Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Where do you work? (Non-Film)

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Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 01-17-2005, 11:50 AM:

This is for people who do not work in the film industry to let everyone know where you work.

I work in customer service for a company called WhiteFence
WhiteFence is an on-line utilities service which allows residents across the U.S. to set up their utilities on-line rather than having to call up each provider individually and wait on hold to place their orders.

I work in customer service helping people out with problems with the site (mostly resetting their passwords that the have forgotten).

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-17-2005, 12:26 PM:

My day job is at a Carquest auto parts store where I am a combination office manager and (when needed) counterperson. Basically I do what needs doing. It's a family business, we've had it for over 40 years. My dad is the best parts man in this state, if not the country.

We also have a music department where we sell car stereo, CDs and accessories.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-17-2005, 12:34 PM:

I teach and tutor part-time at Community College of Southern Nevada. This will be my fourth semester teaching various courses in the school's A.A.S. Aviation Technology degree program. Previously I taught Beginning Conversational Japanese for four semesters in the International Languages Department. I continue to tutor first- and second-year Japanese language students whenever requested.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-17-2005, 01:01 PM:

Most recently I am a Video Editor/DVD Author (not web designer) for Montano Solaria.

Posted by Roger Manning Jr (Member # 1560) on 01-17-2005, 01:12 PM:

I work for myself I am a finish carpenter & cabinet maker.
Kitchen cabinets, Crown moulding, I have done some home theaters
I'm getting close to finishing my own.
Roger

Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 01-17-2005, 04:22 PM:

If I'm not wrestling one of the projectors at my theater, I work at a mom and pop indie record/cd store. I've worked there for almost 6 years now and love it (minus some of the customers). Nothing like getting free movies and music! If you need to know anything about music, I can probably answer it. [Smile]

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 01-17-2005, 04:39 PM:

I work for Croydon College as an I.T. Technician. I've been there for fifteen years this month. Until about a year ago I looked after the curriculum network along with three others, two of whom had served longer than me. Due to a restructurng of our department I now have a new job title, I'm now supposed to call myself a Network Analyst, which is silly, because my job doesn't involve analysing networks. I still work in a team of four, but dfferent people; the people I worked with previously now operate the helpdesk, while I am part of the network team, hidden away out of sight. There are about 16 people in our department; the exact number depends on who you include. We look after about 2000 computers, thirty something servers, several hundred printers, and various other odds and ends.

Before that I worked as an audio-visual technician for another fifteen years.

I've done occasional projection work at various places, most recently here

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-17-2005, 04:56 PM:

I can verify Professor Paul's post. He invited me to guest-lecture at one of his classes a couple of years ago. I presented a PowerPoint presentation with slides and 16mm films on the finer points of oral sex. I mean, the class description said it was an oral speech class... how was I to know?

He's not invited me back since.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-17-2005, 07:03 PM:

quote: Mike Blakesley
My dad is the best parts man in this state, if not the country.

Ok Mike, I need a propeller shaft seal and new propellor for a 1961 Amphicar...... [Wink]

Mark

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-17-2005, 07:30 PM:

I do system and network administration for a small software company. We have about fifty users and a wide range of hardware and software platforms (Sun, HP, SGI, AIX, Win32). It's a fun job and the company has a successful niche product. I've done the same sort of work with several other companies in the networking business, most of which are now (in some cases deservedly) defunct. Such is life.

Film stuff is a hobby for me. I usually end up doing 1-2 shows per month. I usually get the sort of jobs that no one else wants--one-off shows in unusual venues. For the most part, I don't actively seek out the work--it usually seems to find me. In general, it works out nicely and the films are generally interesting.

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 01-17-2005, 08:09 PM:

During the day, I'm the senior network engineer at Brandywine Senior Care. We're a chain of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. With 20 sites on a wide area network with two Internet connections - one in PA and one in NJ, we're pretty advanced technologically for our industry. We run mostly Novell and Linux stuff for our network.

Part of my responsibilities includes designing web based applications, which makes my job really interesting. Our latest project was to design a site where our nurses could login from home and bid on shifts at our various facilities. It works a lot like ebay, and we've built it completely from scratch. It's a lot of fun, and quite challenging.

Oh, and I have a pretty nice office too. [Cool]

Posted by John Hegel (Member # 628) on 01-17-2005, 08:37 PM:

I work at Lund Food Holding, the parent company of Byerlys and Lunds grocery stores. www.byerlys.com

Our facility is currently changing in the direction of becoming a national vendor. In the future some of you may see our "famous" wild rice soup, or apple pies on your store shelves.

