Recent content by dpitch40

Well, I got the position, so I guess I did something right. :grin: Thanks for all the help. This will come in handy now that I'm applying for summer internships.

Well, the first theater class with a grade I've taken, I'm enrolled in right now. Nearly all my experience has been outside of class. For the position in my school I might mention I'm taking and passing it since one of the requirements is experience from that class.

In a fortunate turn of events, two volunteer lighting positions have opened up for me next semester. Both require resumes. I somehow don't have one, despite having been employed by my school for years. I've read some threads on resumes that were previously posted, and I've made quite a few...

Don't worry, that definitely isn't my goal. I'd much rather do something I love than make a lot of money. (Sadly, I don't think I'll be able to do both) I know doing research in CSci won't hurt, but it's just hard to see how it would help me in the theater world at all.

Huh, that sounds sort of like my major: I'm focusing a lot on networking. And yeah, looking for ways to get theater experience since that counts. I found a local theater with lots of volunteer work, a perfect resume-builder. (Says their volunteer coordinator) I hope to work on stuff there next...

Maybe I should draw a line between the small-scale programming I used to love and the large-scale programming I would be doing as a developer. I'm not sure which side programming IFs falls on. I've already had two years of Java.

I don't even know what PHP is. Apparently computer scientists are supposed to enjoy programming and teach themselves such things. Currently my plan is to get my CSci degree with as little programming as possible, then look for theater jobs. Kind of worried about what spending two more years...

Update: I'm now starting my third year. I dropped my math major a while back, and now I'm realizing that I would like to drop my CSci major. Unfortunately, there's nothing else I could get a degree in with my remaining time, so I'm kind of stuck. With the space freed up by not taking any more...

Glad to see there's support for this idea. I'm going to talk it over with my advisor today. Speaking of keeping the CSci major, I'm thinking of changing my emphasis, as my current one (AI) won't be too applicable to tech theater unless theaters start extensively using robots or literally...

Thanks for the input, all. I'm currently thinking of dropping my math major (which I'm becoming dissatisfied with anyway) and turning it into a minor so I can take some tech theater classes that could help, while keeping my CSci major.

Thanks for the thoughts. I don't have time to read that article just now but I'll try and get to it today. Just thought I'd mention my school (University of Minnesota) and link to its theater program. Is grad school important/relevant to this?

I'm a second-year undergrad who just realized how dissatisfied he is with his math and csci majors. Back in high school I worked with the tech crew (mostly on lights) for one and a half years and had the time of my life; I still come back to help them with shows occasionally. Now I'm starting to...

Hello all, I'm a second-year undergraduate who was a bit of a latecomer to the tech theater scene. I joined halfway through my junior year in high school and immediately loved it, working mostly on lights for most of the rest of my high school career. Now that I'm in college, I look for...