Wednesday, January 20, 2010

But what is my mission?!!?!

My Mission
Although, I am a graduate student, and should already know exactly what I want to do, I don’t. I have a few “mission ideas” in mind and plan to narrow down the official mission by the time I complete the graduate program.
A few of the mission ideas I have include becoming a professor, working at a medium to large sized company, or working hands on in the media industry. I am currently in the PFF (preparing future faculty) program and I am getting actual experience in the field of teaching. I am responsible for teaching and aiding one of Beth Lykins classes. Within this experience I hope to finalize my choice of pursuing a teaching position or just focus on working for a company.
As far as company experience goes, I’ve work for a company from home, working to earn just school credit, working for low and for high pay, working in my own cubicle, working in basically a closet with 3 others. I’ve also worked in freelance solo. All of these positions offered separate expressions of media while maintaining similar experiences when compared to a teaching environment.
While finding my “mission” can be very complicated, I find that a helpful step in this process should be determining what I don’t want to do. I know I do not want to do freelance full-time as a career. The hours can be beneficial, and the advantage of working from home. But as a freelancer, it’s hard to determine if the business is going to keep up steadily month-to-month. It’s far too hard to depend on freelance to keep bills paid and stress as little as possible. I have had fun and a huge learning experience working as a freelance photographer for events such as weddings, band promotions, baby announcements, and engagement photos. Although, I am not opposed to do some freelance work on the side, as long as it is not my full-time career.
In the realm of the new media corporate world, I have desires to work at large companies like Disney, Paramount Pictures, or Apple I have to keep in mind the element of work ethic that is expected at certain type of companies. In class, a student said something about “drinking the kool-aid” in reference to Jim Jones. I had never heard that story or that reference before but I have had some second thoughts about working at such a company now that I’ve had someone from that industry tell me their experiences. I haven’t completely ruled it out yet, but at leas I have an idea of what to expect before going in head first into a large corporate company.
Within my desire to work at a company I’m interested in specifically being the “go to girl”, in other words I want to be in a leadership positions. I would like to lead, teach, and help others along the way. Like I referenced before the movie “What Women Want” where Helen Hunt is the leader and is responsible for a team and the graphics and advertising for the company. That is a mission that I would find challenging, interesting, and really give me the benefit of learning about the industry at the same time.
Though it’s impossible for myself to decide over night what my mission is exactly. My belief in God assures me that he does have something special and particular that he wants to use me for predominantly in the field of media. I’ve just yet to figure that out. I am along for the ride and will learn through this class, others feedback, and experiences where exactly I belong.

2 comments:

  1. Angie

    How can I become a member of the PFF program? Does it pay anything or is it just a learning experience? I am finding although I have some teaching experience with teaching friends, fellow students and my co-workers I still lack teaching experience. In my findings it is a matter of what jobs are available out there. You mention the movie "What Women Want" with Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson. I am familiar with this movie and have often thought about Advertising as a career. However, I find these types of jobs in the bigger cities. I need a job that is right here in Indiana until I can make enough money to go elsewhere. I will have to agree about your comments when it comes to free lance work. I have often found that the client sometimes does not want to pay me or is in late in a payment. I too would like to find more steady type of work. I find that I would be happy in a job that I get to be creative and get to socialize with other people. I often when I am in a job like for the people I work with to be like family or like a second family.

    Rick

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  2. How are you enjoying the student teaching experience so far? I have several friends who have gone to school just to be teachers and once they get into the classroom, they hate it. I understand that there are differences between K-12 education and secondary, but I am sure there are pros and cons to both.

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