I work in the maintenance department, which some days is just about as much fun as you can have wearing a hair-net.

In the future I would like own a movie theater as a hobby/job.

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 01-18-2005, 12:32 AM:

I gave up the night life of movie theater in exchange for working for a LARGE MULTINATIONAL MULTIBILLION DOLLAR company.

Company policy prevents me from discussing publicly who I work for, however it would be safe to say that most people know who the hell it is. They just don't want people out there speaking thier mind as if that is what our LARGE MULTINATIONAL MULTIBILLION DOLLAR company stands for.

While our company deals mostly in plastic, we also move large amounts of cash around the world, and you would never want to leave home without it.

I spend my days there deciding who gets what we have and who doesn't. It requires a great amount of analytical thought process and pretty good judgement. One slip and someone gets out the door with 50 grand and it's hanging time around the office.

I love it, but would rather run my own theater. Maybe some day, but for now I must work days so I can be there for my daughter.

Ciao baby

Dave

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 01-18-2005, 06:37 AM:

Working at Rent-A-Center for nearly 2 years now. I'm an accounts manager. If you rent it, and dont pay for it, I will be visiting you. Thats a promise.

I've not had time to run any film, except at Halloween, in almost a year. I dont like that.

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 01-18-2005, 07:24 AM:

quote: Dave Williams
While our company deals mostly in plastic, we also move large amounts of cash around the world, and you would never want to leave home without it.

Hey, I used to work for them!

Now I work as a government contractor at the Army Depot here. Cant discuss what exactly I do, but I can sum it up.. [sleep]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 01-19-2005, 03:13 AM:

I'm a British secret agent with a license to kill. Oh SHIT! Now I have to kill you all!

AJG

Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 01-19-2005, 07:32 PM:

Like Paul and Stephen, I'm also in academia as an adjunct instructor of Social Science and Humanities at Butler County Community College in Butler, Pennsylvania. Since being employed in 1998, I do most of my teaching at an off-campus facility called the Lawrence County Learning Center or the LCLC.

Classes I've taught include:
Introduction to Geography
Early American History
Recent American History
20th Century World History
American Involvement in Vietnam
American National Government

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-20-2005, 02:55 AM:

Not much of a job lately... but I guess it's the only thing thats close to a job right now. Flashlight 21 Productions and Refinne Productions.

I started Flashlight 21 about five years ago and Refinne started around 3 years ago. Flashlight 21 Productions is a company, in the creation, production, distribution, and marketing forms of...
video movies, music, artwork, and actors/actresses who are represented by this company.

Refinne Productions is the "sister company" of Flashlight 21. It is centered around the publication of written works; screenplays, stageplays, song lyrics, poems, and books. Which will all be published through the Internet from it's website(still in the works).

There's not much that has been going on with this company lately. Due to the fact that no one really knows about it and me being lazy [Big Grin]

[ 02-17-2005, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: Jennifer Pan ]

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 01-21-2005, 12:20 AM:

During the day, I work as a CAD Technician (Computer Draftsman) for a local Environmental Consulting Engineering firm in Nashville. As of this past November, I've been with the firm for 15 years. I enjoy what I do when it's challenging, but when it's repetative, it's boring as hell. I design and draw Water and Sewage Treatment Plants, Water Storage Tanks, and various types of pumping stations.

During my theatre's operating season, I leave the office in Nashville at 4:30 in the afternoon(M-F), and then work at the drive-in from 5:30p.m. - 12:00a.m. ...7 nights a week.

Although the day job is about as steady as it can be, I have found it VERY difficult to separate my "drive-in stuff" during my hours at the office, almost to the point where it costs me my job. My wife and I are seriously considering me leaving the "day job" in May, and focusing all of my time at the drive-in. It's hard to give up an almost sure thing, especially when it provides the sole household income and feeds the kids, but I almost feel it necessary to ensure the success and profitability of our theatre.

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 02-14-2005, 08:50 PM:

By day, I go to school at Minnesota State Community and Technical College, working twords a degree in communication electronics. This in itself, is a full time job.

Somewhere in there I also work projection at the Fargo, work as assistant engineer for 7 radio stations, and (volunteer, sortof) as chief engineer of KNDS-LP, a 100 watt FM station on the campus of NDSU. I didnt exactly expect to have to climb the 138' tower on top of Ladd hall and hang an ERI rototiller at the top. So I guess I can also include tower climbing on my list of qualifications [Razz]

As for commercial radio, I recently installed a harris 1KW solid state am transmitter for KBMW in wahpeton, ND. Pics here .

