Wow...what a thread...i agree with the age limit...up to an extent. I have been a worker since the age of 15, 6 years now. Yes it all came from publicity of being the youngest member to join the PMC etc, and being the youngest winner of their close up competition, but as stated, there are exceptions. At 9 days now shy of being 21, i have released quite a bit of Magic already...'Bright Ideas DVD, Impervious DVD, Thought of Cards Across project, MindPlay, Collection of Card Magic, and though un-released main stream, my lecture notes 'A Lecture in Wonderland'. All of which has received nothing but praise from fellow workers and professionals. I am one of the fortunate people to just keep being in the right place at the right time, and get more work than most Magicians do, still at my young age, so i do disagree on some level with the age factor.
If you are good enough, people will book you, regardless of your age. That will give you experience etc which counts more than anything. Some people might have been in Magic for 30 years...and only done about 5 or 6 gigs in that entire time, and that is thanks to family and friends help. Yet they are still not in a position to lecture to people etc. Now, lecture notes are for that...lectures. Don't write lecture notes if you aren't going to lecture. And trust me, if you are young, it is very hard to lecture...why? Because pros go to lectures to see if they can learn anything, and if you aren't as experienced as them, or enough for their liking, they won't enjoy the lecture. I only started lecturing this year, and got glowing feedbacks on other forums from the lecture...why was it enjoyable to them? As i am experienced enough to be able to teach them SOMETHING they didnt think of before, or i just helped them in some way.
So i agree with most of your post Justin, as i think most people do, but fair play for posting it
