Once I became a showrunner’s assistant for a real show, that’s when I told my parents, and they did not react too well. Luckily, I was able to get a paying job within three or four months. I saved up enough money where I could comfortably live without an income for about three years, because I figured if I can’t do this in three years then I probably shouldn’t be doing it. Actually, I lied to my parents because I knew they weren’t going to react too well. When you quit your job to work in entertainment, did everyone tell you that you were crazy? So you went to school for network security. It’s kind of a weird set of circumstances that led to this. It kind of evolved organically from there into a technology producer role and now I’m in charge of all aspects of technology on Mr. Once he learned that I had all this other experience to bring to the table, my job evolved from that into, alright, I want your ideas, I want you in the writer’s room, I want you pitching ideas, and I want you taking care of the tech on the show.

He was just interviewing people for an assistant position. He didn’t even know I had a background in cybersecurity.

He had just sold the pilot and they’d just picked up the series. So I got a job as an assistant for a production company, and I kind of worked my way up the assistant track, and it was just luck on my part to run into Sam at the point when he needed an assistant. That was my day job, and then I quit that industry to pursue my passion of writing and directing.

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