Just got to thinking how much I hate my job and how much more I hate working for the man. Overworked, underpaid, exhausted, and most of all taking me away from precious dj'ing time! I know I can't be the only one so I wanted to see what everybody else does (or used to do) for a living. My story was that I used to be a professional poker player for a solid four years, and at the time I was living the dream. I worked from home, made my own schedule, took a ton of vacations, traveled, was my own boss, challenged myself, supported myself, and made great money doing it. Alot more than I ever could have imagined with only a HS degree, being a prior restaurant employee, and making more money than friends and family members working their tails off. I thought I had it made and would do that for the rest of my life. Just cruising along, living the good life. But long story short... I was young and naive. I got tired and bored with it which eventually lead me into "early retirement." Eventually I ended up moving back home and having to get a real job. Needless to say I hate it Just looking and keeping my eyes open to make my next move now "if your not living your own dream, then your living in someone elses"
I work in IT, a bit dull sometimes but with laptops involved in DJing and production now it means I can usually get a computer working again and when I can't I know which part(s) need replacing.
Currently working as an architect. Hours are long and the pay is not nearly as high as most people think it is. DJing keeps me sane.
Senate Office during the week, Patagonia on the weekends. Probably the only person on the Hill that listens to Laidback Luke, Diplo and Adventure Club Dubstep at my desk. Like Fizzle, DJing and EDM keep me sane.
I work for a local office of a National non-profit. I run recreational athletic leagues and events. It's actually kind of a cool job and it has some travel perks. It does lack a little in the compensation area, and can be incredibly political at times. I'm currently finishing up grad-school and hope to make the jump out of NP and into the private sector. My co-workers have no idea what I listen to or mix.
Student, hoping to become an English or Music teacher at a High School level. I'm going to a community college right now and working at a fabric store. Retail sucks. I hope that in time I can get some regular gigs and quit.
Dude a lot of you guys have sick jobs! Makes me proud to be a member of the DTT community! I'm studying law with my goal to go in to entertainment and copyright law. I wanna try and sort out the whole "wild west" idea of the digital realm and try to get everybody (artists, copyright holders, managers, labels, Distributors) paid while still not stifling the creativity that the digital realm has given us. These are exciting crazy times and I want a piece of it!
I'm a neonglassbender & electric signmaker in The Netherlands. I have a small company since 1986. Here under you find a video. You can see whats my profession is all about & how Neon is made. (It took me 6 years to learn & master the craft of bending neontubes) The difference between U.S.A neon & neon produced in The Netherlands ; In this movie you can see how they make the neon in U.S.A.The difference in the Netherlands is that we, (i'm one of the approx. 35 neon glassblowingers still out there in The Netherlands), make neontubes from Soda/lime glass (laboratory glass) In the U.S.A with lead glass (what is easier to bend), the hollow glass tubes you see used in the movie, is equipped with an internal coating of phosphor powder (for colors).In the U.S.A, they work up to 15 mm diameter neon. In The Netherlands is a tube diameter of 17/18 mm common for neon signs. How more glassdiameters, the more craftsmanship it takes to get the glass to be able to bend.If the hollow glass tube is bend in its form, we provide an internal phosphorus coating. (neonsuspension developed by Phillips). As in the U.S.A (and all other countries) who work with precoated tubes, you can understand, if that tube e.g. on that spot to make a bend that is heated, that internal coating is going to be locally thinner, resulting in "bright spots" in the bends. A layman sees not this inperfection, he sees the neon lighted up and finds it beautiful. Neon's in e.g. Las Vegas are being replaced every 5 years, while Dutch neon in practice more than 20 years can work. And then after that amount of time we can "recondition" the orginal neonglass. (transfer with new noble gas, a new phosphorus coating, new electrodes) "NEON" An old technique that consists of more than 100 years. First commercially applied & perfected by Georges Claude in 1910. The term "neon" is somewhat misleading because not all tubes are filled with this noble gas.Neon-gas for the red light radiating colors, and Argon-gas with 1 drop of mercury for the other colors. BENDING: A hollow tube (laboratory glass), one side a stopcork in there. At the place where the bend should come, I mark it with chalk or soft pencil. Preheat the piece of glass using a natural gas/compressed air glass burner, till ca 1500 degrees Celsius. (glass led very bad heat, so therefore I can still hold the glasstube. Every time I blow a little air into the tube, a little bit during the bending, so the wall thickness of the glass in the bend stays equal with the rest of the tube. If the bending of the glasstube is done, the innerside the neon glass tube, will be flushed, two times with Acetone (to clear out all moisture particles,left from blowing a little air into the tubes,while bending it) POWDERING with fluoricents; Following the light color that the customer wants, the neon glass system, we provide the neontube of a internal phosphorus coating. (neon suspension, developed by Phillips) A transparent glass tube filled with neongas gives an orange like light, a transparent glass tube filled with argongas (with a drop of mercury) gives a silvery blue/light. After that treatment the neontubes are heated in the oven for one night, so all impurifications & "tensions" in the glass will be removed. Following step is melting on the (leadglass) electrodes (connection points for the cables) to the neonsystem. FILLING with noble gas: To one side the glass system is an electrode with a thin glasstube on it, it will be connected to the vacuumpump (manifold). First, the neontubes are pre pumped (to allow all air out of it), then in highvacuum, where the noble gas under high vacuum is pumped into. Finally, after "bombarding" (electrons surge) of 12000 Volts it, to activate the electrodes.After that, the connection with the highvacuum pump wiil be shut off with a small flame. The finished neonsign is lighted for 24 hours for testing, Where appropriate, the return bends is painted black with a special "block out paint". What the most people don't know, is the fact that neon can be dimmed also, at the 220 Volts (primairy) side of the neon transformer (works only with argon filled neontubes) Neon can last a very long time (in practice for decades), and also more energy efficient than other souces of electic lights. A tenth of the energycosts compared to traditional lighting souces. (also more economical & durable as a LED) Neon has proved itselves more than 100 years !
