Ask Adam Savage: How Scripted Was Shark Week?
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I'm 32 and going trough a career change, and having serious doubts about myself and the future.
You have NO idea how good this hit me. Just what I needed to hear from one of the people I most admire.
Thanks Adam.
You might have saved a life without even knowing it.
Thank you.
I’m 33 and back in college full time. I have no idea what I’m doing with my life and it’ll be alright.
You’ll figure it out and things will be alright.
Same. 32 next week, forced career change due to the pandemic.
30, going on 31. Same boat, I'm scared. Trust yourself and keep going, things will work out.
@@Richard_Nickerson
Congratulations on seeing it positively as a forced career change and not negatively as your career having been “derailed” (or some other defeatist phrase). With that attitude you will help make things work out for yourself as opportunities present themselves.
In my thirties I had to *change* from using computers to control manufacturing machinery when it all moved to Asia and go back to school on using them in business/finance. In my 50’s I sent myself to train on their use in The Cloud over the Internet. I reinvent myself as it reinvents itself.
30, between jobs, stuck living with parent, student debt. No hopes or aspirations and don't know what to do next. Good to know I'm not the only one feeling stuck or lost.
When we were being downsized we had a meeting where an upper lever manager explained that jobs were going to be eliminated and people would become redundant and have to be moved around and he said "Let us know what you would like to do, what department would you want to work in. You will be a more valuable employee if you are working at something you want to do rather than being forced into an arbitrary position." I told this to my wife and she asked me the same questions and I told her that I'd like to work in the computer center so she typed up a very nice letter to the boss outlining my preference and I submitted it on a Wednesday and the manager talked to me on Thursday and I was working in the computer center the following Monday. He said I was the only one who even bothered to follow up on his request so he moved me to the new position immediately.
Like Adam said "They can't read your mind!" So speaking up can only help. It didn't hurt that my wive gave great "letter!"
@@cycadaacolyte6349 Just wanted to reinforce the idea of "They can't read your mind!" It worked for me and it was a Win+Win. I had to put a whole career behind me and learn a new one. Ended up with a couple of certificates from UC Santa Cruz in Computer Administration and Programming plus 10 or more company schools so it worked out, up until I finally got downsized for good in 2001.
"Werner Herzog's Mythbusters" is something I would... _probably_ watch.
The "lyrical reality television" needs to exist.
I think they had enough of manipulative producers. Werner DELIBERATELY enraged the often irrational Klaus Kinski.
Herzog (slowly): “Myth. It is the lie that distinguishes us from the animals. They tell no stories. They have no presumptions of their importance. They are born, they live, they die. We tell ourselves that we will survive our own death, sometimes we believe it enough to embrace death willingly, even violently.”
Adam (perky): “That’s right and in today’s myth we’ll be testing if we can fully cook a chicken on an engine block!”
@@LowellMorgan bravo. That was simply outstanding
@@LowellMorgan Herzog (muses): "Chicken, an animal which came from the egg. Is it then not a great coincidence, both mutually shared and juxtaposed, that this experiment is the child of the mother myth of cooking an egg on a superheated bonnet? Where the juxtaposition is; the bonnet symbolizes the mother, the engine is under the bonnet, and thus is the child. The egg is the child, the chicken is the mother.
In the old myth, the mother kills the child, but in this experiment, the child will kill the mother.
But if the egg came first, shouldn't the chicken be the child?
Does the mother commit suicide indirectly?"
Adam (unfazed):" Alright, revving up the MotherFryer in 3.. 2.."
the mark rober squirrel obstacle course seemed less like reality tv than a lot of his other stuff. i saw it as more of an experiment in seeing what he could train squirrels to do, the narrative laid on top was just anthropomorphizing to make the characters relatable, and frankly a natural result of watching the same individuals for days on end.
All RUclips is reality tv… shows like big brother etc is “fake reality tv”.
This was really great to hear, especially at this moment in my life… I just turned 27 and I’ve been thinking about my job and what I want out of my career. Looking forwards to what’s next, to get more information. Thanks Adam!
question ive never heard answered before is: has there ever been a time where your creative side took over and you just went for it without considering how much is was going to cost? and if so, what was the biggest nightmare that came from ignoring the money?
sorry dude, no patreon money no answer.
@@DJHEADPHONENINJA yeah i know, but maybe a patron will read it and ask
@@DJHEADPHONENINJA who would listen to you an antivax flat earther 😆
Fantastic advise! I am 29 and just quit my job as a video editor at a news station because I couldn’t keep doing a job that wasn’t creative every day. So now I’m back to freelance and it feels amazing! I’m at a crossroads and it’s scary but in a good way. Thanks for your advice as it obviously resonates with me. :)
I love it that you enjoy Mark Rober. We have been watching his channel for awhile and love him too. The squirrel obstacle course is a favorite.
