# Ep. 302: Why Most People Quit Voice Acting in the First Year

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Podcast: [A VO's Journey: Voiceover and more voice over](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-vo-s-journey-voiceover-and-more-voice-over-743453)
Published: 2026-09-21T12:43:41+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Why do so many voice actors quit after their first year? In this episode I get into the three reasons I see most, and what you can do about each one. These are my personal opinions, and they're the reasons I built everything we do at VO Journey Academy the way I did. (01:56) The first reason is that they don't get work. Setting up your studio and learning your DAW can take a year on its own. Then it depends on where you train, because some places tell you to train for years b...

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