Some time ago, my boss called me and asked if I could send the same EVS operators for the next and current season — for a motorsport job.

And yes… that’s exactly what it meant: I’m not going — they are.

And honestly? That’s one of the best things I could have heard.

These are my guys. I helped shape them, I felt responsible for them, and their success is, in a way, my success too. Some people would think, “Oh my God, they stole my jobs.” No — it’s the opposite. That’s what I want. That’s what we want at the University of Television: to see our people growing, becoming stronger than us, becoming efficient and trusted.

Because what’s the point of training if you’re scared your student might become better than you?

Let’s face it: the best thing that can happen is that your student becomes better than you. That’s why we train. We want our kids to be better than us — that’s why we teach them, right?

If you teach with fear — if you need someone to stay below you — you won’t be a good teacher. Just stop.

So when I hear: “They’re so good we want them again,” I don’t care whether I’m going or not. I care that they’re getting the jobs and that I helped them get there. That’s an amazing feeling, and it’s one of the best lessons I’ve learned recently.

And there’s another message I received some time ago that really explains why teaching matters:

“Piotr, I had to leave a big company. You were the only one who gave me a chance and showed me how EVS works, because nobody else wanted to. I just want to tell you: thanks to you, I am who I am. Now I can put butter on my bread, pay my bills, live, and work as an EVS operator. You were the only one who taught me, and I’ll never forget it.”

A short message like that can make your whole life better — and make you proud in the right way.

So first: don’t fear someone becoming better than you. It’s incredible to be surrounded by people who are stronger than you — you can learn from them too. And real professionalism — real maturity — is being able to say: “Yes, someone is better than me,” and genuinely enjoying being around people who are wiser or faster.

To all my students: keep going. Be as good as you possibly can.

To all my mentors: thank you for giving me chances and showing me the world one more time.

And a special thank-you to my best mentor, Theo van der Laan (Netherlands). His patience — and his belief in my potential — helped me unfold my wings.

And by the way — if you love editorial suites and EVS engineering, this is exactly where it gets exciting. Theo and BH MEDIA.nl are the kind of team that doesn’t just “bring edit stations.” They build full editorial setups, connect them directly into EVS workflows, and deploy them into the big broadcast infrastructure behind the biggest events in the world.

So whenever you need a crew of broadcast experts who can set up edit workstations anywhere — from the desert of Saudi Arabia to the streets of Tokyo — and integrate them into a large EVS environment that’s also rigged, tested, and fully prepared by them… check out BH Media NL. They’re doing genuinely cool work — and they make complex workflows feel effortless.

Link here: https://www.bhmedia.nl/