ll1324 said:
I've done pretty much the whole cycle, from inputting in the keyboard, doing the design in InDesign, making the plate, and running it on an offset press (an old Multilith 1250W).
My first press was a Multilith 1250, back in 1968 or so. I'm quite happy to report that it was also my last, because it was persnickety enough and infuriating enough to put anyone off printing for life. Earlier than that, I'd made negs (and spotted them) and plates as a summer job when I was in High School. Then I took a l-o-o-ong sojourn away from graphics in general, and only returned, really, when DTP had relegated rubber cement and process cameras to the back shed.
Now (getting swiftly back on topic) I produce everything from interactive Flash displays to websites, and booklets to billboards, and act as technical adviser and art director for various collaborators. In the last decade I've logged maybe a couple thousand hours of education (many of them right here at ID Secrets) that I now pass on as much as I can.
I'm also a serial beta tester, a geeky pursuit that combines detective work, computer skill and the feeling that one might just make somebody's world a slightly better place.
I love the freelance, second career thing. Pursuing an avocation that satisfies my inner geek as well as my creative side — well, it can't be beaten. 
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