Is it too late for Engineering school

[Philly Stress]

I've been complmenting on going to engineering school again. I tried interning at studio in my area (Philly,Pa) and I had one internship but it didn't work out. I'm considering about looking into engineering school in Arizona. I'm getting close to my 30's and I'm wondering if it's worth looking into??


Thanks in advance,
Phillystress

[No4PCs]

Never is too late to learn. Knowledgement nothing too much.
The fear is our enemy. When we win over our own fear, we in peace.
Sorry my english.
Good Luck and good music.

[mrbowes]

It's never too late.

Are you considering recording engineering or a more traditional (mechanical, electrical, etc) engineering path? I'd suggest going for a more traditional path as you'll have an easier time landing a solid job, which can ultimately enable you to spend more time on recording.

[Philly Stress]

Originally Posted by mrbowes

It's never too late.

Are you considering recording engineering or a more traditional (mechanical, electrical, etc) engineering path? I'd suggest going for a more traditional path as you'll have an easier time landing a solid job, which can ultimately enable you to spend more time on recording.

When you say traditional what exactly do you mean?? Give me some details!


Philly Stress,
Thanks

[BJohnston]

You live in a recording studio and music Mecca . Take advantage of that. Try some more Internships or go to a affordable school to learn the basics.

B

[beyarecords]

Too late to do what? Are you kidding me? While you've still got life in your body go and realise your dream. I bet the time you have spent worrying about your age, you could have done the course 2 times over! ;-)

Beya

[Bounce]

I don't know, what time is it?

;-)

It's never too late for something you want if your body can do it! My fiancée's aunt got her PHD at 70. At the time she was going blind and had to learn braille just to finish. After getting the degree she got a new eye surgury so now she can see a bit. She sent us a postcard on her 76th birthday of her jumping tandem out of an airplane! She's on a stamp in Australia! That woman's insane... I wanna be like that...

[magnuspater]

dear lord, i love all of you!

i, too, believe it's never too late to follow your dreams. i'm also in my 30s and after doing various engineering/technical jobs for years, i finally quit and went to recording school overseas. in hindsite i should have went to a local junior college and taken some audio engineering classes, and maybe a few ee or electronics classes instead. but that's neither here nor there, following your dream is the important thing, no matter what road you take to get there.

[gsilbers]

check out berklee in boston. it has a big population of college kids.. abot 40%.
but most s international students about your age. cause normally around the world, learning music and sound engineering is looked down upon.. so most poeple there already graduated and worked "normal" jobs and then realized music is thier pasion.

actaully. one of my teachers there. 40 sometrhing year old, was a student. he was a banker all his life and one day when he was 40 told his wife he wanted to learn more about music (he played at bars) and when he graduated berklee offer him a job. and every class he was always smiling.

[andychamp]

I know a guy who got his chops the "traditional" way: first doing live sound for friends' bands, later recording some demos, and so on.
In his mid-30s he already was pretty good at what he did, but decided to go to a good audio school and get a diploma.
He says he learned loads of stuff he didn't even know there still was to learn, mainly in acoustics and psychoacoustics, and his mixes really do sound a lot better than before. Plus, having a diploma, he can charge more than before.

So: no, you're never too old to learn more.

All the best.

[HotRats]

Originally Posted by Philly Stress

I've been complmenting on going to engineering school again. I tried interning at studio in my area (Philly,Pa) and I had one internship but it didn't work out. I'm considering about looking into engineering school in Arizona. I'm getting close to my 30's and I'm wondering if it's worth looking into??


Thanks in advance,
Phillystress

Too late?
I'm 33, I'm a statistician with a job and I'm studing audio eng. in a school right this year.

[beyarecords]

Originally Posted by magnuspater

following your dream is the important thing, no matter what road you take to get there.

'Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where once only walls existed'

[jindrich]

The recording business is getting tougher every day. There's never been as many bands as nowadays, and as few pro studios. Everyone is getting a home setup, and millions of youngsters, after trying some Ptools LE, want to be "engineers" this days, because it's so *easy and cool*. Some try it without knowdledge, some get into SAE, and many REAL pro engineers have to get dayjobs because studios close.

Chances of getting hired are narrower and competence is big. I'd say, get an Electrical Engineer degree instead, and intern in pro studios in the summers. After you're done, you'll have a solid education to develop a career in many fields, plus much more to offer than 95% of the *audio engineers* in the studio side.
Also, after 50, if you do so prefer, you'll have some other job chances than having to deal with young drunk punks at 3 AM in some recording session of hell.

Gosh, do I sound like my father .

[RCM - Ronan]

If you are going the school route, I would suggest that you look at studying electronics. If you know how to fix gear there will always be a place for you in studios and work that actually pays. Study the technical side of things and try and get real world experience for the art and craft of it all.

[excellrec]

If you're looking at studying audio engineering maybe check out the local community colleges. That way you will have credits that are cheap and transferable. This way when you get done with the audio engineering degree and if you find there are no jobs, like many do, you can still fall back on those credits and move some of them into something more lucrative.

[MattiMattMatt]

I'm over 7000 years old. I went to engineering school 6000 years ago. I was 1000 years old at the time. Sure, there were stares. But what I lacked in youth, I made up for in experience. And we're talking over 5000 BC, which is over 6000 BD (Before Digital), which believe you me changed everything almost as much as "C." Although no one ever went to war over "D" like they did over "C". Well, come to think of it, maybe they did.

Consoles?

Stonehenge, my friend, was an early attempt at summing.

Interns?

Entire cultures were enslaved and required to build huge pyramids and drill out the center of mountains just to make a single recording. Sure it sounded wonderful, but would I trade in my handy DAW just for the extra bit of warmth that comes with conquering entire cultures and building collosal structures? When I was 4000, perhaps. Now, with better gain staging, higher bit rates, and the apathy that comes with age, I’m not so sure. But I digress.

The point is, you're never to old to go to school and feel like an idiot. Only from such humiliation comes personal growth, with free access to college gyms and parties as a perennial perk.