# List All the Jobs You've Ever Had **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551 "2003-01-23T22:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/41 "2003-01-24T19:45:26Z")
babysitter gopher at insurance agency mcdonalds general office work receptionist secretary grounds crew at college clean new houses before the first owners move in sell sodas at the circus typist house cleaning pet store clerk deliver flowers mcdonalds again substitute teacher secretary office manager office manager again receptionist data entry switchboard operator general office work legal secretary administrative assistant psychiatrict tech substitute teacher again clerk at a video store store manager door to door sales retail sales telemarketing mailroom light laborer light construction front desk clerk night auditor volunteer work: big sister rape crisis center crisis line worker teen talkline crisis line i’m sure i’m forgetting something but not sure what. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/42 "2003-01-24T20:12:50Z")
Baby sitter Lawn mower Paper boy Chicken ranch worker Waiter Woodcutter General laborer (aerospace) Sheetmetal mechanic (aerospace) Turbine engine inspector (aerospace) Helicopter crew chief (military) Helicopter maintenance supervisor (military) Truck driver Self employed (wood cutter) Helicopter inspector (aerospace) Supervisor, material management (aerospace) Construction company contracts manager Plumbers apprentice Electricians apprentice Truck driver Material manger (aerospace) Production Controller (aerospace) Buyer (aerospace) Logistics Analyst (aerospace) Manager of logistics (aerospace) \*Small business owner (Gazebo mfg and sales) Manager aircraft maintenance (aerospace) Logistics Manager (aerospace) Subcontracts Administrator (aerospace) \*Irrigation systems designer/installer \*Electrician \*Plumber Manager parts sales (aerospace) \*Side business ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/43 "2003-01-24T20:27:04Z")
remebered a couple more… swimming teacher busboy…or person if you will…lol ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/44 "2003-01-24T20:45:05Z")
Door to door saleman (pet rocks, puppets etc \<10yo) Working in my folk’s shop (\<10yo) Babysitter (\>10yo) Car washer/secretary/Spanish translator/security for Repo agency (12-18) Lawn mower (12-15) Pie/pizza maker (13/14) Telemarketing ( lasted **2 hours** Wendy’s (cashier, team leader - 14-18) Subway (sandwich maker/cashier - 16-17) K-Mart (ran deli - 17) Nanny (18) Crater Lake NP (cashier/info booth - 18) Grand Teton NP (cashier/info booth - 18-19) Kelly Girl (various temp jobs - 19-21) Care Giver (judge referred school for _tough kids_) K-Mart (cash cage - 19-21) Sierra Trading Post (catalogue CSR - 20-21) State Wy (processing Medical claims - 21-24) Cheyenne Outfitters (catalogue CSR - 23-24) Certified Nursing Asst (geriatric and psychiatric - 24 to date) Tutor (maths, English, medical terminology, nursing, marine biology, Spanish, IT - 24-28) Teaching Asst (Spanish, IT, see above - 28) Campground Assistant Manager (25-29) Gas Specialist (29-31) Teacher (32-32) * * * As you can see I’ve always been a very busy person, often holding more than one job at a time. It was drilled into me from a young age that if I wanted anything, I had to work for it. So, I did. When in university not only was my typical load 18-24 units, but worked 1-2 jobs and raised my sister’s two kids she dumped on me and my folks. Am currently unemployed an it is driving me up the wall. I should be enjoying the time with hubby, well I do, but… My mind is not being challenged and it is turning to mush. ages are appoximated best to my recollection. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/45 "2003-01-24T21:08:34Z")
As if anyone will read all these. FTR, I’m 33. babysitter (jr. high and high school) roast beast slinger at Rax (3 mos. in h.s.) public library page (2 years in h.s.) college library staff (music/dance library not the main branch – summer and freshman year) nursing home nurses’ aide (summer after freshman year in college) solicitor/telemarketing – begged for donations for the Alumni Association (sophomore year in college) games hostess at an amusement park (Cedar Point – summer after soph. yr.) public relations intern for the VP office at my alma mater (Ohio Univ. - jr. and sr. yrs. in college) public relations intern for Cleveland Fox TV afilliate (WOIO-Fox Nineteen at the time – summer after jr. year) sales chick at The Limited (six weeks’ winter break somewhere in there) wrapped test tubes in tissue paper for a Scientific Warehouse company (winter break again) marketing intern for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (summer after jr. year) inspected steel mufflers in a factory (after college for three weeks) data entry/ ink inventory for BASF (after