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| Re: Has anyone been listening to...... [message #94298 is a reply to message #94289] |
Wed, 02 January 2008 21:56   |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
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If I
>could step backwards about 5 years, I'd have gone into high end networking
I
>think, and become a network architect for someone like CISCO or NORTEL -
>they get stupid money. And it is artistic - you design and see the future
of
>the business client and stroke the brush on how they'll expand and use it.
>The art is today's design with the future in mind.
>
>Some insights: *everything* is going to be about networks in the future
>where business is concerned. Video Security, visual entertainment,
>audio/audio control, data, phones, fire alarms, smoke detectors, remote
>users.... it's all network capable these days.With the advances in storage,
>CPU power and 10GBit network speeds here today, it will only get bigger
and
>the cool thing is that the fiber in the ground is still good as speeds push
>upwards for some time. IMO that means switches/fiber equipment is gonna
be
>the demand, and labor on how to design it/impliment it.
>
>OS and computer type are a fading memory, it's all gonna be about (wired
and
>wireless) internet/intranet. Believe me on this. Take that CLWMC or GC gig
>if you need to but study at night. If it's about networking, learn the 7
OSI
>layers, understand the IP / Subnet mask relationship, learn the ins and
outs
>for secured network structure especially in the wireless field.
>
>http://www.braindumps.com/
>
>http://www.brainbench.com/
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>http://www.proprofs.com/
>
>AA
>
>
>"Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:47d8762e$1@linux...
>>
>> Hi Aaron,
>>
>> God bless you for having so much more faith in me than I have in myself!
>> I actually checked out a job at Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center,
our
>> big local store (if you don't count The Guitar Center as local, which
I
>> don't!).
>> The pro sound manager spent a long time telling me about the good and
bad
>> points of the job. Mostly, it sounded like the internet and has totally
>> changed the business for store's like WMC. The top salesmen are
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| Re: Has anyone been listening to...... [message #94299 is a reply to message #94298] |
Wed, 02 January 2008 23:30 |
Neil OIOI2OIUCOM
Messages: 1
Registered: January 2008
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probably
>> making $50K - $60K after 7 or 8 years on the job. Doesn't sound like
much
>> fun to me. I know that 20 years in the studio business has probably
>> helped
>> me build some skills that translate in other fields. I've been doing
a
>> lot
>> of thinking about where to look for possibilities.
>>
>> Gantt
>>
>> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>This is why I'm very thankful to be outside music as a living now. A
>>>steady
>>
>>>paycheck and health insurance with a retirement plan is GOOD thing in
my
>>
>>>view, and one I wondered for years if I'd have. For sure touring and
>>>playing
>>
>>>offers no such long term benefits, and living on the road gets expensive.
>>
>>>Taxes on contract musicians can be devestating. Today's shelf life on
>>>bands
>>
>>>is so short that one can lose the game easily. I know there's not much
>>
>>>'cool' in the day gig, but it sure beats bein' cool and
>>>hungry/broke/divorced/homeless/addicted, as so many of my peers and
>>>friends
>>
>>>have become.
>>>Besides, working at a music store would only append debts for me :)
>>>Gannt, take something you have learned along the way and apply it to
>>>another
>>
>>>field. Look through hotjobs.com and the such, look at the descriptions
and
>>
>>>see what fits or is close to a fit. You are smart and capable, moreso
than
>>
>>>you're giving yourself credit for here.
>>>
>>>
>>>AA
>>>
>>>
>>>"EK Sound" <ask_me@nospam.net> wrote in message news:47d819c7$1@linux...
>>>> Most of the people I know around here in similar situations are all
>>>> working at music stores...
>>>>
>>>> David.
>>>>
>>>> Gantt Kushner wrote:
>>>>> That's why I've actually been looking for a day job. Problem is -
I'm
>>
>>>>> not
>>>>> qualified to do anything but record and play music!
>>>>>
>>>>> Gantt
>>>>>
>>>>> EK Sound <ask_me@nospam.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I get to work on *mostly* turd polishing. In fact, it has been several
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>years since I actually had FUN on a session... AND I turn away a LOT
>>
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