Should I move without telling my family and girlfriend until after?

[Mr. Lucky]

Well it's just that everyone is trying to stop me though, and it's really hard to make when everyone I know is trying to stop me and they think I'm crazy.

 

Why do you need their permission? It's your time, your money and your effort.

 

No "Rocky", "THX 1138", "Thank You For Smoking" etc., had those first time filmmakers listened to all the noise and naysayers...

 

Mr. Lucky

[clia]

Your family's position on this is coming out of a place of concern for you.

You don't really seem to have a plan, don't seem to know much about living in Vancouver, where you would live, where you would work, etc. Perhaps if you put together a plan and showed them that would allay their fears.

 

For example:

 

Where will you live? Will you rent a room somewhere, get an apartment on your own, find roommates? If with roommates, how will you find them? How much will you be able to budget for an apartment? How will you support yourself? What kind of job? Where and how will you look for a job? Will you have a car? If so, can you afford insurance, etc.? How much money can you reasonably expect to make there?

 

With respect to the film career, what do you intend to do once you get to Vancouver? Where will you look for jobs? What will you do if you can't find anything? Do you have connections there who might be able to help you? What is your plan, once you get there, to advance your film career?

 

Etc....

 

You should also probably go to Vancouver for at least a long weekend and take a look around prior to moving there. You may be able to help answer some of the above questions by going there and exploring a bit.

[ironpony]

Two people I took filmmaking courses are living there now, and they names places where you can rent for cheaper as long as you have roommates. One of them has a job in sales and she makes $150 an hour she says. She says they are looking for people but the sooner I move there to apply for the job, the better. 150 an hour definitely would help pay such a costly rent there.

 

I talked abut how my current job was driving me nuts, and I have to find something new, but it's hard to find a good job where I live, so I feel really compelled to go, but she says I should move the first, before applying for the job, cause they will want me to start right away.

 

And since my job is terrible, I figure any job that pays more is better if it's there, and I can explore filmmaking options, once I get there. What do you think?

[alphamale]

$150/hr is $300,000/yr

 

if you are going to make this salary then by all means move. I know physicians that make less than that

[ironpony]

Well it seems hard to believe. Can you really make that much, on selling fixed rates for natural gas bills? Is natural gas worth that much more there since it's a costly city, or what?

[basil67]

$150ph selling natural gas? I don't believe it.

[ironpony]

Selling the fixed rate deals she says.

[Art_Critic]

Your friend is filling your head full of shiot, she doesn't make 150.00 per hour, unless she only works 30 mins a day so she makes 75.00 a day.. works out to 150.00 per hour but she doesn't work 8 hours a day

 

Please don't believe her unless you get all the info on the job she is talking about.

[clia]

Two people I took filmmaking courses are living there now, and they names places where you can rent for cheaper as long as you have roommates. One of them has a job in sales and she makes $150 an hour she says. She says they are looking for people but the sooner I move there to apply for the job, the better. 150 an hour definitely would help pay such a costly rent there.

 

It seems very naive to me that you think you will show up in Vancouver and be handed a job making $150 an hour. If it were that easy, people would be lining up around the block for that job. I find it very, very hard to believe your friend is making that much money. Since it's sales, it is likely a commission based job, so maybe she was told she could make that much. (She may also get a bonus for bringing in a new employee.) It also sounds like one of those door to door, try to scam/convince people to lock into a fixed rate kind of sales jobs. Are you comfortable with that?

 

Listen, though -- I'm not trying to dissuade you. I packed up my car and moved across the country when I was in my 20s to follow my dream. All I'm saying is that if you have some kind of a plan it might convince your parents that you can handle it. I can see why they have concerns, and also since you have never lived on your own.

Edited September 17, 2019 by clia

[Mr. Lucky]

Selling the fixed rate deals she says.

 

If she's a good buddy and they want to motivate you to get there ASAP, have her text you pictures of her last 4 check stubs. If she's paid every two weeks, her gross on each check should be $12K or so...

 

Mr. Lucky

[ironpony]

I asked her and she said it's full time 40 hours a week and even over time if you want it, which i probably won't though, but 40 hours a week is 6 K a week, she says.

[RecentChange]

Yeah and I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell.

 

Here is the thing - they don't just hand out $300,000 a year jobs to people without experience, or more importantly those who can't produce.

 

In order to pay you $300,000 per year, you need to be selling enough for that company to profit a million a year before they can consider paying you anything near that.

 

You sound extremely naive. What do you know about the energy industry? What is your sales experience? Why would you be qualified for this job?

 

What sales position pays hourly anyway? This sounds like a total scam - we have "independent" companies in our area that try to sell energy plans door to door - it's just multi level marking Hocus pocus.

 

You don't move and then "apply" for $300,000 a year jobs.

 

Jobs like that find you through recruiters and industry contacts.

 

Jobs like that require resumes showing many years of experience and a track record of exceeding sales expectations and increasing company profits.

 

So does your friend with this really high paying job have a lot to show for it? Real estate investments, nice cars, a lifestyle that someone earning over a quarter of a million a year would have?

 

Does this really make sense Iron Pony? Do you really believe that it would be so simple to obtain such a high paying position?

[Mr. Lucky]

I asked her and she said it's full time 40 hours a week and even over time if you want it, which i probably won't though, but 40 hours a week is 6 K a week, she says.

 

If $300K a year and film-making success awaits in Vancouver, what are you still doing here ???

 

Mr. Lucky

[ironpony]

Well it seems that people are saying that she is scamming and no sales job pays that much to live in such an expensive city. However, she wants to hire me to shoot a promotional trailer for one of her feature film scripts now, and she has all this money she is willing to pay, and even is sending me some up front now. how did she get all this money all of a sudden, if no sales job pays that much?