Growing up playing football, it was fun.
I didn't see it as a job.
Football has been my whole career up to now.
And now it's time to start thinking about my next step.
I know whatever I end up doing, I
don't want to be sitting behind a desk.
I want to do something that I can wake up every morning
and be passionate about.
I'm open to learning anything.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
[AIRY MUSIC]
I sat behind a computer for 10 years
and realized it wasn't the right thing for me,
started homebrewing, and took a step--
or more like a big jump.
[LAUGHS]
I don't really know anything about beer and brewing.
This is my office.
When I first walked in, I felt like I didn't belong there,
like I was walking into a factory.
So I understand you don't really want to be behind a desk.
Correct.
It's definitely not a behind the computer all day job.
A brewer is a chemist, engineer, a chef.
You have to have a work ethic.
You have to be very detailed.
Beer is traditionally made out of only four ingredients.
You've got hops, malted barley, water, and yeast.
Taste it and tell me what you think.
Not a fan of the taste, but I can definitely
tell that this is an ingredient for beer.
Yeah.
So let's get started.
What makes a great brewer is knowing your product,
knowing the best malts, knowing your hops, knowing the yeast.
The bag of malt, that comes all the way up,
and then it lands in here mixed with water.
That's called the wort.
That's going to move over to the kettle.
Mm, you [? steamed ?] it.
Once we're done with that, we're going
to move all that glorious sugar water to the fermenters.
This is where the magic happens.
People would be surprised how much labor is involved.
You're cleaning, you're standing up the whole time.
It's a long process.
I really like it.
Very smooth and light.
This is our strongest Always beer
that we always have on tap.
So it's really, really bitter.
Wow.
I could smell the ingredients that we tasted earlier.
Yeah.
Being a brewer definitely seems kind of interesting.
It takes a lot of hard work.
Could I see myself working there?
I would go home and sleep on it.
I wish you the best of luck on your anti-9-to-5 job.
I gladly appreciate that.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
I own a company called MetalWork Austin,
and we do custom metal work.
I'm a designer, an artist, a welder.
We make beautiful things for people.
We try really hard to make things unique and special
so that it does set itself apart from anything
you can go buy in a store.
What's the key to being a great welder?
It's just time, practice, practice, practice, you know?
And then what we do, we have to be in tune with the design
industry, keeping on top of the trends.
Today we're going to work on this big, industrial-looking
wind chime, probably a $1,000 item.
Cut a couple pieces, do a couple welds, and put it together.
See if you can get that one to work for you.
Do a little metal cutting here.
A good welder needs to be focused and determined.
Metal is not the easiest thing to work with.
You're sweating, it's dirty, there's sparks flying.
That was pretty good, man.
You want to try some welding next?
Absolutely.
Let's do it.
Good welders should always be comfortable.
Put your hood down and kind of-- you can get real close.
I knew nothing about welding.
Just seeing all the sparks, and I was like,
I've never done it before.
I probably won't be good at it.
Go ahead.
That was actually really good.
I would say one of the best first welds I've ever seen.
That weld would have actually held something together.
Probably being a professional tight end,
the eye-hand coordination here is definitely
better than most first-time welders.
What do you think?
I'd like to do it again.
After that, I didn't want to put the welding gun down.
We get him a little more practice,
but I'd put him on the team.
Let me see if it hangs up right.
I think it's a job well done.
I gladly appreciate your time for today.
Yeah.
You can probably be a star welder, dude, really.
It made me feel great to know that I
can adapt to something that fast and actually do that well.
[BREEZY MUSIC]
I am a residential realtor helping people buy and sell
their dream homes.
So I've seen a lot of professional athletes become
real estate agent.
Being very charismatic helps a lot.
And you're really selling yourself.
He doesn't want to be stuck in a cubicle.
I think real estate would be perfect for him.
I'm driving all over town, showing
property, opening doors for clients, negotiating contracts.
You can make a lot of money if you want to work really hard.
I was definitely inspired that a lot of professional athletes
found a career in being a real estate agent.
It made me excited to learn more.
A good real estate agent has a lot of patience,
has a lot of tenacity, has a lot of grit,
and is willing to put their clients first.
Got a chance to go for different prices
and learn some marketing strategies.
We want to make sure that it's clean
and really looks beautiful.
Got a chance to plant some signs.
Hopefully it's soft-- oh, it soft today.
I'm going to let you put this one out.
Yeah.
Whoop--
I almost broke my ankle today trying to put a sign in.
That's pretty stable.
All right, great.
Let's go sell this house.
Let's do it.
I could definitely see myself being a real estate agent.
Will I be happy waking up doing it every day?
That probably depends on the sales.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
Today was definitely a great experience.
I loved every second of it.
It really opened my mind to there
is a life outside of football.
You don't have to settle for a job
where you're sitting behind a cubicle
if that's not what you want to do.
There really are things that are completely outside the box,
and you'd never even considered were a job.
And you can find something that is just totally unexpected.
The possibilities are pretty endless.