Griffs Jobs

Fullerton Junior College 2015 – Took a course in Pre-Press Digital.
As in every Industry technology changes. Printing was no exception.
Prior to computers the printing Industry was a very labor-intensive trade
with typesetters, paste up artists graphic designers, Camera Operators,
Dot Etchers, Air Brush Artists, Strippers (not the kind your thinking)
and Plate makers all very involved in the printing process to produce a
printed product. With the introduction of computers Apple / Mac …
printing in the prepress area took a new direction. The artboard was
now a digital artboard and made the printing process digital on the front
end. Digital cameras and popular prepress programs like PageMaker,
Quark Express and now InDesign all but eliminated thousands of
jobs and changed the printing industry … I entered Fullerton College
in 2015 to learn about prepress and getting jobs ready for print in the
digital world. It was a refreshing course. I always say education is never
wasted. It’s always good to learn new things… There was a saying once
you get ink in your blood you never get it out. I still use my printing
experience and prepress skills to produce printed magazines and other
pieces I design and print to this day in my own business JBGmg.
Estimated Education Expenses in my lifetime: $16,300.00
Estimated Income Earned in my Career as an Employee: $660,000
(Luckily my earning exceeds my Educational Expenses which they
should over time …….
Is there such a thing as a Free Lunch? As my Dad taught me. No….
The Real-World Jobs – Defined as something you do where you earn a
paycheck and the employer deducts taxes from your paycheck.
Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up at age 21 at
my grandmother’s house in Pasadena, CA. 1976
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