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<blockquote data-quote="drew gandy" data-source="post: 97381" data-attributes="member: 880">Re: Money $$$$$Ha ha, nice play.&nbsp; But, I think there is an element of risk to those 3 positions that causes many to back away from trying. And also, the payoff for the employer of all three of your examples is pretty high.&nbsp; A good sound guy simply doesn&#039;t give that kind of return. I think you nailed it.&nbsp; It&#039;s this way all over society.&nbsp; It&#039;s simply simpler to invest in tangible equipment instead of the intangible of human resources.&nbsp; I&#039;ve finally come to the conclusion that the human mind is just too small to act rationally, especially on a society level.&nbsp; How about this angle?&nbsp; I think there is also a tendency of paying a premium for those services that you can&#039;t even begin to do yourself.&nbsp; There are many who will call a plumber or an electrician because they don&#039;t know anything about those trades or the work to be done.&nbsp; When it comes to sound, think of how many people have successfully hooked up their stereo systems at home so they think they could be the sound man if need be.&nbsp; They&#039;re hiring out of convenience.&nbsp; How many band leaders can run a sound mixer?&nbsp; Most of them think they can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drew gandy, post: 97381, member: 880"] Re: Money $$$$$ Ha ha, nice play. But, I think there is an element of risk to those 3 positions that causes many to back away from trying. And also, the payoff for the employer of all three of your examples is pretty high. A good sound guy simply doesn't give that kind of return. I think you nailed it. It's this way all over society. It's simply simpler to invest in tangible equipment instead of the intangible of human resources. I've finally come to the conclusion that the human mind is just too small to act rationally, especially on a society level. How about this angle? I think there is also a tendency of paying a premium for those services that you can't even begin to do yourself. There are many who will call a plumber or an electrician because they don't know anything about those trades or the work to be done. When it comes to sound, think of how many people have successfully hooked up their stereo systems at home so they think they could be the sound man if need be. They're hiring out of convenience. How many band leaders can run a sound mixer? Most of them think they can. [/QUOTE]

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