college for six months) temp for RR Donnelly – mostly in HR (after college for six months) Customer Service Representative for Value Rent a Car (1 year) Associate Editor of Florida Keys Magazine and the Gibbons-Humms Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West (2 years) Editor in Chief of Predictions Magazine (now way defunct – 3 mos.) teacher of Creative Writing for Palm Beach County Adult Education (one term) Temp for Interim Personnel, assignments included: telecommunications coordinator, legal secretary, training admin. asst., marketing assistant (year and a half) Operations Standards Manager for industrial cleaning company, located within a BMW plant (2 years) Communications Team Leader, then Manager for current employer (last 5 and a half) ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/46 "2003-01-24T21:09:15Z")
-Strawberry picker -Babysitter -McDonalds peon -Lab assistant -Phlebotomist -Microbiology planting Technician -MLT -MT -MTII -Research Assistant -Research Technician -Research Technologist -Researcher [sub](notice the nice up-the-ladder trend there)[/sub] -Angry, bitter laid off person with a chip on her shoulder -Bartender who was sick of being unemployed with an anti-competition clause from last employer that was going to last for another 18 months. Currently: ass player in a blues band Drummer in a rock band. Frightening fact: Current job pays slightly more than the last, wait, all of them now that I think about it. Advice to today’s youth: Skip college and graduate school and practice your music. No really. It worked for me. I could stand to do without the student loan debt from 9 years of post HS education, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/47 "2003-01-24T21:11:09Z")
I forgot a couple. I made potholders and knit mittens when I was really little. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/48 "2003-01-24T21:14:04Z")
:eek: **BASS** player. BASS! ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/49 "2003-01-24T21:16:16Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Smashed Ice Cream_ …snip… > > Currently: > ass player in a blues band…snip :eek: Hope the pay is good! ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/50 "2003-01-24T21:22:00Z")
In chronological order: Paperboy Lawn Mower - I had 5 or 6 regular customers Kiddie Bowling League Secretary - the alley paid me 3 free games per league per week Dishwasher Factory Worker - we made SuperPretzel ovens Games Host - Six Flags Great Adventure Soft Pretzel Sales Programmer ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/51 "2003-01-24T21:31:33Z")
Ages 13 - 17: Babysitter Ages 15 - 18: Assistant choir director Ages 17 - 18: Lifeguard Ages 18 - 24: Tutor Ages 21 - 42: Choir director (note the overlap, this wasn’t a full time job) Ages 25 - 28: Middle school teacher Ages 29 - 35: Staff attorney Ages 34 - 38: College Instructor (again, note overlap) Ages 36 - 42: Director of Human Resources Ages 42 - Present: Vice President in charge of Human Resources ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/52 "2003-01-25T03:00:59Z")
Completed jobs: Transcriber for a medical doctor (I had no training) Cleaning out lockers, replacing locks, repairing books, library inventory (had this at my high school the summer after graduating from it) ## English tutor Ongoing and/or sporadic: ## babysitter dogsitter eldersitter Editor and proofreader textbook reviewer Permatemp: adjunct faculty at a university, then at two community colleges ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/53 "2003-01-25T03:44:01Z")
So far, at 50, I have made money doing the following: (in roughly chronological order, with some overlap up through college graduation) Pre-college: babysitter magician/puppeteer for children’s parties\* potwasher part time office worker While in college: Chemistry dept lab assistant night clean-up at food plant (for two-three weeks) potwasher After college: date entry clerk (almost two years) benefit & claims authorizor for Social Security Administration (27 years :eek: in another week) \*I had learned a few magic tricks and started putting on little shows for some of the neighbors’ kids, for which I was paid about $5-10. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/54 "2003-01-25T03:45:25Z")
Hmmm… let’s see… Traffic controller Bouncer Computer technician Service manager at another computer joint Technical support engineer/network admin at another computer joint Desktop rollout for Optus (small contract) Self-employed computer nerd - providing network and desktop support to small-to-medium businesses as well as doing onsite support for HP/Compaq. So, I’m a computer nerd through and through 🙂 Max 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pstarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Pstarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pstarr)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/55 "2003-01-25T03:51:32Z")