Josh

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 02-14-2005, 09:37 PM:

My day job is senior designer for a large sign manufacturing company that services most of Oklahoma and parts of North Texas and even areas into Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado. I handle much of the bigger electrical sign projects while others in our studio handle the "fast signs" work (banners, window graphics, etc.).

I also do freelance graphic design work, but nothing sign related as that would be an obvious conflict of interest. Much of my freelance work is print-oriented. I usually avoid doing web graphics projects for a variety of reasons, the main one being there's usually not enough money in it to be worth the time.

I'd like to be doing more in the video motion-graphics area. But I think I'm going to wind up doing more of that with my day job in creating content for color LED video message centers than anything freelance related.

Posted by Adam Fraser (Member # 1074) on 02-14-2005, 10:37 PM:

I work at our family furniture store Thurs, Fri, Sat 10-5 that is located across the parking lot from our theatre. It is enjoyable most of the time. My tasks there include anything from assembling furniture, repairing broken stuff, selling furniture to taking out the trash.

At 5 I walk over to the theatre where I work 5 nights a week in the off season and 7 nights a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Also, this past year I got my motorcycle mechanic license and work on motorcycles, ATV's and snowmobiles in my spare time out of my garage.

Usually amounts to 35-45 hours a week in the off season and 75-85 hours a week in the summer as we have no employees outside the immediate family and our partner in our businesses.

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 02-16-2005, 12:22 AM:

My day job is working as a Desk Side Support anaylist for the State of Texas Health and Human Services Commission formally known as Dept of Human Services.

I curently Moonlight at Landmarks Dobie Theatre in Austin as thier only projectionist.

Posted by Don Cross (Member # 2980) on 02-16-2005, 02:19 AM:

Almost time to relocate again.

Next year I'll be doing Masters work at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Very few people are able to have any type of job there while going to school; kind of an unwritten policy. I guess it means that officially I won't be working for a few years.

Then theres always the chance that I'll basically get drafted- no joke. Even though I'm almost forty years old quite a few people I've served with have actually been recalled to duty. Strange that they don't refer to it as a draft. Besides the close quarters combat one of the more difficult aspects of the job is that theres all kinds of people who have been called up to duty and had to give up their regular day jobs while serving.

The problem with that is: how is the "average person" who makes in excess of 36k a year (minimum), now sopposed to pay the bills while making a third of that while in the military. Many soldiers are coming home to discover that their house is on the borderline of being sold at a Sherriffs sale, that the cars about repo'd, and that their credit is effectively killed for the next seven to ten years.

Then there are those soldiers that are maiking around 10k, who are assigned to guard the civilians which literally make well over TEN TIMES that amount.

Another factor is: hows one supposed to care for their child while serving??

Oh well it could be worse. I'll have to without about making any more opinions about the war in Iraq, and also the war on terrorism- not to be confused with each other.

Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 02-16-2005, 05:17 AM:

quote: William T. Parr
I curently Moonlight at Landmarks Dobie Theatre in Austin as thier only projectionist.

william, is dan still the manager? give him a wet kiss on the lips for me, will ya? he used to manage a theater 2 blocks from mine.

carl

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 02-16-2005, 11:56 PM:

quote: Carl Martin
william, is dan still the manager? give him a wet kiss on the lips for me, will ya? he used to manage a theater 2 blocks from mine.

Yes Carl Dan Cofer from the Acts 1 and 2 is still managing I will tell him you said hello.

Posted by Don Cross (Member # 2980) on 02-17-2005, 12:05 AM:

Barry,

Noticed you post earlier about your career profession; would you happen to have any experience with programs such as ARC-GIS??

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-17-2005, 01:56 AM:

I'm a trucker.

I've got a big one.

I'm so ashamed.

Posted by Mike Fitzgerald (Member # 1304) on 02-17-2005, 05:55 AM:

I currently am a camera repair tech on the B&W and color cameras in the Nuclear industry. THe cameras I repair are used for inspections of the inner working of a nuclear reactor. Checking to make sure that all the welds and pumps are in good shape and no cracks or breaks, I work on a bench that is set up for me on the refuel floor which is right on the top of the reactor. It takes a while to get used to repairing cameras that are small to begin with and then to do it all in protective clothing and cloth gloves and surgical gloves over that. It is a interesting job,

Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 02-17-2005, 08:02 AM:

From 3:00 am - about 8-9am I load trucks for FedEx....any time after that and sometimes during that time the Goodrich Cadillac 5 owns me. My life pretty much revalves around that place.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-17-2005, 11:33 AM:

quote: Jennifer Pan
Which will all be publicated through the Internet from it's website(still in the works).

