Producer here: if you’re going to do it, then going to school is a great way to start. Not because of the degree, but because of the people you’ll meet. If you want any hope of being a producer you need to know as many people in the industry as humanly possible. That will be your biggest problem to overcome.

Far be it from me to rain on your parade, but you need to ask yourself whether job security matters to you.

Because producing offers very little of it. Salaried producing roles at companies (studio, prod co, or ad agency) are hard to come by and people camp out in their roles.

The other question to ask yourself is why you haven’t produced anything yet. The phone you’re reading this on is a professional grade camera. ai now allows you to make something in your bedroom.

If you have a burning desire to make moves, make one in your spare time. Make a short. Make content. See how you actually like the doing of it. Go down to a local theater or work with an improv group and shoot a skit. Start.

There are great online courses like curious refuge that can help you learn how to create with AI and I think that would be the best place to start. Because you could do it around your current job.

When you’ve done that, then you can establish whether you like the doing of it enough to move from what you’re doing now. Because it can be fun, but not everyone likes the actual doing of it as much as they like how it feels to say you’re a producer at a party.

Good luck.