Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.
Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.
Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.
Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, www.zapsurgical.com. The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.
Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, www.zapsurgical.com. The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
Teaching a special summer enrichment seminar for gifted high school students. They were bright, fun, and happy to be there.
Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.
Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, www.zapsurgical.com. The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
Teaching a special summer enrichment seminar for gifted high school students. They were bright, fun, and happy to be there.
College tutor. Mostly mathematics, but also basic physics and chemistry. A little English too. I failed algebra in junior high, then ended up getting a degree in Applied Mathematics, so I can relate to people struggling with math.
Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.
Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, www.zapsurgical.com. The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
Teaching a special summer enrichment seminar for gifted high school students. They were bright, fun, and happy to be there.
College tutor. Mostly mathematics, but also basic physics and chemistry. A little English too. I failed algebra in junior high, then ended up getting a degree in Applied Mathematics, so I can relate to people struggling with math.
College registration, ID desk: back in the 80s when they were laminated plastic and Polaroid photos, my friends and I made ourselves extra IDs during the lulls.