Another lesson I learned: short term profits create long term loses.
Back in 2006 I was excited to purchase my first-class music studio, all centered around a g5. I researched it for months. I read every Electronic Musician, Tape-Op, Mix Magazine, settled on a sequencer and then bought everything at once. I was hungry to work hard, and was excited or my future.
But I decided to save money by not going with the fastest processor, a non-networked printer, and few other things. The savings wasn’t dramatic, but I stayed within my means, and didn’t account for what would come.
4 years later, I have had numerous stuttering experiences on my desktop because it began to choke under the pressure. I can’t print pages from my laptop or phone because my printer isn’t network capable. With all the cables in my studio, I can’t purchase any bluetooth hardware, because I never opted for that feature.
The little money I saved years ago, wound up hurting me in the long run, especially these past few months.
When you have a startup company, everything is new, and everything is a learning experience. Growing older, I cut less corners. Sure, it’s important to stay within a budget, and be sensible and realistic – but be smart about it. It’s not worth nickel and diming every little thing., especially your career.
I’m more efficient than ever – and time is money. My new laptop has a 128gb solid state drive because I need speed, and think cloud computing it where things are headed anyway. My iPhone is a 32gb 3GS, and I’m so glad I didn’t get the 8gb model. I now have bluetooth, touchpads, and more. I now don’t sweat paying a little bit more for things, because it’s an investment in my career.
No one can predict the future, but I’ve learned it’s always smart to try and prepare for it.
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