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Jamie is an inspiration and truly a good dude. A diehard fan who went from literally digging ditches to a legit MX media role for a few years living out his dream. I think I remember back when he got the gig Steve joking with him about walking off the job site giving everyone the bird and he was very humble saying he made sure to leave on good terms knowing that this could eventually happen and was just grateful for the opportunity.
Hopefully he stays in the industry, may not get a super attractive salary but as the saying goes "Do what you love, love what you do". I would take a serious pay cut to love my job and still be able to live within my means. All the best to Jamie and major props to Vital & ML for giving him every opportunity to pave his way in this industry and make a mans dream come true.
I feel for Mr. Side. As someone who has held many "dream jobs" to most people, and has also had one removed seemingly out of nowhere due to budget cuts, it's a true bummer! Even knowing you were 100% dedicated, proficient/performing at or above the expected level and all that still can make you question if there was anything you could've done differently to position yourself to where the dream never got cut short.... As goofy as he and his guys on his pod can be at times, Dark has become a staple in the media in my eyes - a unique every-man type of guy who turned being a fan into a revenue source. Hopefully he figures something out that works for him so he can stay around and keep growing with the sport. Some say there are too many podcasts, but you don't have to listen to them all... They said the same thing back in the mid 2010's also and look how many pods there are now.
#dicksout4Darkside
#Harambe
Pit Bits falling off slowly last few years, we get hidden threads and comments, now the guy that gets the best rider interviews is gone. Whats going on around here?
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Just to clarify, it’s more of a budget and efforts restructure, rather than direct cuts.
Our content views are higher than ever, pod channel is growing, more unique content than ever before (by a long shot compared to four years ago).
Things change, direction changes, needs change.
And sometimes the fit just ain’t right no matter how much you want it to be. It’s the sucky part of managing people and never gets easier. Dark was never my cup of tea but he is someone’s and he will be fine in time.
Or hit the open road and do 125 race reports at the bigger races. Not only LL but like am day at red Bud. Millville. Aztalan, Xmas, pine ridge , etc. And cover big vet races. A little rd trip footage included . People would like to see what else for adventure is out there. Basically hv a fun show . Disaster trying to get my injections done so my big plan this yr is done. So I,ll forward info , your going to need a helper . On fb go on Chicago work ua it’s full of Hot Eastern European women looking for work or a English tutor . Haha . I worked for 11 eu trucking co.s. There all very advanced on computers etc doing video & editing would be easy for them . Bro,s would tune in because there Hot & a Real trip speaking broken English. Haha . I know what your thinking I hv to feed another person then. They don’t eat much Very little portions . Plus they Love to travel America. There good little workers . You might hv to learn a little bit of there language. But it not that hard I learned a few of there languages.
Tell it to us straight. Is it the tariffs?
Don't put that on me. Haha
I wasn't told it was due to budget. The company is just making some changes. I think Kris said budget. It's just business.
I appreciate that. Means a lot. But also, Lewis does an amazing job with press day and post race interviews. And my stuff will continue on it's own platform.
I can live with that statement
For what it’s worth, I liked Dark’s written articles. Loretta’s qualifying, GNCC adventure. etc.
Holy shit it really wasnt obvious what I was saying? Yes I’m aware he has a pod, its called the VITAL MX motoxpod. When you get fired you usually dont get to take your old companies ip with you. If he can thats awesome, nevermind what I said, but since he got fired from vital mx and he does the vital mx motoxpod I figured that would be over. So in that case I was saying he can do it on his own now and it could actually end up working out even better in the end.
First rule when in a hole is stop digging...
You're a classy guy Darkside.
Please keep your show going. I feel like the riders you interview open up a bit more to you. They seem more relaxed. Plus the chat is another outlet for my dorky attempts at humor. 🙃
5 people that dislike interesting beautiful women & adventure. I,ve been in every small, medium & large cities in America. Majority of people don’t hv money to travel they struggle to pay bills even 150k folks. To hear a EU women say oh so very beautiful or motor oil anything really is interesting. Too many pod cast talking about stuff is boring.
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5 people that dislike interesting beautiful women & adventure. I,ve been in every small, medium & large cities in America. Majority of people don’t hv money to travel they struggle to pay bills even 150k folks. To hear a EU women say oh so very beautiful or motor oil anything really is interesting. Too many pod cast talking about stuff is boring.
Lewis is great too. Hope it all works out for you.
He had the pod before he joined Vital, and it was called the MotoXpod.. that is what he is saying
Someone pass word to Dark, I heard Oakley might be looking for a new goggle guy as of a few weeks ago.
Nothing personal and I have no idea what part you had in the decision but to me that's lame corporatespeak.
I've been let go with great performance reviews with the same line; I've also fought and won against upper management trying to let members of my staff go when they were great performers. If an employee is beating his metrics and isn't a disciplinary problem, you find a place for them. Anything less is short sighted. Human capital is the most important resource a company has, and you never let good people leave the building.
Dark, figure out a way to make a good income outside of moto and keep the podcast as a side hustle. You don’t want to sign yourself up for the rest of your 40’s and into your senior years living paycheck to paycheck and looking for new opportunities when the current one ends.
Moto and life in general are much more enjoyable with financial stability.
ML, I see you, Dark, and Lewis as the Vital MX team creating all of the content. Are there others I'm not seeing / missing?
There's always barber college.
- James Dalton
Well this sucks. Dark is good people. I don’t see how someone as miserable as Guyb was allowed to stay around and dark gets the boot.
Vital did the same thing to OC Scotti years ago. No animosity just business.
Sean Ogden is our media manager / main video guy. He does all the graphics, all the stuff you see in the podcasts, all our video and creative in general.
We’ve had secondary video guys, but we’ve rotated through a few the last couple years trying to get the right fit.
Steven Tokarski joined us at the beginning of the year in a testing role and is growing into more of a product editor spot.
We also have other contributors for pods and other photo duties.