# Jobs I have had **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915 "2008-05-20T00:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/21 "2008-05-20T18:48:39Z")
Hamsters ate my last try at this… lemme try again. Aside to the OP-- my mom was a Bally’s Aladdin’s Castle/Bally’s Great Escape employee from 1984 to 1990 or so. I was often pressed into service, cleaning Skee-Ball machines. Good times! These are paid positions, as opposed to “mom’s making me do this” positions. 1986-1992 Garbage man for a local garbage company (all under the table, and most at an illegal age, so I won’t mention names) 1988-1992 Dishwasher for a local pizza parlor (again, under the table and mostly underage, so no name mentions) 1989-1990 Retail worker, Mr. Bulky’s candy store 1990 Database creator/maintainer for now-defunct local comic book shop 1990-1993 Cook/crew leader, Hardee’s 1993-present Pharmacy stockman for a Really-Big-and-Omnipresent retailer 1994-1999 “Wares Guy” for a Goodwill Store 2005-present Supplemental Instructor/Supplemental Learning Assistant for a university 100-level logic class 2008-present Supplemental Instructor for a university symbolic logic class ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/22 "2008-05-20T19:01:15Z")
Raspberry picker. Amusement park attendant. Convenience store clerk. Set designer. (4 different theatres over 4 years.) Scenic Artist. (again, the same job at various places) Sculptor for Muppets. Furniture store gallery decorator. Teacher of scenic art. Museum exhibit builder. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/23 "2008-05-20T19:05:21Z")
High School: [ul] [li]Jane-of-all-trades/household helper (for local career-lady who was too busy to do her own stuff)[/li][li]Various babysitting and petsitting gigs around the 'hood[/li][li]Baskin-Robbins flunkie[/li][/ul] University: [ul] [li]Salesperson for La Senza Girl[/li][li]Ride attendant for an amusement park (mostly kiddie bumper boats, whee)[/li][li]Salesperson for Baby Gap[/li][/ul] After Uni: [ul] [li]Manager for Gap/GapKids/BabyGap[/li][li]Data entry for WhitePages[/li][li]Call centre slave[/li][li]Project flunkie (which is a strangely all-encompassing kind of job that defeats attempts to explain)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/24 "2008-05-20T19:09:23Z")
In order, but no dates, covering 32 years: Paperboy Gofer in a Mom’n’Pop jewlwry store Stocker in a department store Kitchen help in college dorm Book store gofer in college Grunt in a Hardee’s Civil Service electrical engineer Electrical engineer for Big Three auto company Civil Service electrical engineer; 2nd job as as instructor in trade school Defense contractor software engineer (6 months unemployed) Civil Service electrical engineer (NASA) Defense contractor software engineer ---
**Author:** ![thetruthisoutthere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@thetruthisoutthere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thetruthisoutthere)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/25 "2008-05-20T19:27:40Z")
I started working when I was 15. First Job - Sales advisor in a clothes shop (Oct 2001 - October 2005) Second Job - Worked in ASDA (REALLY REALLY hated that job!- October 2005 - April 2006) Third and current job - Car Rental Operator April 2006 - Present. This job was only intended to be a taste of management as a placement for my degree. Needless to say the prospect of leaving the craphole of Asda led me away! Some of you folks have had some really cool jobs! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/26 "2008-05-20T19:38:14Z")
Let’s see, from start to current, something like: [ul] [li]swallow shooter[/li][li]bean rider (same summer)[/li][li]grocery sacker[/li][li]movie theater ticket taker[/li][li]movie theater concessions[/li][li]movie theater box office[/li][li]summer university lab assistant[/li][li]undergraduate assistant at LANL[/li][li]part-time Macintosh repair tech[/li][li]full-time general computer/network repair tech[/li][li]self-employed attorney[/li][li]assistant county attorney[/li][/ul] I’m sure I’m overlooking a couple. I’ve occasionally done some freelance computer repairs for cash. And I’ve done some odd stuff unpaid, like volleyball line judge and running the chains for high school football. But that’s the meat up there. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/27 "2008-05-20T19:49:38Z")
