Jobs I have had

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

1980-82 Worked on a dairy farm,Johnson Dairy Farm

1982-86 Ran the snack counter at my High School,Big Rapids High School

1982-86(except summer) Kitchen Help at a camp for kids,Spring Hill Camps.

1982(summer) Maintenance Worker at a camp for kids,SHC

1983(summer) Archery Instructor at a camp for kids,SHC

1984(summer) Soccer Instructor at a camp for kids,SHC

1985(summer) Riflery Instuctor at a camp for kids,SHC

1985-86 Volleyball Ref(City League) Soccer Ref(Kids),City of Evart

1986-Video Arcade Attendant,Bally’s Alladin Castle

1987-Music Store Clerk and Fast Food Worker,Belive in Music and Burger King

1987-1990-Pool Hall Attendant,Fireball Arcade
The 1st year of this job was concurrent with the two above. Thursday and Friday, for about two months,I worked Bk from 6am to 2pm,went straight to the record store a block away and worked til 7pm,punched in at the Pool Hall at 8pm and worked til closing, usually around 2am.

1988-1990 Salesman,Midwest Publishing Inc.

1990-91 Driver,London Fabrics

1991-2000 Salesman,Midwest Publishing Inc.

2000-2004 Owned and operated Pool Hall I previously worked at.(Changed name to Rack 'Em Billiards)

2004-05 Valet,Avi Casino

2005-Valet,River Palms Casino

2005-Driver,Aaron’s Rent to Own

2005-06 Bartender, Golden Nugget Casino

2007-Present- Property Manager,Wind Power Services

2007-Present- Leek Digger/washer,Pine Bough Cutter,Found in the Woods(Seasonal)

2008-Present- Outdoor Cook,SHC

I hope I settle down soon.

2

I’m just too lazy to provide all the dates. I started my first job in 1982
[ul]
[li]Garden Nursery[/li][li]Deli clerk[/li][li]Ran a Country Club Snack Bar [/li][li]Clerk at a different deli[/li][li]Art School gopher/lackey[/li][li]Yet another Deli[/li][li]Custom picture framing - which ended up being my career, more on that later[/li][li]Mother’s Helper [/li][li]Worked at Hardee’s for exactly TWO days[/li][li]Caterer[/li][li]Security Guard[/li][li]Library Desk Help (not skilled enough to call myself a librarian)[/li][li]Dorm RA[/li][li]Office Temp [/li][li]Customer Service rep in a wholesale company.[/li][li]More custom framing - Since 1983 I have worked for eleven different frame companies at 16 different locations in 4 different states.[/li]
[li]Most recently I am a small business owner - still framing but it’s a very different job now. [/li]
[/ul]

3

How do y’all remember all that? :stuck_out_tongue:

I started working in 1974. Unless you count baby-sitting, which I probably started a couple years before that.

4

Hmmm. I wonder if I can remember everything.

CNA in a nursing home during college.
Arby’s.
Teacher’s aid in a summer program.
Special ed teacher, LD, MiMH, SEH, grades K-12 in Hell, 1 year.
Special ed teacher, SEH, grades 5-12, 1 year.
Special ed teacher, LD, MiMH, SEH, grades 6-12, 8 years.
Freelance proofreader.
Soap maker.
Candle AND soap maker.
Catering kitchen.
Newspaper carrier.
Nurse tech in Surgery. (Not nearly as glamorous as it sounds, and requiring not nearly as much talent as one might expect.)
Catering kitchen, again.
Caregiver for elderly.

I’m still doing the last 4 jobs.

5

My list is incredibly short.

June 2004- June 2006: Technical crew/lighting designer/stage manager (depending on event) for theatre rentals at my high school.
Summer 2006, 2007, 2008: Set-up/tear-down, focusing the projector for movies, and “crowd control” (give everyone bottled water! Tell kids to get off the fake rocks!) for Parks and Rec summer entertainment events; in 2007 and 2008, also sound board operator. Occasionally includes fun tasks like face painting and playing Sharks and Minnows.
Autumn 2006 through early May 2008 (except summers and winter breaks): Various food service tasks at my college’s food court- everything from cashier to dishroom to sandwich making.

