Welcome to the first episode of Picture's Starting Up! In today's episode, I provide some background on who I am, my related accomplishments to date, and discuss what qualifies me to make this podcast. In addition, I engage in a discussion of the current hiring and salary projections for producers and directors before a transition to the most important initial qualifications and skills necessary to pave the way to a career in production. Tune in soon for the unofficial 'part 2' of this episode where I dive into how COVID-19 has directly changed and effected production processes. Enjoy listening!