Making lists, checking them twice, and dreaming

It is hard to quantify how much I've learned at my new job since working for my uncle. Just yesterday, I was thrown in the lion's den. I had an edit session with a client who wanted to put together a DVD. It was everything at once, and this kid wanted to work quickly. So I'm capturing, capturing, capturing, then chopping, cutting, and editing within minutes. I started using tools I was briefly familiar with.. offhand knowledge that I cannot cite sources from...

I took some risks in using tools I wasn't experienced in using, but I knew the end product I needed, and I needed to take those risks to get there. I did admit that needed help in some minor areas, and it turned out that help I needed amounted to more knowledge I can use later.

I figured how to erase timecode and and add proper subtitles in the same session. Amazing. I need to put these ideas into practice. Practice leads to perfection.

Yesterday, I also had a project using Adobe Encore. I had briefly used it a handful of times before. Maybe once, actually. I steamrolled through my next project which had previously taken me days before. Which wasn't a fault, mostly inexperience, and I know a lot more now. Of course Encore is a buggy program. That's why you need to save more often. That's why you need to know what you're doing before you do it.


And then today, I'm calling up a program assistant about FTP information for one of their domains. I troubleshooted the hell out of the problem I was having... they had given me the wrong account information, but I was able to change one of their passwords and by pass their webmaster that was unavailable.

So now, I'm kicking back with my feet on the desk. Metaphorically. Figuratively. Whatever. I'm king of the world.

And I'm not really doing as much cool stuff today. I do have a job interview I'm looking towards though. And I have some callbacks to make, too. Gotta keep moving forward. I've been shot down a few times already, but that's not the point. You can't hit the ball unless you swing the bat. "I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

That wasn't the point of this blog though.
I wanted to remind myself that I had a dream this morning...
In it, I was talking with someone. I think female. She asked if I was becoming a chemical engineer. I remember replying with an excited "YES!" I think she was becoming one, too. Or she was a psychic that predicted me to be a future chemical engineer. I can't remember. It was just a dream. Either way, I was happy with myself.