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This really resonates with me. I used to enjoy working as a 35mm film projectionist. Now that everything is digital the opportunities for making money doing it
by tengbretson 4y ago
This really resonates with me. I used to enjoy working as a 35mm film projectionist. Now that everything is digital the opportunities for making money doing it have basically disappeared. Am I supposed to be excited that now I can just push a button and focus more of my attention on selling popcorn?
Fortunately I enjoy writing code.
- colinmhayes 4y agoI don’t think you’re necessarily supposed to be excited about your job.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y agoPerhaps not, but it certainly makes life a lot more enjoyable.
- yoyohello13 4y agoWhy not?
- aeze 4y agoIt's ideal to be excited about it, but I don't think it's the expectation.
- galdosdi 4y agoHey, I did that too in high school and college! I think I must have been one of the very last ones (late aughts). What a cool and fascinating piece of machinery the "modern" (now obsolete) three platter tree and "brain" system is, isn't it? I still remember splicing together There Will Be Blood and enjoying looking at some of the beatiful still frames. My boss at the time spliced together Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse, and somehow fucked up and spliced an entire reel out of order... and nobody ever noticed (because Grindhouse was full of intentional fake projectionist mistakes, being an homage to an old era). He ended up noticing on his own on the second day of showings and fixing it overnight!