Agreed, being resident of a well respected and regular techno night isn't an easy job - especially when you aren't the ultimate decision maker as to who actually plays as a resident. It's the resident's responsibility to do many things - they must create the context for the guests while keeping an identity of their own. They shape the identity of the night. They should be good enough to fill the venue on their own regardless of guests being there or not - it's their job to build and maintain the clubs regular clientelle. Residents should be the identity of the club, they ought not to be overshadowed by every guest who turns up.

They should take on the responsibility for schooling their "flock" and keeping them fed with fresh music, pushing new sounds and keeping the club alive, preventing it from going stale, keeping things moving forward.

Not many residents are up to that. Not sure the subject of this thread is either from the comments here and elsewhere.