What I actually do for a living - URM Academy/Nail The Mix
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- UA-cam is NOT my full time job! My "day job" is Director of Operations for URM Academy/Nail The Mix. In this video I talk about exactly what that means, and most importantly how the operations mindset can help you grow whatever you are doing.
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you know what my full-time job is? sitting in my cubicle watching you talking about yours.
Same lol
What you actually do for a living: killing it at life. 🤘🏼
Also I’ll join URM again. Had my PC go sideways but once I’m back online I’ll get back into doing NTM. I really enjoy the live streams esp.
Appreciate the support!
I appreciate that you're serious about work and business but don't compromise your own personality to be successful.
As a musician with a career in accounting, I approve all of the information in this video.
It makes sense now how you manage PRMBA so well. Many people have a hard time realizing that skills you think are specific are easily transferable. As a person who is transitioning from marketing to IT, there are valuable insights I have from working in marketing that allow me to look at problems differently than most of my peers. Learning is for life, you never stop.
Excellent point of view. Being able to see a broader perspective of ones own ambitions, goals or what have you is incredibly important. Thank Finn!
You call it an operator outlook. In college the same concept was taught to me as systems thinking. This kind of thinking can be applied to a lot of various things in life like you said! And, it's also relatively simple to grasp. Definitely one of the most beneficial things I have learned.
Yes it is systems thinking applied in the context of business!
I own/ operate my own HVAC business, and literally work on machines. Like you said, business requires constant evaluation, and there's always something to 'tweak' that will make things run smoother. Although the logistics can be tiring (I often commute 1Hour+ to jobsites), I enjoy the challenge presented by the dynamics of the market/ life. As for your videos.. I thoroughly enjoy your insight/ willingness to share your experiences. I look forward to new releases. You're very humble, straightforward, and easy to understand.
Thanks man! HVAC seems like a smart business to be in because it’s probably pretty recession/automation proof?
Thank you so much for these pearls of wisdom. You are like a cool mentor dropping these gems 💎
Real question did Finn take the top or the bottom bunk I'm guessing top
When you're at that point when you cap out and need to have someone do the product side let me know!
I’ve never worked that high before. That side of the job is super interesting to learn about. I think I never liked the operations side because I never knew about it
Very interesting and super useful way to think about a project like that. Would love more behind the scenes stuff like this.
Thank you
Great video! I really enjoy hearing about your life in the music world as I feel like most people assume its band or go broke. Id live to see like a draw my life from you to see how you got to where you are now and life in the music biz
really interesting was this
Super interesting to hear you talk about everything as "system." I'm curious to learn how you arrived at that model, since I view business & work the same way but learned it in abstract by studying math and economics in school first. I had the model already but needed to figure out my field, healthcare software, and what the "system" is afterwards.
I think it’s a personality trait tbh
Dude, this is such an awesome video. I’m a communications major specialising in writing and videography. I very much enjoy doing these things, especially videography, but lately I’ve been thinking if there is another skill set related to my degree I could adopt that might be a bit more practical and lucrative in the professional world. I feel like what that is is understanding the ins and outs marketing. What you are talking about here is something I would love to do, while also being involved in producing content.
Just want to say thanks for the video. It’s helped me to determine how I should be taking my career path. Very helpful
Awesome, that makes me very happy to hear!
I work in a DevOps (developer operations) role at a tech company (and obviously slam that metal sickness on the nights and weekends). Cool to see that a business operations role is pretty similar! We're both looking at graphs everyday and trying to make them go up or down one way or another. Hopefully the money graph keeps going up and the downtime graph keeps going down!
Ha, yep! That’s the job. Devops is tough - i can understand front end stuff pretty well but devops is where i tap out
Dude, yes! I work management in operations and that's exactly it. There are systems that function as "machines" is probably the best way to put it, but I think of it as just systems, and the systems output various things in various ways. I like operations because these systems are all very different from Industry to industry so if you switch industries, even if you're operations in both, what you're going to be doing is going to be very different because you're always interacting with the core functions of the business. Like one of the things I do really well is designing schedules because my industry operates 24 hours a day, and that creates a lot of coverage issues. If I worked in insurance, I'd have to percieve my systems differently to understand those inputs and outputs, and my expertise maybe not what's best for that kind of organization and it'd be nice versa for someone in management overseeing insurance operations.
Good stuff.
Thanks man, appreciate it! Designing schedules sounds like a really interesting challenge
I love this videos! This is what is needed.
Thank you!
So cool to see this, as I subscribed to nail the mix for the first time last night. Your Facebook ad for this months song was what did it for me, as I think The Adventure is one of the greatest songs ever made, No hyperbole. To be honest, I might be a dip in and out subscriber, as acoustic, singer songwriter, pop, and other lighter genres are my wheelhouse. But, I’m sure I’m going to find that I can learn a lot from any genre/producer/song, and will get addicted to the monthly routine and potential to win Factor. For my taste, it would be awesome to start seeing sample drum with Guitar productions, maybe get Kris Crummett to do a nothing, nowhere song off of the reaper album. Thanks for all your awesome content on both channels!