Since 1988, this is my resume, in a nutshell… [ul] [li]Burger King. Worked there for an embarrassingly too long of time, left when I was an assistant manager.[/li][li]Construction general laborer- Job I took out of desperation to get out of previous job. I worked there for two days.[/li][li]Office Max, electronics sales associate, three years.[/li][li]Tech support stint that lasted about two months before returning to…[/li][li]Office Max, where I worked for another two years as supervisor for the electronics department.[/li][li]Printer testing technician for HP (contract employee). Worked there for four years before I was laid off.[/li][li]Same as above, but worked for a different contractor. I was fired after seven months due to some asshole who had it in for me and got me fired over a misunderstanding that I could not successfully dispute.[/li][li]Call center, booking travel for cardholders redeeming points. Been here for over two years now.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/28 "2008-05-20T20:18:09Z")
Babysitter Office temp Bagel bakery worker Coffee shop manager Tutor at an EXTREMELY screwed up summer camp / cram school Temp for a legal document processing center Toy store clerk Graduate teaching fellow Office temp (again) Tutor for a university summer program Substitute teacher AP exam grader Freelance writer (sort of, made a whopping $1,600 that way. 1,700 if you count payment in STA Travel vouchers) Visiting assistant professor Adjunct instructor I guess I’ve had a more interesting working life than I thought. (My next job will be tenure-track assistant professor, and will, I hope, be the last for quite some time.) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/29 "2008-05-20T21:03:25Z")
Cashier at a small boutique. Hated it. Worked there for about a year. Miscellaneous work for a wholesale rep, mostly packing boxes for the webstores and scanning catalogues. I think I was there almost a year. Temp work, mostly data entry Graphic Design for where I am now. I was there about two months. Temp work (a few weeks) Data entry for medical billing Graphic work for a custom book-binding place (that sucked and the bosses sucked. Don’t get me started). I was there three weeks. I repeat, don’t get me started. It was stupid enough that it doesn’t go on my resume. Well, that and it was so astoundingly short. Graphic design. I’m going on my third year. I may have forgotten a few or gotten stuff out of order. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/30 "2008-05-20T21:07:40Z")
Data entry at my dad’s company Real estate secretary Campus job as music professor’s assistant Suncoast retail worker Graduate assistant in a business library Art librarian, all by myself Public library substitute Public librarian ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/31 "2008-05-20T21:14:40Z")
I’m not sure I’ll remember them all, but skipping the short-term temp jobs: Department store assistant bookkeeper Law office receptionist Food server - Howard Johnsons Food server - The Jolly Roger (back when they had the little wench outfits) Airline accountant Food Server - Baker’s Square Office Manager - Auto Diagnostic machine sales Accountant - insurance company Accountant - film production office Accountant - property management company Contract accountant - utility company Office manager/bookkeeper - theater company Accountant - major retail company Accountant - another major retailer Accountant - large theater auditorium (B-way, symphony, concerts) Accountant - food retailer Accountant - waste management service aka"the dump" Accountant - office furniture & supply company Business & Finance Director - non-profit history museum Looks pretty boring, all in all. Too damn corporate. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/32 "2008-05-20T21:22:56Z")
1993-1994 (summers): Electrician’s assistant 1995-1998 (summers): Ride operator at a kiddie amusement park 1995-1999 (school year): Various food service, mostly short-order cook 1999-present: Teaching/TAing and research (varies semester to semester) Plus a smattering of babysitting and the like before 1993, of course. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/33 "2008-05-20T21:27:33Z")
