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Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:24 am
by caix_Archive
I'm a front-end web developer. CSS, XTHML, Javascript (DOM Scripting). There's very few people in my profession that know what they're doing, considering the amount of people who actually do it. It pays incredibly well and if you know what you're doing, you can do well for yourself quite easily.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:40 am
by iembalm_Archive
FuzzBob wrote:.................The downside, of course, is that I've never seen spinal surgery actually improve anybody's quality of life. It's a sham. Most claimants are much worse off for it.
Buried the lead.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:47 am
by burun_Archive
Colonel Panic wrote:The guy ordered a Guinness, and when he received it, he noticed that the bartender had done one of those stupid trick "shamrock pours".
The bartender at Brownie's used to do this, and he was quite good at it. Nobody seemed to notice.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:48 am
by STF_Archive
In theory any animal can be a service animal, not just seeing-eye dogs and helper monkeys. Some people require "emotional comfort" animals. It could be a cat or a snake or even an elephant if it could get in the building. I have never heard of this happening, but it was part of our Americans with Disabilities Act training.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:49 am
by SixFourThree_Archive
When moving, pack all your books and records so they stand vertically (in smaller boxes).
This action makes it easier to carry the box(es) up a curved staircase and thus, preventing you from falling box/face-first into the drywall of a brand new home in Barrington - resulting in a huge puncture wound in the wall and an irate homeowner exclaiming, "My wall! My house! Look what you've done to my wall! My house!"
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:50 am
by ben_Archive
always build/provide your logo in a vector-based format (most commonly illustrator) and talk to your vendor or printer before you start designing if at all possible.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:53 am
by j_harvey_Archive
ben wrote:always build/provide your logo in a vector-based format (most commonly illustrator) and talk to your vendor or printer before you start designing if at all possible.
Talk to your printer before designing? How about talk to your designer.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:54 am
by ben_Archive
I'm assuiming you are a designer. Changing things at the last minute to conform to a vendors odd requirements sucks.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:07 am
by derd niffer_Archive
Colonel Panic wrote:FMajcinek wrote:Everytime I'm asked to draw a stupid shamrock in the foam of a pint of Guiness, I "mess up" and draw a little cock-and-balls instead.
My dad loves to tell the story of the time he went to Bennigan's with an Irish friend of his from work. The guy ordered a Guinness, and when he received it, he noticed that the bartender had done one of those stupid trick "shamrock pours". According to my dad, he got the bartender's attention and asked him, "What the hell is this?" When the bartender replied that it's a shamrock, he shoved the pint back at the bartender and demanded another one "without all the fancy American bullshit."
I have met my dad's friend, and can vividly imagine him doing such a thing.
Per my earlier point about being rude to waiters and waitresses and what they can potentially do to your food before you eat it, I guess the same could be said for bartenders. Just a little Visine in his new Guinness while he wasn't looking could have made for a long day in the lou.
Working stiffs: Please reveal one industry secret
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:09 am
by yaledelay_Archive
ben wrote:I'm assuiming you are a designer. Changing things at the last minute to conform to a vendors odd requirements sucks.
as someone who contracts (sales) the printing of promo (t-shirst/hats/ect)products, I must say we "vendors" don't really like it either, the best option is having 2-5 different designs of the same logo, a 1 color, a 4 color process, a vertical set up and a horizontal one... having worked at a pad/screen/hotstamp print place, almost all of there "odd requirments" are for a reason, that reason is what ever you are requesting will look horrible when printed.