6
  • Checkout chick (high school job/Uni)
  • Dr’s receptionist (high school job/Uni)
  • Checkout Chick (high school job/Uni)
  • Factory worker (put plastic tags on clothes with a needle gun) (high school job/Uni)
  • Admin Assistant - around 1992ish
  • Marketing Coordinator
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Marketing Executive
  • Assistant Editor
  • Researcher
  • Website Developer
  • PR Person
  • Website Producer
  • Website Producer
  • Online Editor
  • Marketing Solutions Specialist
  • Creative Services Manager
  • Interactive Studio Manager
  • Senior Interactive Producer (now)
  • Author (now)

All in all, that’s around 18 years in the workforce from my first part-time job in 1990ish)

7

High School:

  • Movie theater (concessions, box office cashier, usher)
  • Theme Park (guest control cast member)

College:

  • Dorm Cafeteria (dish washer)
  • Media Library (clerk)
  • Student Store (stock boy)
  • CD/Record/Video shop (clerk, supervisor, buyer)

Post-College:

  • Entertainment Retailer (import/export buyer)
  • Dot.com company (systems engineer)
  • Publishing Company (writer/editor/trainer) [current job]
8

Let’s see what I can remember:

College:
Drove the recycling truck
Retail sales for Campmor
Canvassing for VPIRG
Intern for an engineering firm

Post-college
Generica for EPA contractor (legal malarkey)
Office temp
Hotel clerk
Bookstore clerk
Administrator for small nonprofit
Current - GIS Dept for small county

It all seems so random now.

9

[ul]
[li]Clerk in my father’s store[/li][li]Medical assistant (drew blood & did EKGs)[/li][li]OTB Betting parlor assistant manager[/li][li]TV technician[/li][li]TV call-in show host[/li][li]Radio advertising sales[/li][li]Assistant manager of a Spencer’s Gifts[/li][li]Editor of a human services directory.[/li][li]Worker at an information and referral service[/li][li]Assistant editor of an energy newsletter[/li][li]Assistant at a volunteer center.[/li][li]Software technical writer[/li][li]Freelance technical writer[/li][li]Tech writer at GE[/li][li]Administrative assistant for the managers of a dam building project in Egypt[/li][li]Technical writer (again)[/li][li]Computer graphics specialist[/li][li]Technical writer (again)[/li][li]Teacher of college continuing ed courses[/li][li]Desktop publisher for an investment firm.[/li][li]Supervisory stock analyst[/li][li]Once more, a technical writer.[/li][li]User services specialist[/li][/ul]

And, of course, science fiction writer.

10

Salesperson at Hickory Farms
Clerical worker (?!?) at the state gov. agency where my dad worked (summer)
Clerical worker at the Department of Motor Vehicles (summer)
Summer conference worker at the university I was attending
Box office manager (undergrad/grad assistantship)
Assistant stage manager at Unto These Hills, an outdoor drama in NC (two summers)
Some nebulous title with a state arts agency. I eventually became assistant director.
Alumni volunteer coordinator then admissions counselor then alumni mag editor for a small college
Freelance writer
Account exec for a marketing/communications/ad agency
PR person for part of state university (now)
Jewelry artist (can’t give up my day job yet)

11

Bicycle delivery boy before I was legally of age to have a job
Dish washer/Busboy
Waiter
Food delivery
Waiter again
Bartender
Dining Room Manager
Special Events Manager
Special Events Sales
Waiter again
Bartender again
Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Doorman/Bellman
Assistant Food & Beverage Manager again
Concierge
Assistant Food & Beverage Manager again
Bartender again PT
Chef Concierge

The most of jobs were at two companies that I was employed for ten years (or more) and held several different positions.

