How rare is a job like this?

[The Lorax]

http://providence.craigslist.org/sci/729428997.html

first off... i was bored and searched glass under the craigslist job listings in mass, nh, and ri... and this was the only one that came up that i was interested in...

sadly it is an hour to an hour and a half away. yet it did get me wondering how hard it'd be to find a job like this locally..... although i wouldn't really know where to start. I also found it interesting how this job said that some machine shop experience would be helpful.... it makes how far this job is all the more painful b/c i have plenty of machine shop experience as well! :tongue2:

[Glass Pyro]

That would be my dream job also, it sound like anyway.

[colonel4bin]

It's not super rare, there are many scientific glass shops across the country that hire, you just have to find them, most cities have a few around if you look hard. Just like anything you have to put your time in to climb the ladder, especially with scientific glass, no shortcuts here. I'd check it out if I were you, stable income, you keep up on your skills and add to them, and you can still do your own work in your free time.

[Mizzerat]

Wow, yeah this sounds like a dream-job for any lampworker... I bet you could learn a lot there, even if your already pretty experienced. If I was you I'd definitely look into it further. Good luck!

[3 rip min]

sound more like hell to me.

[lava flow]

yeah that could really go either way- you might get really paid and come up on new techniques and skills and love your job and keep advancing, or you could get a lame salary for forty hours a week of making the same shape out of clear over and over and over until your wrist is destroyed....

[3 rip min]

i bet it would be all lathe work making shit that most of us could careless about..

[garrick]

there is a scientific glass shop near me that makes things for kodak/eastman that i looked into getting a job with years ago untill i found out it paid minimum wage

[FredLight]

Read the description a few more times.

Sounds like "Prep/cleanup bitch wanted, no complainers need apply"

Wouldn't you want someone with experience in glassblowing?

[Mike Glass]

The ad said, R&D work. That sound like you'd be doing one off stuff!
That job sound like if would be worth a 2 hour drive each way!
Some nights it takes 3 to 4 hours to get home from Manhattan!

I say, Go for it!
You may never get another chance to get your foot in the door like this!

[Mike Glass]

Fred,
Don't bring his head down:D

[CripSkillz]

sounds like a job i might have if they will pay 20$ an hr other wise wont be worth it to me..

and it is all lathe work on quartz tube to make uv n mercury drying lamps, but really its just ataching a blo tube to a piece of 26 or 32 sized tube..

dosent really look that fun to do all day every day..

[Mike Glass]

Even if the job sucked, I bet you could make enough contacts to find other shops that do work you would enjoy and maybe closer to home.

If you don't take chances, there are no rewards!

Sorry, That's the LSD from the 70's talking:D

[menty666]

I'd say it's good practice even if it is repetitive and Boston is overpriced anyway. Move down to North Paddleboro and commute from there. Just don't try it from beantown or further north because you'll kill yourself in the winter when you realize it'll take you 6 hours to get home.

If nothing else, there's nothing lost by sending in a resume and hearing them out. If you want a good example of where your art can go from there, check out Sally Prasch. She's one of the scientific blowing legends.

[michaelangeloglass]

nice

[Dom]

Dream job? I doubt it. Would probably get really boring.

[superstupid]

millions of people have an hour and a half commute. if thats all that is stopping you, dont let it.

[Islandglass Man]

Making electrochemical cell sensors is like making spoons it is a production job. They are made on the bench I don't think they would be made on a lathe and they are not very big some are only 12 m/m od and short. That product is not the only item they make so you would have the opportunity to move around in the company. If you find that it is a dead end job you can always leave and take your experience with you.

Nothing wrong with working for the MAN if you have the right attitude.

The drive is a bitch that might be the only killer.

Bear

[colonel4bin]

I was going to say the same thing Bear it's the same as making spoons/bubblers all day, for some of us I'd rather make production scientific glass than prodo pipes, but thats just me.

[Islandglass Man]

A pay check on Friday and bennies and the weekend is for art although that is why I have been married twice they just couldn't get it.

Bear

[phab]

...you probably got her more applicants by posting that here than she got from craigslist.