In order but I am to tired to think of the exact dates. LabelCraft Dairy Queen Phil’s Deli Clark Gas Station Chaloupka’s Deli Massara’s Supermarket - Deli Johns Deli GCC / Mede America / Healtheon / Healtheon WebMD / WebMD / Emdeon The last was all the same place starting from 1992 to present. I bet you thought I would end up working at a deli. I actually did not mind the work and I learned a lot. I still can make a kick ass party tray to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/34 "2008-05-20T21:38:36Z")
What a great thread. A chance for the young to see that we mature people didn’t always make the big bucks. - Babysitter - Temp office worker - ID card checker at door - Receptionist - Toy department cashier, department store, Christmastime - Ride operator at amusement park (included cleaning up vomit) - Teacher’s assistant at elementary school - Day camp counselor - Pseudo phone operator - Animal shelter volunteer (included cleaning up animal feces) - Driver, dispatcher, shipper, general factotum (included cleaning up human feces) - Waitron - Soldier - Pizza delivery driver - And at last, I reached my real job, sitting at a computer, making real money. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/35 "2008-05-20T21:42:38Z")
'89 - Burger Builder at Burger King. '91 - Retail - Housewares / Kmart '92 - Shipping & Receiving/Refurbishment, moved on to Graphic Design - at a small Trade Show Display business '94 - Scanning / Retouching / Film Output / Minor Graphic Design at a small Pre-Press House. '97 - Graphic Design (Art Director) At a small Design Studio '01 - Graphic Design/Animation (Creative Director) in an internal creative department at a large corporation. '07 - Self Employed CG Artist / Animator (and loving it). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/36 "2008-05-21T02:27:05Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Let’s see, from start to current, something like: [ul] [li]swallow shooter[/li][li]bean rider (same summer)[/li][/ul] [/quote] 😕 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/37 "2008-05-21T02:36:30Z")
If I count all of them, I’ve had over 100 jobs, but I never have only one job at once. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/38 "2008-05-21T03:14:55Z")
Lessee… Summer 1989: Bus boy/ Janitor at a Chili’s Restaurant on Bissonnet @ 59 in Houston (not there any more) Summer 1991: Flower delivery boy. Rather surreal- we had a middle-aged white trash driver, a lesbian small-time pro wrestler, a gay rodeo cowboy, a 400 lb Mexican guy, and his 110 lb younger brother, a rather hot lipstick lesbian, and me, a 18 year old recent high school graduate. Fun job though. Summers 1992-1994: Engineering intern / part time surveyor. School year 1992-1995: Resident Advisor School year 1995-1996, Fall 1996, summer 1996: Computer phone-in help desk worker for University 1997-1999: General IT flunky/programmer 1999-2002: Programmer/analyst 2002-2004: Teaching/Research Assistant (graduate school) Summer 2004: Sporting goods sales drone (worked gun counter & bike area) Fall 2004: Business Analyst Spring 2005: Professional sloth (i.e. couldn’t find a job) Spring 2005 - April 08: Computer Forensics guy April 08 - present: Professional sloth (keep your fingers crossed that it’s only a month worth!) ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/39 "2008-05-21T03:27:20Z")
Still in college, so no “real” job yet Imo’s Pizza - made everything but the pizzas in high school, made pizzas while I worked there randomly during college, worked 3 years steady in high school and on breaks during college dorm dining hall - everything from serving slop, baking cookies, dishroom, mopping, only one semester here, horrible job Circuit City - sold cameras mainly, and computers during Vista rush, junior year of college, horrible job, best pay I’ve made so far though current college library - periodicals desk, pretty much do nothing, occasionally help people locate journals or work mircoform machines, put new journals away, easy job but shit pay, here for going on a year, likely will quit in fall, need more money ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915/40 "2008-05-21T10:22:20Z")
[ul] [li]political party intern[/li][li]data entry clerk/researcher for newspaper[/li][li]theatrical carpenter[/li][li]video store clerk[/li][li]auto store cashier[/li][li]chain restaurant hostess[/li][li]hotel desk clerk[/li][li]researcher.editor for a crazy man[/li][li]photographer’s assistant[/li][li]secret hotel camera spy[/li][li]office assistant at internet startup[/li][li]high school teacher in Africa[/li][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had/449915.md?page=3)