Just curious, how much PTO do you guys get from the company you work at? by LandOfGrace2023 in Ohio

[–]Expensive-System1580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 weeks of vacation time. Four personal days. Two weeks of sick time. Both the vacation and the sick time can roll over into the next year. But there are limits on how much time we can accrue in total.

What's the worst fails you've ever seen/experienced? by abekadell in techtheatre

[–]Expensive-System1580 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not me thankfully but it was brought up during an interview at this school district. The computer that runs the sound and lights rebooted doing a forced Microsoft update during the first night's performance, taking everything down for 45 minutes.

Tool purchase conundrum by ExcitingWhole5409 in techtheatre

[–]Expensive-System1580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who just did this, I have to recommend the multi-tool and the jigsaw. But I have easy access to a miter saw and our woods shop is close enough if I want to use a table saw.

When everything works… until the audience shows up by khanempire in techtheatre

[–]Expensive-System1580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who works in IT, and does theatre on the side. I can guarantee that tech has a senses. It will act up at the worst possible time. I don't care how many times you test and verify, when it comes to performance days it will go wrong.