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Originally Posted by jbbbarr
I recently left the South Texas market after about 15+ years and decided it's time to finish my degree and pursue my career in the medical field. I was in school (junior) when I started a service bureau providing film and scans and thought it would be great, I now wish I had continued on with the medical field. There will never be a shortage of work or for that matter probably little to no layoffs if you are competent at your job. In 3-5 I should have my CRNA certification and when people act like it is a life or death situation it really will be  Not this artificial sense of disaster that always lurks around every corner in printing when a problem arises or a deadline cannot be met because of issues not related to you at all.
Farewell print industry, I will still lurk and comment though. |
I do not think I could have said it better myself. My dad has helped me with my Bindery since I opened it and he says he has never seen people act like they do in the printing industry. And he has been around the world. I walked away from a Printer in 2007 to never look back and to get into maintenance. I stepped back in and definitely have second thoughts. Too many Gordon Geckos in this industry from my point of view. It all catches up to people somewhere down the road and I have to sleep at night. I took a career test a few years ago and it said Paramedic. The pay stopped me but in a few years that situation should change and I may be able to pursue this and keep my Bindery at a part time level. When I help people I am like a kid in a candy store so that may be what I do for the rest of my life. Just not sure if I can tolerate the attitudes of Printers for the rest of my life. Buts lets see the economy swing and see where it goes from there.
