havent tried in vein either, theyve looked into sound for picture, broadcasting, soundtracking, commercial work... There is so much you can do but it takes a lot of "getting up off your ass and doing it."
-Thats why this engineer doesnt make any money, yet..
but Im happy. I went to school originally to learn how to hook all the analog **** up and ended up getting experience on Sony MCI24 and C24
DCommand, learn how to use ProTools HD, etc. There were 9 Studios there (Studio A-I) not counting the computer lab with PT LE, so I learned a LOT, especially in my maintenance class where we studied all the electrical aspects of equipment, how to troubleshoot and see whats going wrong in a bad session, etc. but I didnt know all this was considered engineering. by the 5th day an instructor was calling us engineers and I was thinkin wtf I juss came here to learn how to do "this an that"..and I didnt take him serious thinkin he was jokin but he wasnt. they called us engineers more and more until we graduated.
the quick truth:
mtp1178 said:
So my answer to the question is an Audio Engineer can make anywhere from nuthin to sumthin.