Baby sitter
Helping out at comic book/used book store
Snowball Stand worker
Donut shop cashier
College Radio DJ
Assistant to an accountant for a seafood company (spreadsheet work)
Dominos Pizza Driver
Pizza Hut Pizza Driver
Assistant Network Admin/ Help Desk
Computer Sales/Service
Software “Sales”/Laundering Money for Mafia Front or Something
Book Publishing Estimator
Math Tutor/Math Lab Teacher
Student Teacher
Temp
Hospital Surgical Instrument Inventory Person
My Current Job
Camp counselor
Landscaping crew
Unskilled construction laborer
Gas station attendant
Cafeteria prep crew (chopped lettuce for salads, etc.)
Attendant at campus bowling alley
Painter
Baggage handler/outdoor maintenance/dishwasher/etc. at a small resort
Security Guard
Paralegal
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Math Instructor
Graduate Teaching Assistant (again)
Math Professor
Mathematical Statistician
Good grief. I don’t know if I can remember all my jobs.
Babysitter (from age 12-15)
Envelope stuffer for my sister’s printing company (age 15)
Bane of society (Sears Termite and Pest Control telemarketer, 3 weeks at age 15)
Nanny (age 15-16)
Grease-slinger at Krystals (age 16)
Legit drug dealer, Medicaid/Insurance Bitch, Compounding Queen (Wal-Mart pharmacy, age 17-25)
Sworn enemy of Starbucks (Fulford & Egan coffee shop, age 18)
Pizza flinger, covert mafia money launderer (Waitress at D’oriano’s Pizza, age 19-20)
Legit drug dealer, delivery included (Pharmacy tech at NCS Healthcare, age 25-27)
Certifiable crazy person (Pharmacy tech in a psych/drug rehab ward, age 27-currently)
Beer bitch and pizza flinger (Waitress/bartender, Mellow Mushroom, age 27-28)
Ice cream cone/sundae preparer, chain restaurant
Clerk/cashier, defunct department store
Offset Press Operator, college work-study
Picker, Ice cream warehouse (very brrrrrrief)
Cook, pancake restaurant (helping a friend out, very brief)
EKG/Stress Test Technician, small local hospital
Cardiovascular Tech, private company & large teaching hospital
Liquor store clerk
Technical Support Specialist
QA Engineer
Software Engineer
Layout/Print Brochure Designer
Server at a horrible diner
Clerk/Western Union Agent
DoD: HR, then Comptroller’s office, then CO’s office
Government agent (classified) (not as exciting as it sounds)
Server/bartender at a nightclub
Pension plan administrator
Bartender at a nude club (yes, I wore normal clothes)
Bar manager at a 4-star restaurant
Insurance agent (worst job ever)
More server jobs
Hotel restaurant manager
Yet more server/bartender jobs at various other restaurants
Administrator at international-trade consulting firm
Translator (French/English)
Communications/graphics specialist at strategy consulting firm
Syscom/Ops director at private investment firm
paper boy
altar boy
dishwasher
busboy
prep cook
host
food runner
waiter
telemarketer for football shields
assistant to Sports Information Director
money counter at Yankee Stadium
host for sports talk party line
landscaper
interior demolition
high school theology teacher
track coach
barista
cafe manager
bike messenger
location scout
babysitter
receptionist
production assistant
elevator operator
driver
bar manager
bartender
substitute teacher
assistant food service director
unemployment benefactor
Burger King cook
retail associate at J.C. Penney Children’s store
student employee U.C. Berkeley University Archives
student employee U.C. Berkeley Interlibrary Loan
undergrad research assistant
teaching assistant
research assistant
physicist
Snow shoveler (Suburban Chicago)
Lawn cutter (same)
Produce assistant in supermarket (Ft. Collins, Colo.)