Dang... Was catching up on some tested that I missed recently and found this video.
This was released on my birthday.
I can not tell you how much I needed to hear this and just how much this means to me. I turned 51 the day this was released, and over the passed few years, some questionable career choices followed by covid has hit me hard. I have worked as a concept and comic artist my whole career, but where I stand right now, you'd be forgiven for not realising that.
But given the dramatic change in the creative landscape and what that means for creators, I decided to go back to my roots and work on my own creative projects, as there has just never been a better time.
This of course comes with a huge amount of concern and fear, especially at my age, given my situation, and the numerous imposter syndrome type concerns we all have.
Your advice for 30 year old you... wow. It really set me in a truly positive mindset, as it applies as much to me at 51 as me at 31. yes, there is a "time for making mistakes" difference, of course... but that doesn't change the core message.
You, and the work you do have always been an inspiration, but this... this meant something else, just when I was desperate for something else.
So thank you for the work you've done and for being so thoughtful, honest and open on this channel. I am sure I am not the only one, nor will I be the last person, who your work and advice has both helped considerably and inspired.
Love the advice. Starting to realize this as I’m 35.
I've been selectively binging certain videos from this channel over the past week or so which has inspired me to rewatch Mythbusters and I'm now finding how much I've missed Adam, Jamie, Tori, Kari, and Grant (RIP) since they ended the show. Just sitting here watching Adam talk about his career path and the anecdotes from the show makes me realize how much of a national treasure he is.
The advice portion of the show was very good. I'm Adam's age and at thirty, you've got plenty of time. At thirty I got into management and spent a decade doing that... But even then... Decided I was better tempered and just happier building and worked my way "down". Naturally, I looked at income and how to preserve that, but I became more individual contributor than manager (as an independent).
"going in the wrong direction" / "gathering information" really hit home for me!
I didn't know what kind of engineer I wanted to be and even just experiencing and ticking off disciplines I hated (electronic, systems, computing..) was really useful in pushing me in the right direction (Structural / Civil) !
The 3 dislikes are sharks that got punched by that robot.
I appreciate your life advice. After working a wide variety of jobs, I AM aware of which ones I enjoyed and which ones let me feel fulfilled. So the sooner you can pinpoint that, the sooner you can do the kind of work you like!
Wow the second half of this video was real talk.
Whether working for yourself or someone else, in short, if you want it go get it. Keep working and moving and you will end up where you want/are meant to be 💯
I'm glad you mentioned your advice for where to go next. As someone who's only about 3 months away from getting their Bachelor's degree, I think this is one of those points in life where many reasonable people ask themselves what the f**k they're doing and wondering if they've made a mistake. What job do you want to get when you leave? Where do you want to get it? Did you get the wrong degree to get there? While I know everything's gonna be just fine, there's always the part that makes you second guess all of your decisions.
Thank you for this! The line that will absolutely stick with me is "you have more time than you think, and you have time to recover from a decision that didn't work". Definitely needed to hear that second part.
You put an idea that I've had forming for a long time into words in this video for me. Thank you, sincerely, for helping straighten my thoughts!
I swear I've watched this live stream snippet 3 times in 3 different videos over the last year. But I still find it helpful and inspirational!
Heavens to Betsy. You are literally speaking to me, a middle school orchestra teacher. It is uncanny how exactly you describe my situation and experience and lived truth 95 percent of your entire advice to the new thirty something viewer. Thank you, Adam and team. Delightful!
“Just like a shark in the water, if you stop moving you die.”
Didn’t Mythbusters actually do this myth and find it false? Ah whatever the metaphor still works
Actually there are some sharks, like nurse sharks that are no obligatory ram ventilators, ie they don't have to keep moving to "breathe". Kyle Hill did a segment on this.
I think he meant like if the shark itself stops moving, thus not having water pushed through its gills and it suffocates.
some sharks will die when they stop moving, but not all species.
Did they really test if sharks had to keep moving? That seems like something marine biologists would have studied in dept already.
that seems kinda fucked to just kill a shark to test a metaphor
Hey Adam, the latter part of this video really hit close and I'm glad I'm hearing it at the point in my life that I am. Thanks for the eye-opening discussion!
The second half of this video could have been it’s own segment, I love hearing this kind of advice
This might be one of the best and most important prep talks adam has put on youtube.
Wonderful advice no matter your age! Love your work ethics!
