How did you know?

[Cranbiz]

If only then would learn to eat wires.

Then MiM's would never work.

[Big Wallaby]

If only then would learn to eat wires.

Then MiM's would never work.

Don't you know it? And then, when I get guest complaints, I would tell the guest to not worry about it, they're just helping out.

[Shorty82]

I sometimes wonder how satisfying it would be to work behind the scenes (off-stage or whatever) in the IT department or something similar... I really would regret the lack of guest interaction, but at least I'd be using my degree. I can't deny that the whole salary thing does play a role in my thoughts on the matter.

That's the kind of thing I want to do. First I want to start out in some position where I work with guests but eventually I would move into an IT position.

You could get an IT role at Disney and work part-time on the weekends in a position where you work with guests. The engineer who led the Steam Trains tour I went on works for WDW driving trains on the weekend has his hobby, the rest of the week he works some "normal" job off-property, maybe you could do that.

[tacoboy]

It never crossed my mind that i would ever work at a theme park. They were the only place hiring in town and i figured "Why the hell not?!" It was either that or a CIT position at this dinky summer camp. Now a few years later every day I will have a moment where I think to myself "This is SO freakin COOL!"
This moment is usually followed by the entrance of an SG. :D:

[darph nader]

If only then would learn to eat wires.

Then MiM's would never work.

Could be worse.'Some-one' just (might) spill beer on the control box. :D:
(where is that by the way????)

[ktulu]

Could be worse.'Some-one' just (might) spill beer on the control box. :D:
(where is that by the way????)

Who would it be? We all know you won't waste beer. I can see it now, darph "spills" his beer, then starts sucking it out of the MiM box.

"Well, it survived the beer, but then this guest ripped it out with his hands and drank the beer. The good news is the box is completely dry..."

[EmptyCinema]

On this same note... anyone know if the Disney PIs (Professional Internships) are significantly better off than CP? (I've heard CP horror stories).

[SRT_GB]

I worked at DLR for 5 years while working on my degree in electrical engineering and the subsequent search for a job in that field. DLR was only meant to be a summer job between my high school graduation and my starting college. Then the summer job became a summer/holiday job, then summer/holiday/weekend for several years, then full time for several months before I left for greener pastures.

If you want to get your foot in the door and take up a front-line job like the rest of the fine CMs that post here, I say more power to you. Speaking from personal experience, I would caution you that, at least on the west coast, Disney does very little to promote career development from theme park operations into white collar jobs at Walt Disney Studios, Imagineering, etc. - if you want to transfer to that kind of job, you would have very little leverage as an existing Disney CM. The little "career development" that Disney tries to instill applies primarily to front-line theme park operations CMs "developing" into TPO managers.

As far as professional internships go, I did have a friend who interned for Radio Disney after getting his computer engineering degree, and that helped him land his current job with Walt Disney Internet Group.

I never discourage anyone from getting a job at Disney because everyone has different experiences when they work there. But I am skeptical of moving from TPO into a professional, technical field, based on the experience I had. I was basically treated like an outsider the whole time I was trying to move into a technical job, like my status as a Disney CM meant nothing.