Counter clerk at ice cream/hotdog shop (think Dairy Queen)(Chgo)
Asst. Manager of above
Automotive parts order assembler and packer (Chicago)
Security Guard (Sub. Chicago)
University library drone (Champaign, IL)
Computer site proctor (paid to play computer games) (Urbana, IL)
Computer instructor (Chicago)
Legal research assistant (same)
Attorney (same)
So far, Mr. Visible has the widest variety of bizarre jobs.
Once on the radio, I heard a show similar to this thread, and a woman called in and said she was a sperm collector for bulls. I think hers was the weirdest.
Clerk/Typist (Germany)
Pharmacy Assistant (Germany)
Child Caregiver (Germany)
Secretary (Germany and Delaware)
Library Aide (California)
Child Development Specialist (California)
Telemarketer (Delaware)
Management and Program Assistant (Minnesota)
Business Systems Consultant (Minnesota)
Store model (4-5)
Babysitter (14-16)
Cashier, food prep:Wendy’s, Captain D’s, Central Park,Taco Hell (16-18)
Retail: Freds, Zayre, and Kmart (short stints throughout teen years)
Cashier at grocery stores: Sisco and Big Star (18-22)
Stay-at-home mommy for a few years
Homeschool parent
Sales secretary
Mail secretary
Teacher’s assistant, preschool sp.ed.
Career assessment counselor middle school level
Vision screening tech.
TA elementary CDC
housepainter- desperately looking for something else
Babysitter
Mailroom clerk (sorted mail and listened to whiny fellow students)
Dining room assistant (4 freaking years!)
Walmart Sales associate (clothes)
Americorps*VISTA, New Hampshire Reads (coordinated the Tales to Go program)
Toddler “Teacher” (for three days. It was not the job I was hired for!)
Special ed child specific aide (one child with DDs, two children with autism)
Academic Reader (aka scorer of open-response standardized tests. Great job, but it’s too bad that it’s not a full year position.)
hopefully I’ll add something to the list soon, but since I’m not in construction or nursing 90% of the jobs out there that are hiring aren’t anything I’m qualified for. sigh.
At 25, not many. I usually stick with what I have for a while.
Paperboy (Moline Daily Dispatch - about 6 months)
Dishwasher at a Mexican Food Restaurant (ugh - 3 months)
Stockboy at a Grocery Store (3 1/2 years)
Information Delivery Service Employee at college (2 1/2 years)
Gas station attendant (2 summer breaks from college)
Print Media Analyst (May 2000 - Present)
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Boy (sold doughnuts door to door)
McDonald’s
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Construction
Stand up comedian (not very good)
Baker
Cook
Data entry
Temp
Temp
College Student
Grad Student
Program Assitant
Program Director (Novosibirsk, Russia)
Information Officer (OSCE, Kosovo)
Voter Registration Officer (OSCE, Kosovo)
Program Officer (back in USA)
Consultant (current)
This takes a bit. I’m 50, and up until my last two jobs, I never had a job more than three years. It’s also pretty eclectic list.
Store clerk (my family’s business)
Medical aide
Cable TV station staff
OTB parlor manager trainee
Sports call-in talk show host
Assistant manager of a Spencer Gifts store.
Radio sales rep
Information and Referral Service worker
PR director for a nonprofit agency
Assistant at a Volunteer Center
Software documentation specialist
Technical writer
Typist
Administrative assistant for a power plant project
Tech Writer/Computer graphics specialist
Freelance tech writer
Adjunct faculty at a community college
Desktop publishing specialist
ITS User Services specialist
Webmaster
Educational Technologist
Little League umpire
Refreshments vendor at a bingo hall
Convenience store clerk
Soldier
Office manager for consulting business
Manager for a big standards and certification company
research student -,
Programer Consultant for Racal (and Lockheed),
In house Programmer,
Programer Consultant for Serjeant at Arms,
– Top Secret, Hush, Hush work --,
Web Designer for charity (whilst recovering from Pancreatitis),
Data Base Admonisher for Sily-Koan Valley company