Thanks man, appreciate the support!
You're the man finn.
Super interesting and insightful! I love all the details you pay attention to and how efficiency oriented you are. I'm trying to get myself to this kind of mindset and help the rest of my bandmates and colleagues understand this as well.
Good luck getting musicians to care lol. My prayers are with you
Dude you've got more chance of a midget winning a high jump contest than getting your band mates to change their approach, I've played in bands for years and it doesn't work trying to change how people are (nor should it tbh, if someone is in a band for the fun of doing it then they shouldn't have to change their mindset because one member wants to be famous or vice versa if most members want to make a go of it they shouldn't be held back by one member who's happy playing the same home town venue to the same handful of people every gig) I'm sure finn did a video on this in the main channel, from what I remember the take away was to find people who have the same mindset as you and be in a band with them rather than trying to change the people you're with as it will just end in fall outs
Very interesting & awesome to hear this. Music is a passion of mine & there is many similarities between you & I in regards to music interests/genres. Need to look into this.
What you're saying makes sense to me mate, thanks for taking the plunge and daring to be a creative who explains how their job outside of UA-cam works rather than being another "hey guys, so today we're going to this place on this plane, woah look at this hotel, let's go check out the city!!" type bullshitter 👏
I get why you have such a negative viewpoint on that kind of content (I don’t like it either), but if that’s what their audience wants, what’s wrong with giving it to them? Some people like to live vicariously through others
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA fair point, I suppose if people are happy watching it theirs no reason it should stop being made
Great video! Really interesting to hear about what you do behind the scenes for Nail the Mix :D.
Thank you!
Love this!
I love your videos on both of your channels. I’d love to see a video on advice you’d give for someone at my age (32) with no relevant experience to get into marketing or change careers.
Will answer this!
This channel is way better
Mad inspiring yo.
Great video! I think you cant remove the human element in most operations jobs. It is simpler to think of of the input/output model but getting buy in to make changes is also necessary. You can have great ideas but if you are always alienating stakeholders its going to be harder to make those tweaks. I'm a workforce analyst and as much as I am a SME I am spending more time developing and maintaining relationships with other analysts, managers and business owners.
Well said! The most important input is always buy in from the right people
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA thanks for your reply! I know we don't always agree but I still value your input. Keep up the awesome work!!!
I tried learning code (Swift for iOS apps) and its A LOT harder than I was ever expecting. I’ve done a little bit of HTML stuff for websites for stuff I can’t do on like a Wix or Squarespace GUI, like inserting Google Analytics tracking and SEO stuff. Swift though is a whole new level. I had to come to the realization that I can’t do everything. Something I’ve refused to believe throughout a lot of my life is that I can’t do everything, and if I try I’ll be half-assed on everything and an expert in nothing. After a day of trying to code a watch app and failing miserably I’ve been at a crossroads or thinking whether it’s a pursuit that’s worth it to me, or should I just accept that this trade is worth understanding to a certain point, but being the expert of it could hinder my other pursuits too seriously. I think part of me stuck on “I want to do everything” but I know that’s not possible. Have you ever felt this way, and how did you deal with it if you have?
Yep! Focus is something we all have to come to terms with. Making software is hard which is why people make a lot of money doing it- don’t feel bad
Sick.
What CRM/dashboard are using? Does it integrate with your google ad analytics / ad buys traffic on FB and IG?
We use infusionsoft and no it doesn’t integrate all that
Nice echo. And wow, you're not uploading at 5am for once! Lol btw could you possibly make a video on how to start up your own business? Not sure how much you know about gig apps but I'm starting up a delivery app from the help of Dumpling. Would definitely appreciate it.
Focus less on the echo and more on the information. Focus is very important - don’t let yourself get distracted by shit that doesnt matter
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA Oh believe me man, I'm just giving you shit. I don't have much to say about the video since idk much about this type of topic. I am, however replaying most of the video since I couldn't really catch it all at first for some reason. Probably since I'm currently eating my lunch lol.
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA In short, this video was a bit out there for me. Not really understanding most of it.
Figured that might be the case, thank you!
Does that make me the director of operations for my podcast? I put "producer" on my linked in but let me know what title sums up my role best. Here is what I put.. incoming
My roles include:
All brand direction and design
Creating streamlined templates to easily teach other members how to perform different roles
Project Management
Social Media Upkeep
All Videography, Editing, & Color Correcting using Adobe Premiere
Photography and editing in Adobe Lightroom
Staging/ Set Preparation and lighting
Digital Marketing & Strategy
Motion Graphics
Printing & Production File Prep for all products
From James
Yep i think producer is the perfect title for you!
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA Awesome thanks Finn!
I'm 44 and right before this video i was wondering "wtf is the director of operations?"
Everything is a machine. I am a machine. And I make poo.
Hey finn you do bjj?
Yes sir
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA nice what belt?
Blue