12

High School:
Lawnmower
Construction laborer (hooray for having 14 year olds (me and my cousin) work hard labor under the table for less than minimum wage for our uncle.)
Hardware store clerk/stocker

College:
Construction laborer again. (at least by this point it was legal and for $10/hour.)
Asbestos air monitor
Work-study for admissions office
Wal-Mart associate (for about a month.)
Lab assistant

After college:
Construction yet AGAIN (basically, it was guaranteed work for whenever I wanted, so I just used it in-between semesters and before I got a “real” job.)
Biomedical technician
Factory line worker at a lip balm company (I eventually got “promoted” to implementing a new inventory system…which meant I went around to every “bin” in three warehouses and took stock of what was there, compared it to the old inventory software, and updated it and put it in the new inventory software.)
Line cook
Server

Good thing I spent all that time and money on a degree…comes in really handy when I have to bring people a Coke refill… :rolleyes: :frowning:

13

Cleaning fish–“slime line” Ketchikan (note to self: Go to College)
Lumber Yard grunt
State Law Library intern
intern at law firm
counselor at residential treatment center for maladjusted teenagers
counselor at residential treatment center for emotional disturbed children
intern at law firm
variety of law related jobs in law school, some pretty interesting
Intern for Senator Ted Kennedy (remember him?)
Public Defender Anchorage
Public Defender Seattle
Private law firm
hemp importer, manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer
another private law firm

14

Newspaper boy
Supermarket checkout clerk
Doorman on Park Avenue, NYC
Elevator operator, NYC
Field assistant, California and Trinidad (hummingbird wrangler)
Deliveryman
Teaching assistant
Botanical artist, Panama and Madagascar
Mover
Data entry clerk
Day laborer
Quality control inspector in a computer factory
Environmental technician, Wyoming and Montana
Wildlife Service Officer, New Zealand
Tour guide
Exhibition assistant
Free-lance exhibition consultant, Washington DC
Liaison Officer
Tropical Forest Research Program Director
Biodiversity Survey Team Leader, Panama, Peru, and Gabon
Science Writer
Ornithologist
Curator of Exhibitions

15

I haven’t had many really:

Supermarket shelf stacker
Maths tutor
Singer
Actuary

16

Pre-2002: Babysitting jobs, mostly.
2002, for a couple of months: Music store employee.
2003 (I think) in the summer: Daycare assistant.
Summer of 2004 - summer of 2005: grocery store worker.
Summer of 2005 - summer of 2006: convenience store worker.
2006 to 2007: video store employee.
2007 to the present: movie theatre drone.

Also cat caretaker, plant waterer, mail gatherer, errand runner, volunteer editor, Sunday School assistant, and Supreme Grand Empress of the Universe, in no particular order.

17

Wow, you guys have had a lot of jobs…I only have a handful, and I’m pushing 30…

  • Stock/cashier at a grocery store
  • Catering/restaurant kitchen worker
  • Movie theater grunt
  • Webmaster for college newspaper & magazine
  • Paid internship at cleveland.com
  • Web designer for my own business

So far I’m most intrigued by RealityChuck’s “TV call-in show host” and gwendee’s “custom farmer” which I misread :slight_smile:

18

Here is my sordid tale:

warehouse volunteer for a food bank type operation
dishwasher at a shitty food court restaurant (I was happy when they went out of business after they laid me off)
night janitor and occasional busboy at another restaurant
inventory counter at a fabric store
McDonald’s (note to self: go back to school, this sucks)
sales guy at the Used Computer Store in Berkeley (don’t shop there, they’re assholes)
Domino’s Pizza cook
book packer at a distribution warehouse
video game tester
video game tech support at a couple different places
data archivist (AKA tape monkey)
tech support for a GPS company
IT field technician
assembly technician/production manual writer for an A/V manufacturer
video game tester again
game designer (w00+!)… for about 6 months (+eh 5ux) until they axed my whole department
amateur web designer/game demo maker/layabout/hater of Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer-Incentives

19

Oh, I left out student producer on my college art journal, which was in between shifts at Domino’s.

20

Mid-late July, 1996 – video delivery boy
2003-present – “semi-professional” poker player

Please, hold your applause. Great though my contributions to society have been, I must admit I was in it for the money.