Odds of getting hired as director of photography for a feature film?

I have been interested in film ever since I was 10 years old or so. I was wondering what you think the odds of getting hired as the director of photography for an average feature film, such as a film like “The Hangover” or “The Proposal” or something that isn’t a multi-million dollar budget. Here are the circumstances:

Director of photography for several independent short films entered in film festivals, starting at age 15 up to present (24 years old).
Director of photography for several commercials, starting at small commercials for friend’s websites to bigger commercials for corporations.
Director of photography for 6 years in a corporation filming training videos under contract for other corporations such as Sears, Samsung, etc.
Director of photography for independent feature films entered in film festivals.
B.A. in Film/Cinematography and M.A. in Film/Cinematography
Director of photography in multiple student films in college.
Currently a freelance director of photography for commercials and movies.

Experience concerning cameras:
Digital amateur 8mm tape cameras (such as Sony HVR-Z1U)
16mm film cameras
35mm film cameras
Digital 35mm cameras
Digital professional cameras (such as Sony CineAlta F35)
Camera support, tripods, etc.
Matteboxes
All lenses
All filters
Basically, everything about cameras.

What do you think?

Answer by mike1942f
Better than most of the people who ask this kind of question on YA.
But I would point out that relatively few feature films are made and many of those are made by director/director of photography partners that have made films together before. I would guess that to get hired at that level, you probably have to work as assistant to someone and get noticed.
Or you could do the trick my father did in a completely different field: do a documentary about directors of photography and ask them the path they took and show clips of successive films they worked on and use the contacts to get noticed. (He was hired in the late 30′s to do a survey of industrial training programs for workers and supervisors and when done and published was offered jobs with several large firms taking one with General Motors during the war and after and then R.R.Donnelley in the 50′s rising to VP of Training.

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Answer by Izzle
Probably not….sorry

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