Sound Engineering

[wongaling]

I'll just take that as a compliment

[biru]

I would suggest (and definitely seen this play out over and over again) that you go an haul boxes or roll cables or do something and get SOME kind of experience and a little bit of skill and an idea of what you want to do BEFORE you start any kind of course, especially SAE.

SAE will teach you how to push buttons, but they won't go into all the other realms of shit like style analysis, semiotics and other stuff that helps make you a PRO creative engineer.

You have to do that yourself. Also, SAE degrees are kind of a dime a dozen. I used to work with half a dozen blokes who all had them and only one was worth a damn behind a desk.

[wongaling]

Yeah I'm graduating this year at the end of year 11 and then I'm staying enrolled in the school but only so they can sort out work experience easily and I can do other certificates through the school.

[BlackJesus]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around ohm's law o_O

[djrosco]

What Biru said
I have seen so many people with a certificate and no idea what goes on real life.
If I had a dollar for every graduate, who is absolutely stunned that he will not be mixing the band on his first day, I wouldnt need to work with them.

Go work for a company that does what you want to do. Start at the bottom. Push cases, roll cables and show interest. Help out the guy who does the job you want. Learn from him. Progress.
After you have done that for a while you will know 2 things.
1. If you really want to do the job
2. What study you can do to help you learn.
Certificates mean very little in this industry. Attitude and enthusiasm will go a long way.
Good Luck