Sound guy job sounds great, but...
I started off reading audiophile magazines in high-school and that turned into a 25 year long career of installing custom home audio video system with home automation. It's been fun but in another life I think it would have been more fun to be a live sound guy or some sort of recording/production engineer. I love working on my hobby channel "Full On Sessions". Maybe I'll start of with a question/comment. What concerns me about live sound is the loud volume you often have to deal with. A lot of people take pride in high volume but there are times when I'm at a live concert and the sound is too excruciating and it ruins the show for me. Are live sound guys concerned about hearing loss and how is that going to affect your perception of sound in the long run? I would think the quality of your hearing is a real asset. I wonder why some concerts sound so bad - is it because the sound guy is half deaf?? lol