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Originally Posted by digitrax  Most producers started as engineers; most engineers started as assistant engineers; most assistant engineers started as tape ops; most tape ops started as janitors. You had to earn your stripes. |
Actually, most producers did not start out as engineers back then. There was much more separation of the two jobs from the 50's throughout the 70's and into the 80's, when engineer/producer crossover became more common.
Most producers back then were explicitly not engineers. Perhaps that's an overlooked difference.
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