Before Jules Watt's small amount of fame as an SHL D-man, he was in the SMJHL as the Raptors star d-man, but going back before even that, into his teenage years he worked at a local sports shop, selling hockey sticks, tape, pucks, pads, whatever the customer was interested. This and hockey practice occupied most of his winters, but in the summers, when hockey isn't so popular he'd have to fake his way into selling soccer cleats, football helmets, and baseball bats. After not meeting sales quotas because he had no clue what he was talking about he got fired and had to find another job. He ended up being a zamboni driver at the local rink when he was 17 and got his license. Watt has learned a lot about the science of hockey ice from being a zamboni driver, how it's made and fixed, and it may or may not have made him a better player, but he thinks it has. Once he turned 18 he got his SMJHL offer as a UDFA, and hockey has been his full time job for 5 years now.