Thankyou Adam. Your insight and experience with employment and adulting is a great gift you share with us. This video and others.
Thanks Adam, very cool!
I think this video was perfectly timed for me. Thanks, Adam.
The first four minutes felt like twelve. So much for mission in so little time.
That was amazing!
His advice for a 30 year old is something I needed when I was 23 but never tried to apply it until I was 38.
And honestly it's REALLY hard to apply that advice when you are pushing 40. Starting over just doesn't work out so well at that age.
most of the time, you don't need to start over from zero. Go somewhere adjecent, where you can take a part of your profile with you.
For 20 years, i did things adjecent to the job i originally learned and i gained tons of experience, now i'm back in my original field and it feels great, even if a lot of things changed.
Don't I know it.
That was some really good advise you gave about examining your job and seeing what you like and don't like. I'm 59 and have been working as a fabricator/welder/mechanic most of my life and I'm not real happy with my current job because its basically boring, not challenging at all. Yet current situation for me is that it provides income and doesn't interfere with other parts of my life. When I was younger I would have been off looking for new challenges. Keep moving like a shark!
The squirrel acting in Mark's production came across as very genuine.
As a software engineer I've heard countless career switches into computer science from something completely out of the blue. Of the developers I know: two from business, one from legal, and one from environmental studies immediately come to mind. If anyone's thinking about switching paths, know that there's fields like CS where it's extremely common. You're in good company.
Thanks again for your valued advice. I really needed to hear this message, even though I didn't know it before I tapped "play".
That bit about making sure that people know what your interests and hobbies you want to become a livelihood are, I can very much agree on that.
Sure, try to be able to talk about other things as well. That's just social courtesy. No-one likes the people can't think outside a sphere of interest. But make sure that people know that if someone needs a matte painter or carpenter or whatever you do, your name should be the first they think of mentioning.
The most fun gigs I have ever done came that way.
Hey Adam, this video hit me in good way. It helped. Thank you.
Thanks Adam, you are always so positive!
Hi man. cant wait to see your next project :)
Nice one Adam Fantastic advice!!
I remember getting Zoob with my kids meal at Denny's on the way to Disneyland in '97
"caveat it out the wazoo"
That is far more civil and articulate than my wazoo is ever able to manage!
Man thanks for this one
Point blank... "the job sucked and I didn't like it." That's a very candid statement... dig it!
At 30 I was a graphic designer and hated my job. I am now 32 and working towards a HND in design engineering and loving what I am doing.
Soooo glad I decided to switch career path!
Brilliant advice!
I really like that advice. I so much wish I had done so when I hit that crossroad in my early 30s. The only reason I did not was that at the time I was married to someone who declared, "you may only take new jobs if they pay more than the one you are leaving because I don't feel my life should have to be affected by yours." I spent far too many years in jobs where I was miserable for a paycheck which someone else spent rather than doing what would make me happy.
6 of August or 8 of June? When was the recording?
“That’s because I can’t shut up about things I’m interested in!”
Never before have I understood/felt a sentence so strongly.
Dan Tapster sounds like a legend every time he's brought up.
Adam, not sure if you've ever seen the Stuff Made Here channel, but I think you would really love it!
I really enjoyed this honest video thanks Adam
Great commentary for young men
Come for Shark Week. Stay for the profound life advice.
This was cool
So true in most fields. When I was just an engineer I was just doing engineering stuff. I loved it. As the years went by I was moved up the ladder. Happens if you are a very good engineer with basic social skills. Anyway…..as this happened I was doing less and less engineering myself. Eventually I was doing almost none of it….plus having to manage a ton of intelligent, quirky….sometimes difficult people. I began to realize I really didn’t like what I was doing. I left…took a job as an engineer with less pay….but not drastically less because of my experience. I loved doing that last job…plus less managing of people. I did become a mentor to a few folks and that was the icing on that cake. Don’t forget the reasons you got into your fields in the first place. That is often your passion and that’s what makes it worthwhile.
Now we need a full on Mark Rober/Adam Savage collaboration special on Discovery.
I really need to hear that sometimes, that even as you get older you still have time to change your direction if it doesn't work out.
Heck, everything with Jeremy Clarkson in it has fake narratives, but it's still entertaining....
That's not really true. You have bought into the caricature.
He is hilarious either way, though.
That's fair. Most tv personalities are payed to express others opinions as their own.
I never got into video game development because I didn't have quite enough money to move myself to California at the time. But I still wanted to do it. I've been hobby programming, developing my skill set. Who knows.
