Posts by Frank Scacciaferro
Screw Up and Learn…Bravo!
“That’s it for me! I screwed that up BIG TIME!!” When you’re in the midst of a crisis, whether it’s a job that didn’t work out, a gig you screwed up, or even something you got blamed for that wasn’t your fault. Don’t dwell on the mess. Make a list of what you learned. The…
Read MorePushing a Broom can Jump Start Your Career
That may sound like a weird title for career in the entertainment production industry so let me unpack it a little more. A few weeks ago, my team and three other vendors were renovating a broadcast studio. Most of the folks working this gig had dozens of years of experience in the biz. Some of us…
Read MoreI Want that Job Now…
I want that job NOW… Don’t sweat the WAIT… remember when you were little, driving with the family and asking a hundred times, “ARE WE THERE YET”. NO? How about waiting for your birthday or holiday and asking every day, “IS IT TODAY?”. Still not ringing a bell. I know you know this one, “when…
Read MoreCreatives Come in all Shapes and Flavors…Are You One?
Creative people come in all shapes and flavors. Accountants can be a creative. A doctor, a teacher and of course writers, painters, musicians etc. are all creative. Being a creative means you see and think about things differently. You see new ways of doing old things, henry ford for example took the horse and wagon and thought “automobile”. George Lucas saw the 1950’s western the…
Read MoreMaking New Connections and Expanding Your Network
MAKING NEW CONNECTIONS AND EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK Industry friends may not be good industry connections and good industry connections may not be a good friend. Not everything is as you may think it is and it could be too late when you find out. I have tons of friends in the biz that I love…
Read MoreDon’t Trap Your Career Growth
You can get trapped limiting your growth even if you’re working at the highest level in your industry. At one point in my career I ended up working at ITT Defense as a QC engineer on the Shuttle missions and GPS satellite project (which at the time was a highly classified government satellite system). I…
Read MoreObsolete Your Tool, Not Your Career
My father spent his life as an auto machinist and my uncles were all construction workers. Anytime I was about to start wrenching my Harley or adding an addition to my house, my father and uncles would remind me, “you need the right tool to do the right job”. Although, it took me a few decades to truly…
Read MoreWhat it’s Like to Sail on a Pirate Ship?
Ever wonder what it was like to sail on a pirate ship? The diversity of the crew and their backgrounds. The shared experiences of each crew member. The different adventures that each day would bring. Maybe battling for your life against the big corporate armada. (Oops almost gave away the analogy.) I have run serval…
Read MoreAdvancing Careers Sitting on Road Cases
I spent my entire career / life being part of a band, team, crew or department and never thought much about. That was until the events of the 2020 pandemic hit and forced all of us to stand down from working in person. It was after that that I understood the critical element needed…
Read MoreRethink Your…”Just Because”
Just because… Just because you’ve been at this for decades doesn’t mean you have aged out. Just because your old ways have been replaced with new ways doesn’t mean you’ve aged out. Just because you hear new words doesn’t mean you don’t understand what is being said. Just because you don’t understand “why” things are now being done a different way doesn’t mean the way things were done…
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