starting from the top???

Recently, a student asked me in a totally shocked manner, "You mean, I'll have to start at the bottom?"" of the film industry after getting an M.A. in Digital Arts. S/he wants to make movies -- let's see now, sequestered in an M.A. program s/he may have not noticed that there are literally millions of people worldwide who also want to break into the movie business.

The tough questions would be, "What makes you think you have a movie in you?" and "What is it that you love about movie making? The money or the process?" and then make decisions that cascade from the answers to the tough questions...

But what's so surprising about this piece of news, that one doesn't arrive at the corner office, but earns it, either through dastardly deeds or hard work or a combination of both? That the professional degree doesn't guarantee that you too will be able to make your digital dreams come true???

From now on, I've decided to spread misinformation about professional formation and tell everyone that everyone I know started at the TOP of our professions and worked our way to the bottom!