If people want a nice dive into scripting shows like Mythbusters I recommend "and on that bombshell" by Richard Porter the script editor for Top Gear
Will there be more One-Day Builds and Tool Tips? I miss them! :(
Soon! Stay tuned.
Can you tell us what toys you worked on from a designing point of view?
You're expensive? Shoot. I was hoping to hire you to build a life-size animatronic Jamie. I'm feeling a little unmotivated lately.
As a 30 year old mechanical engineering seeming to be going through these same things in my job/life, this is great advice to hear, and this video title should definitely be changed!
O wonder is Adam's ever worked with Beez, the "prop diva" from MST3K. I feel like they would have a blast together looking over some of the old shoestring budget props, sets, and puppets they've created over the decades.
The 2nd half of the video is actually real talk about life. Giving advice to people who's going through a career change or wants to work on something that's related to what they love to do.
Life can be unpredictable, if you don't have a path to follow. Whether it's the right or wrong path, you get to experience both and know what to do next along the way. There is no such rule about sticking to a job that is related to the degree you have. If you're very skilled with your hands and brain, don't be afraid to do something new and different.
Should be titled “Advice to 30 year old me” - which was the best bit about this Q&A. Probably wouldn’t seduce YT’s algorithm though!
Was just off to bed. Guess not for a while lol
Adam Savage's eu tenho uma grande admiração por você, tô sempre te acompanhado aqui do Brasil,. Meu nome é Tallyson Luis 😎
I'm waiting for the video in which someone rings the door bell and adam rips them a new one. 😂
"There's grades of reality."
Multiverse --> Confirmed.
An easy explanation on squirrel obstacles course "not saying 1 is better than the other" is more "this is valid and so is this". Adam would be more "squirrel 3 is the superior squirrel clearing 7 out of 13 objectives..." than "they cleared it!" Like he was
We are talking about the TV show 😃📺
what happened to the subtitles?
How was your episode on cabin fever go?
Adam, one thing I'm dead certain of is that if *you* were to film the construction and results of a squirrel obstacle course, you would manage to do it without peppering it with "LOL women, amirite?" jokes.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm expensive..."
You *should* be expensive :)
this should be played at every high school graduation....
Life is a road of trial and error. If you stop driving then you'll never get to where you're supposed to be. There are going to be potholes, and bumps, and maybe a fender bender or two, but in the end the ride is beautiful and worth whatever it takes. It's a journey with no real destination, and that's alright. Really, it's not the destination that matters the most anyways, cuz that's hand crafted as you experience everything around you. It's the experiences, information, and skills you gained along the way, and how you used them, which got you where you are and will get you where you're going. Life is beautiful and enjoyable, but you can't just be "waiting to get there" because wherever there is, is defined by the road you chose to drive. You're the driver, and there are plenty of roads. You got this
Petition to get Adam to wear a "I'm a luxury few can afford" shirt on a video.
You need to do something with Mark Rober
What Adam says is sage advice. At 30 you have time... But don’t waste it. Go forward, make mistakes early so you have time to fix them.
That’s why Mythbuster has a cult following because of whatever mayhem outcome of the show.. love it
It just hit me - the self promotion bump they always tack on at the end where he pitches being a Tested member or some item or merch.
It sounds exactly like PBS during a pledge drive.
So will you be getting back to showing us how you make cool stuff anytime soon?🤔🛠🙏😢
Yes, not to worry, there are some One Day Builds coming. Adam has been traveling and working on a huge build we can’t roll out until later this year. Stay tuned.
04:18 Did Mr. Savage said “have been married for a few years”? I always thought Mr. Savage married after the show aired.
That last part should have been a little bit longer. He's expensive! Know your worth and settle for nothing less, people will pay you what you want, but you have to be able to fulfill.
The problem is not the fake narratives, after all fantasy is my absolute favorite genre. Everything from steam punk to high fantasy. The problem is that allot of reality TV advertise fake narratives as the hole truth and nothing but the truth.
"So nobody ever told us like 'well you got to say it this way...'" They'll just stop you all together like they did with Amex...
I thought it was James Gunn at the thumbnail
If in had the money I would commission so much from Adam
It's interesting that Adam feels Mark Rober's squirrel videos are very different from the way he would do things. On the contrary, I watch Mark's videos and constantly see the similarities between Mythbusters and what he does
That's why I don't think of Mythbusters as a reality show even though it is one
So the script is like a lab procedure?
I've bid on a few jobs, but I haven't got them (because I'm expensive)😂🤣😂🤣👍
👍😁
TIL Adam worked for the Shark Punching Center.
Please make a squirrel maze that the squirrels can't solve