Career change

Ever have an opportunity come up that is so good, you just can't say no? About two weeks ago I got a call form a friend who does audio work professionally asking if I'd be interested in subbing on a shoot for him. The chance to work in a field that I love!!! I said yes and spent a week at the Arena of the MGM working a confrence. Once we had the cables run and everything checked, it was my job to make sure any audio glitches that were in my control were fixed immediately. Nothing went wrong! We had a week of great days, I got to know some of the crew (who all do this tye of video work professionally. The last night we watched the Steve Miller Band, then we took down all of our equipment and said g'night! It was a great shoot, no problems, perfect for getting my foot in the door. The shoot ended on Thursday, on Friday my friend called me again, this time to see if I could sub in for someone else. That Sunday and Monday I was putting microphones on some of the top Poker players in the country! I made sure that I did the best I could (which I always do) in hopes that someone would notice it, as I am still the new guy in the biz... So far I am waiting to hear from my frined or the powers that be about booking more shoots to work on... So you ask how is this a career change? Well, I wsa working as a trainer at a call center here in Vegas, I liked my job, but it was just kind of a way to pay the bills and soak up a lot of my time... The week that I was away for the shoots, I was not attending that job, and thusly I am no longer employed there... THe best is yet to come, however, as I have been looking at a lot of online resources, it seems that one can do quite nicely in Las Vegas doing odd jobs, or part time promotional work. I'll keep you informed of my progress as I go along, should be fun, eh!?