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Offline Screened Gear

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2012, 02:27:57 PM »
worked at a farm doing odd things (age 10 or 11)
picked produce
ran go cart tracks in Wisconsin Dells
Worked at a dessert factory
Waited Tables
Sales at fry's Electronics
Worked at a sign shop
Teachers assistant at Graphic Design school
Designer for Multimedia company
Designer for Accounting firm
Designer for democratic Party
Worked part time at Home Depot (just bought a house an wanted to learn)
Started a Soy based spray foam company
Worked at design firm
Worked at another design firm
Started a Design firm
Bought a $1000 screen printing press off craigslist (Brown Ponyxpress) to print a few shirts for myself.....Now I am here...


I am sure I forgot a few. I never stayed very long at a company. I guess I just got bored.
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Offline bimmridder

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2012, 02:30:40 PM »
Andy, how do you know the plane is perfectly fine? I am working (slowly) on my skydiving license. An absolute total rush!
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Offline sweetts

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2012, 02:57:33 PM »
Deck builder/ carpenter
Electronics assembly
Circuit board designer and prototyping
Sheet metal fabrication (1 month hated it)
CATV installer then repair tech then manager then
Mmds tvro site Eng and transmissions Eng. (Microwave video) same place I was also the network and phone system Guy
Tower repair and installation.(side gig)
Video engineer
Special services sonet / hicap provisioner (built sonet rings )
Realtor
Outside plant engineer
Screen printer
Screen printing is my start up biz still working for the man for now

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Offline Sbrem

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2012, 03:01:44 PM »
Worked in my guitar teacher's music store, then moved to screenprinting in '72, been there ever since. I still play too, I just never wanted to play music for a living; the playing is great, the biz sucks.

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Offline Printficient

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2012, 03:08:29 PM »
Magician
Juggler
Mime
Actor
Clown
Stand Up Comic
Mentalist
Director
Producer
Co Owner of a major Video production company in Memphis
Beale Street Entertainer
 and some time in Warehousing for The dept. of Defense
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Offline Dottonedan

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2012, 04:09:59 PM »
Washing dogs.   That was my firs job for my families dog grooming business.


Through high school:
Hand painted signs for weekend cash while in high school. + an occasional drawing of someone's house.
Stock boy
Dish washer, catering


Art school
Dish washer
McDonalds
Burger King
Out of art school


Film stripper for a Screen print sign/posters/bus backs shop.
Graphics artist for an ASI glass manufacturer
Owner ASI distributor.
Illustrator at tee shirt shops


re-located and closed the ASI dist. business for another full time job at a tee shirt shop.
from here on out ...to today.  Insert various shops along the way.





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Offline sportsshoppe

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2012, 05:00:14 PM »
Quote from: blue moon on July 13, 2012, 01:03:13 PM
last occupation before this one, professional SKYDIVER!

before that, like many others a garden variety of professions. Most of the time spent in the military (navy and army) and as business owner/CEO.

pierre
Get out of here SKYDIVER??? How cool is that!
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Offline SkylinePrints

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2012, 05:20:24 PM »
AT&T IT Business Analyst
AT&T IT Release Manager
AT&T IT Project Manager
Sometimes, all three at once

Marketing/Sales for a gas/electric company

Screen printing just grew into a full time side business that involves having employees now to run the show while I'm doing the above.
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Offline Ron Pierson

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2012, 07:11:23 PM »
Dice dealer on Las Vegas Strip - 25 years - 20 years in screenprinting.
Worked for the mob before corporate casino companies took over in Las Vegas.
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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2012, 07:14:03 PM »
Draftsman
designer
product engineer
project manager
sales engineer
cabinetmaker / craftsman
embroidery shop
screen printer
professional bum
crotchety old bastard
grandfather
dreamer
gambler


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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2012, 07:36:15 PM »
I delivered auto parts for my dad's store as soon as I got a license.

My first graphics-related job, besides freelance illustration gigs, was layout for Yellow Pages ads on a primitive mainframe computer.

My second graphics-related full time gig was for a screenprinter, Desert Sportswear in Tempe, AZ, run by Steve Mertens in the late '80s.

My last full time gig before going all-in on freelancing was for Steve Mertens's son Craig at Digital Art Solutions. I'd come full circle after almost 20 years and about half a dozen jobs at various screen print shops, ASI outfits, a sign shop darkroom, and even as a survey archaeologist... I still freelance field work for archaeological projects.




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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2012, 07:39:04 PM »
Quote from: Ron Pierson on July 13, 2012, 07:11:23 PM
Dice dealer on Las Vegas Strip - 25 years - 20 years in screenprinting.
Worked for the mob before corporate casino companies took over in Las Vegas.

You're saying that there is a difference?
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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2012, 07:49:20 PM »
Navy Corpsman
Bio-Tech Research Manager
The "Dude" at Palomar Printing....

yep...that does it...

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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2012, 08:13:10 PM »
Before SP!
Professional surfer/manufacturer
Composites specialist: FAA/Mil Spec Certified
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Re: What were you doing before Screen Printing?
« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2012, 08:39:02 PM »
Worked in a Mexican Restaurant for 6 years through HS and College.
Worked docks for a vending supplier for 6 years.
Been printing for 15+ years.
Opened my own shop last August.
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