Wow this is rough. Pre- High School: Kool-Aid/Popcorn Stand - 8-10yrs old Snow Cone/ Candy Stand - 10-12 yrs old Paper route - Local Paper 12-15 yrs old Paper route - Regional Paper - 13-15 yrs old High School: Sales Ass. (Radio Shack) - 15-22 yrs old Paper route: 17yrs old Walgreens Warehouse slave - 18-19 yrs old Walmart night stocker - 20 yrs old College (Valparaiso U.) Temp- Data entry -20 yrs old Chemical Plant Painter - 20yrs old Blast Furnace Laborer - 20 yrs old Dairy Queen Ice Cream boy - 20 yrs old Procurement Clerk - 20-22 yrs old Library Help Purdue U. 22 yrs old College (Purdue) CD store sales ass. -22 yrs old Grocery stocker - 22 - yrs old Technical Writer (part time college) 22-25 yrs old Real Life (Silicon Valley) Technical Writer (California!) 26 yrs old Senior Technical Writer /Illustrator/Graphic Designer - 26yrs old Real Life (Los Angeles) Senior Technical Writer/ Marketing Info guy- 26-28 I have been at this job for over a year and a half…it’s getting time to move on. Tony ---
**Author:** ![Niggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Niggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niggle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/56 "2003-01-25T03:54:06Z")
Is there a prize for shortest list? - Barista for Starbucks (3 years in highschool) - Video game artist (current job) woohoo! -n ---
**Author:** ![magog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@magog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magog)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/57 "2003-01-25T04:17:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > \*\*Ages 13 - 17: Babysitter > Ages 15 - 18: Assistant choir director > Ages 17 - 18: Lifeguard > Ages 18 - 24: Tutor > Ages 21 - 42: Choir director (note the overlap, this wasn’t a full time job) > Ages 25 - 28: Middle school teacher > Ages 29 - 35: Staff attorney > Ages 34 - 38: College Instructor (again, note overlap) > Ages 36 - 42: Director of Human Resources > Ages 42 - Present: Vice President in charge of Human Resources \*\* You forgot [telemarketer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158211&perpage=50&pagenumber=2) 😉 My jobs were: Babysitter Paper Route Park maintenace worker Cafeteria Worker Political canvasser Data Entry Guy Network manager Computer Operator Grant writer Web Designer ISO Documentation Specialist Computer Programmer Pretty boring, actually… ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/58 "2003-01-25T04:47:45Z")
Skating rink attendant (13-14 yrs old - no pay, but all the free skating I could stand. I could stand a lot.) Dishwasher at truck stop. Dishwasher & general kitchen slave at steakhouse. Dishwasher at mid-scale burger joint. Cook at said mid-scale burger joint. Grounds maintenance at city cemetary. Delivery driver for auto parts house. Machine shop flunky for auto parts house. Manager of game room at mall. Hospital orderly. Manufacturing - shear, punch press, roller forming machine for grain bin manufacturer. USAF - Aerospace Defense & Warning Systems Operator - the tail end of the SAGE system. Bouncer/doorman. Air Traffic Controller - washed out of phase I traning - just as well, I’d have never made it through phase II Body shop labor in daytime/Pinsetter attendant at bowling alley at night. Bureau of Reclamation - irrigation canal construction surveyor. Private engineering co. - land surveyor. State Natural Resources Commission - land surveyor. Helpdesk consultant at state uni. Computer operator at uni. Sysadmin/manage nameserver/DHCP servers for the same uni - longest I’ve been with one employer, coming up on 7 years. -mdf ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/59 "2003-01-25T14:31:17Z")
Gardener/yard maintenance person (on irregular basis since mid-1960) Dishwasher, two restaurants McDonald’s geek (toastng buns, frying burgers, steaming fish patties… :rolleyes: Postal clerk, twice Mill worker, slotting ceiling screws Fuller Brush person Custodian Carpenter’s helper Substitute parent (looking after my younger brother for years after my Mom divorced his father) Security guard Exam proctor Tutor Census enumerator Volunteer legal intern (two locations) Data entry operator Data entry clerk ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551/60 "2003-01-25T15:06:00Z")
Day camp counselor Pizza Hut #1 Pet Store Supermarket Cashier Papa John’s Pizza Wendy’s Pizza Hut #2 Pizza Hut #3 Telemarketer Children’s Book & Toy Store Barnes & Noble (my longest job, I had it more than 2 years) Pharmacy Cashier (my shortest job, 1 week. I tried that and b&n at the same time but the 2 jobs were too much.) Employee of miitary store [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-jobs-youve-ever-had/150551.md?page=4)