I am weighing going to the Maine Media Workshops Production Sound Mixing workshop and I have to decide pretty quick. I’ve had some experience with the typical ENG boom/mixer/lav setup…I think I could probably jump in and get a satisfactory job done, but I’d really like to understand and be a problem solver. One of the biggest factors is that it is going to cost me between tuition, room and board, and travel over $3000 to go. I have good reviews about the instructors and the institution, what I am trying to get a pulse on is the typical "boom guy" market these days. I know that it is somewhat not as lucrative as it had been in the past…but are we down to warm bodies running the gear or is it more set up for specialists who really understand how to do things? If you had someone call you and say that they had the gear, some experience, and had been to the workshops, would that sway you towards giving them a shot?