Max

"it's a whole bunch of things that looking back on, it seemed obvious, but at the time they weren't obvious."

"my main responsibilities is really the same responsibilities of anybody that's running a, a small business or running their own business."

"I get to make my own schedule."

"You're going to make mistakes, and that's okay. Learn from them, and ask for feedback from others doing similar work."

"if something happens and it's bad, it's my fault. But at the same time, if it goes well, that's also my fault in a good way."

"The biggest challenge is just there's so many things to keep track of."

"It's a creative industry and there are technical things that you have to learn and business things that you have to understand. But at the core of it, you're creative."

"People who typically thrive in this industry are people who combine some key characteristics: creativity, self-reliance, and a sense of working on a long-term goal."

"I wish somebody had told me...you have to be kind of brace yourself to deal with failure."

"I wanna be useful. I can do camera work for you. Teach me how to edit and then I'll edit for you. Make yourself useful to somebody that's already successful and learn."

"Not being too sensitive when it comes to criticism, and actually instead embracing criticism."

"So I would say don't stress too much about what you are studying. I would say the thing you wanna focus on is how you study and how you learn."