OH, JEN!! Sorry, I can't let this one go.

I'd be reticent to contract a publisher who doesn't have a firm grasp of the English language. My dear, there is no such word as "publicated". The proper word is published. [Wink]

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 02-17-2005, 09:02 PM:

Outside of the theatre, I work for a Property Management Company. We specialize in Homeowner Association Management, including COA'S, POA'S, and HOA's. This is turning into a second career, one that, more likely than not, provide to be more rewarding, both personally and financially, than the current theatre scene.

In addition to the above, I also do contract driving for promotional events for the development company my wife is employed by.

I also attempted to accept a position assembling standees for all local theatres, including my own, for a company out of California, but quickly realized that this simply was not feasible given my already tight schedule.

I also make a very decent attempt to be an ass whenever I can.. [Cool]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-17-2005, 10:20 PM:

quote: Jason Black
I also make a very decent attempt to be an ass whenever I can..

Gosh Jason, I thought that was your life's calling. You sure do a great job at it!

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 02-17-2005, 10:40 PM:

Phil,

Your accolades are heart warming, well written, and carefully thought out, as are all your posts.

NOT.

[Smile]

Posted by John Westlund (Member # 913) on 02-17-2005, 10:54 PM:

Don,
I have used ARC-GIS, I don't have too much experience but if you need something give me a shout.

Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 02-18-2005, 01:15 AM:

Hello again---

It has been sooooo long since I logged on here at Film Tech because of the time I am spending with my 86 year old mother at her nursing home when I am not on a photo assignment.

For those of you who do not know me, I am a professional photographer who has been in business for forty years. Although I am still available for assignments, I am no longer doing high volume work anymore. Most of my work is limited to high school senior and family portraits as well as fitness photography. If you would like to see examples of my work, here is a direct link to my web site----
http://www.claudesphoto.com

-Claude

Posted by Pete Wolla (Member # 1581) on 02-18-2005, 01:27 AM:

Run an oil well service rig. Repair old wells complete new wells. Keep american oil flowing. Used to do rotary drilling which was all shift work and involved lots of travel over bad roads. This is day work and a company truck.
Volenteer at the local theater to help keeep it open.It was closed for a year after the owner died.

Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 02-18-2005, 10:15 AM:

Product Specialist @ CircuitCity (I sell TVs, Home Theatre, and Camcorders)

Projectionist / AV Staff @ the FSU Student Life Cinema
FSU Student Life Cinema

Student @ Florida State

Posted by Thomas Dieter (Member # 2507) on 02-19-2005, 07:53 PM:

Well, I just landed another job at another movie theatre *subrun*, and I am going to be a projectionist. But outside of the theatre, I do Vacation Sales to Orlando over the phone. It's an hourly wage (min wage) or commision, and it's easy to get commision. If I just make 6 sales a week, a sale a day, I get commision, and it works out to more than the hourly minimum wage. I don't really like it, but the pay is good, and I don't have to deal with the customers face to face in sales. I can deal with customers face to face in the theatre, cause I'm not selling anything, they know what they want to buy, so with that said, I leave you all to your reading of everyone's posts.

-=Thomas=-

Posted by Daniel Alt (Member # 2303) on 02-20-2005, 02:13 PM:

I teach band and orchestra, 5-8th grade. My current load is two periods 6th grade band, 5th grade woodwinds, 7th grade band, 8th grade strings, and 7/8 jazz band (7:00 AM every morning!) I'm also the assistant director for the High School marching band; my forum picture is me standing on a ladder in front of the band at a football game.

Projection is just a hobby; the college film society I project for only does two nights a week, and although I'm usually there every night, the actual duties get split up among the 5 or so projectionists.

Still, it's great fun.

Posted by Harry Robinson (Member # 265) on 02-20-2005, 07:53 PM:

I'm music director at a Methodist Church in the Nashville area. I look forward to getting over to Barry Floyd's Drive In this summer. I've heard great things about it from lots of folks.

I just love playing with the gear.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-20-2005, 08:47 PM:

In addition to my film and electronic engineering business, I produce, direct, and film educational films for those over the age of 18.

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 02-21-2005, 08:45 PM:

Needless to say, these films are known as
'Short films'...

[Eek!]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-21-2005, 09:03 PM:

Only the ones you're in Jason... [Razz]

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 02-23-2005, 10:35 PM:

Nice 'come'back Phil...