Hey guys,
I have a problem that's been eating at me for months. I just can't make a decision.
Breaks down like this:
I have a bachelor in IT / Web that basically secures me in the job market. I am taking a graduate degree abroad here in NYC for my pure interest in filmmaking. It is a two year master, and I am about to wrap up the second semester.
Points for quitting:
- I feel I am wasting my time. I have found that film schools are almost considered a joke in the industry.
- I have found out that I always learn the best way by actually being out there working instead of sitting in a class room.
- Most of my classmates are pretty much not worth the networking experience, and I crave for networking with actual talent out there.
- I enjoy traveling and would like to try to combine those two passions and then make films internationally.
- I will get more time to build up my two small businesses that I have on the side.
- I feel the school has given me what it can give me and the only thing it will provide me from now is reviewing projects that I will do in future classes and my thesis.
- I am paying a lot of tuition and the cost of living in NYC is universally recognized to be pretty high. It's hitting hard at my debt, basically.
Points for not quitting:
- Maybe able to earn more money with a Master, just for the sake of having a Master's diploma. Don't have any good examples though in the media industry.
- I get to stay in NYC for one more year. It is a great city.
- Since I am foreign I will have an international education diploma.
- New York has good events and people in film.
I just can't make up my mind, even though the pros for getting out seem to outnumber the ones for not doing so.
Care to throw in your 5 cents?
Thanks in advance!
I have a problem that's been eating at me for months. I just can't make a decision.
Breaks down like this:
I have a bachelor in IT / Web that basically secures me in the job market. I am taking a graduate degree abroad here in NYC for my pure interest in filmmaking. It is a two year master, and I am about to wrap up the second semester.
Points for quitting:
- I feel I am wasting my time. I have found that film schools are almost considered a joke in the industry.
- I have found out that I always learn the best way by actually being out there working instead of sitting in a class room.
- Most of my classmates are pretty much not worth the networking experience, and I crave for networking with actual talent out there.
- I enjoy traveling and would like to try to combine those two passions and then make films internationally.
- I will get more time to build up my two small businesses that I have on the side.
- I feel the school has given me what it can give me and the only thing it will provide me from now is reviewing projects that I will do in future classes and my thesis.
- I am paying a lot of tuition and the cost of living in NYC is universally recognized to be pretty high. It's hitting hard at my debt, basically.
Points for not quitting:
- Maybe able to earn more money with a Master, just for the sake of having a Master's diploma. Don't have any good examples though in the media industry.
- I get to stay in NYC for one more year. It is a great city.
- Since I am foreign I will have an international education diploma.
- New York has good events and people in film.
I just can't make up my mind, even though the pros for getting out seem to outnumber the ones for not doing so.
Care to throw in your 5 cents?
Thanks in advance!