jaybon
Member
Greetings all!
I currently reside on the Big Island of Hawaii and was lucky to find work in the A/V field here. I am from NY originally and served many different areas of theater and special event production. House manager of a thousand seat venue for 6 years, stagehand for a few more than that, pit orchestra (reed player) a bunch of shows, and freelance A/V tech for about 8 years. My girlfriend and I moved out here with the intentions of being happy first and foremost, find a job secondly. This was a very bold approach as we have acquired debt through schooling and credit cards, reinforcing the fact that I am LUCKY to have found work in this field with such a small margin for success.
At the moment I am the lead A/V tech for a major resort here on the Big Island, and am totally at home with the spirit of aloha. No more commutes and lousy people in the city; after work I go take a snorkel or check out the surfers. Maybe I'll just get a beer and chill on the shoreline....
Hope I don't make anyone jealous, these are just the facts, ma'am.
Anyway, thank you so much for letting me join the great Control Booth forum. I have been spying on this for a few weeks now as our hotel is getting involved in some upgrades and updates to a few of their systems. Lastly, of course, thank you for all the helpful knowledge and I cannot wait to share some of my own insight!
Jay
I currently reside on the Big Island of Hawaii and was lucky to find work in the A/V field here. I am from NY originally and served many different areas of theater and special event production. House manager of a thousand seat venue for 6 years, stagehand for a few more than that, pit orchestra (reed player) a bunch of shows, and freelance A/V tech for about 8 years. My girlfriend and I moved out here with the intentions of being happy first and foremost, find a job secondly. This was a very bold approach as we have acquired debt through schooling and credit cards, reinforcing the fact that I am LUCKY to have found work in this field with such a small margin for success.
At the moment I am the lead A/V tech for a major resort here on the Big Island, and am totally at home with the spirit of aloha. No more commutes and lousy people in the city; after work I go take a snorkel or check out the surfers. Maybe I'll just get a beer and chill on the shoreline....
Hope I don't make anyone jealous, these are just the facts, ma'am.
Anyway, thank you so much for letting me join the great Control Booth forum. I have been spying on this for a few weeks now as our hotel is getting involved in some upgrades and updates to a few of their systems. Lastly, of course, thank you for all the helpful knowledge and I cannot wait to share some of my own insight!
Jay