Day jobs

Out of curiosity, what day job do you all have? I'm starting to think there might be a link between programmers and IDM artists. I guess it makes sense as the genre is inherently very technology heavy. Are you a programmer, and if so, do you think your music is better or worse for it? I still find myself drawing on notes too much and not actually playing them on a musical keyboard enough, although that's arguably more due to years of tracking rather than my day job (I'm a web developer, so also a programmer). How about the rest of you?

Cleaner

Admissions Rep. @ the local hospital/full time science education student

Ha ha, it's funny, coz actually I know a lot more computer programmer types who are folk musicians than electronic music makers. (My dad is one of them - loads of those Cali comp geeks go off at the weekend and play banjos or whatever because at the end of the week, as he says, the last thing they want to do is look at another computer.)

That said, I'm an MI/Database Analyst so yeah, programmer. I chuck around huge chunks of data and try to make sense of it - it's basically pattern recognition. And that totally uses the same part of my brain as the music-arranging (though not so much music composing) mode.

The only thing I find is that I prefer to *listen* to electronic music when I program, because stuff with consistent repetitive beats focuses the mind and the fingers for typing in code. (That said, my boss has banned me from listening to Venetian Snares in the office, because he says it makes me type too violently.)

Expert Pint Puller

i run a warehouse. drive a forklift, co-ordinate truck driver's day trips, move large storage containers and stuff. i find it gives me a good balance from my technical/computer nerd side of things while also letting me get some hard work done with my hands as well.

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:39 PM, placidburp said:

Expert Pint Puller

 

 

Man, that is an excellent job.

Because, you know, the world would keep turning if my job disappeared. If your job disappeared, thirsty people all over Britain would riot in the streets. Backbone of society, you are.

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:43 PM, Masonic Boom said:

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:39 PM, placidburp said:

Expert Pint Puller

 

 

 

Man, that is an excellent job.

 

Because, you know, the world would keep turning if my job disappeared. If your job disappeared, thirsty people all over Britain would riot in the streets. Backbone of society, you are.

IS it wrong that I want to poison them all though and burn the pub to the ground?

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:45 PM, placidburp said:

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:43 PM, Masonic Boom said:

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:39 PM, placidburp said:

Expert Pint Puller

 

 

 

Man, that is an excellent job.

 

Because, you know, the world would keep turning if my job disappeared. If your job disappeared, thirsty people all over Britain would riot in the streets. Backbone of society, you are.

 

IS it wrong that I want to poison them all though and burn the pub to the ground?

Nah, that's perfectly normal. I feel the same way about our marketing department.

architecture student / porn star :(

rashida jones?!

I'm not really a cleaner.

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:45 PM, placidburp said:

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:43 PM, Masonic Boom said:

  On 6/20/2010 at 10:39 PM, placidburp said:

Expert Pint Puller

 

 

 

Man, that is an excellent job.

 

Because, you know, the world would keep turning if my job disappeared. If your job disappeared, thirsty people all over Britain would riot in the streets. Backbone of society, you are.

 

IS it wrong that I want to poison them all though and burn the pub to the ground?

Please don't. Unless you can get away with it. You cant make tunes in prison.

I'm still a lazy student. I really need a job for the summer though

graphic/web designer (but work is not doing to well and it's affecting everything outside of work).

3D graphics student. Seems like most people go into that course with the intent of making video games, the rest go in because they want to work for Pixar. I was thinking of doing general design work, so maybe I'm in the wrong course.

  On 6/20/2010 at 11:09 PM, Kcinsu said:

rashida jones?!

If I was rashida jones by only job would be to stare at myself all day long

abusivegeorge checker

My job is to send faxes to Berlin all day. I work for a company called 4 on the floor.

  On 6/20/2010 at 11:36 PM, BCM said:

I'm not really a cleaner.

Sonic Arts student/coffee shop bitch

digital printing. some of the printers/other machines i get to use are pretty idm.

i've mostly stayed in the printing industry so i can print my own album covers

my art is my day job, but i also do janitorial work at a community center during the nights. Im also a licensed hot dog vendor and sell hot dogs at the local home depot parking lot on the weekends.

  On 6/21/2010 at 1:49 AM, Brandi_B said:

My job is to send faxes to Berlin all day. I work for a company called 4 on the floor.

Haha, very good Brandi.

Programmer.