I've replied to enough "your-dad-said-you-work-in-film-what-should-i-do-now?" e-mails that I got tired of it and decided to write the response to end all responses. It seemed relevant to SRF, and also in part inspired by what you do on your site. So here's the link, do with it what you will...
I will link to it. Here it is: Starting Out in Film, Now What?