Babysitting
Newspaper route
Janitor (airplane painting business at airport)
Bakery clerk
Dining hall peon (dishwashing, server, etc.)
Babysitter
Bakery clerk
Fabric store clerk
Teacher’s aide
Various business libraries–assistant librarian
Various public libraries–extra help librarian
Special programs–librarian
Not many, but some interesting ones:
HS/College
Paper napkin printer - the kind of napkins they use at weddings and such.
Amusement park peon (SFOT) in food and brew (the first stand I worked at sold extra thick hot dogs and was supposedly called “Happy Happy Hot Dog”. We called it “Gay Weiner”)
Counter for Tandy Leather warehouse - most boring job I’ve ever had.
Librarian aide in the bibliography department at the college university.
Since college, I’ve been a programmer.
Popcorn vendor at the fairgrounds
Movie theater concessions
Movie theater ticket seller
Microbiology lab teaching assistant
Medical laboratory technician
Medical Technologist-generalist
What a boring list.
Age 6-7
Boat and Auto Detailer
Promoter - Handed out flyers and other stuff for various small businesses in the area around the marina
Teen Years
Newspaper Subscription Salesman
Newspaper Delivery Boy (was not related to the previous job)
Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
Slave
18-Now(Age 23)
Various positions working on short indie films
Various jobs in construction
Retail Clothing Store Associate
Home Appliance Salesman (ranges/dishwashers/hoods)
Car Salesman - Hummer/Cadillac/Buick/GMC
Ride Operator at Universal Studios
Gambler
Timeshare - I signed people up for the “2 hour tour”
At-home dispatcher - Small towing company
Amateur-Freelance Web Designer / Graphic Artist
Current
I am studying/working in photography, web design, carpentry, and film-making.
you’re gonna have to expand on this particular line of work
From age 15-25:
Camp counselor
Horse back riding instructor
Restaurant worker - hostess, waitress, server, trainer, expo, bartender
Pro poker player
Chocolate fountain attendant (you know those chocolate fountains people run at weddings or other nice receptions? I set it up, kept it pretty and cleaned up at the end of the night. Best job in the world)
Business analyst intern
I’m 25 now, going to start grad work for my masters in accounting in a few months, so I guess real jobs are on the way.
newspaper boy
garage mechanic
mail carrier
door-to-door knife salesman
hardware store clerk
data entry typist
computer programmer
computer design manager, then director and VP
museum exhibit designer
museum manager
house painter and handyman
Since graduating college I have always been in software development or management.
Before that, I worked various jobs for a city’s parking authority. Including writing tickets (violations), being a cashier in a ticket booth, mowing lawns and maintaining the lots.
I have also worked in a steel factory, as a bar tender, a cashier at a grocery store and as a gas station attendant.
I think that is all, but I may think of a few others.
High school and prior
Babysitting
Busing tables at my aunt’s Mexican restaurant
Library page
McDonald’s drive-thru worker
College work-study
Filing papers for the dean’s office
Mailroom in one of the dorms
Tech support for faculty/staff/grad students
Actual adult type jobs
Proofreader/data entry/MS Word monkey
Book indexer
During high school, I did a lot of babysitting, but no real jobs.
College
One summer accepting donations for the Salvation Army.
Student assistant in a research unit. (sophomore year)
Busker. (junior year)
Summer working for a crafts store.
Student assistant in the admissions department. (senior year)
After college
Administrative assistant at a university. (just a few months)
Bookseller (a year and a half)
Loan processor for various mortgage lenders. (four and a half years)
Peace Corps Volunteer/elementary school EFL teacher. (two years)
Now I’m a grad student. I have a part time job working in the library.
In alphabetical order:
babysitter
business analyst
chauffeur
deckhand
door to door sales
farm laborer
fast food worker (grill & cleanup)
golf course grounds maintenance
landscaper
newspaper carrier
phone operator/receptionist
programmer
retail clerk
retail manager
shop rat (foundry)
shop rat (tool & die)
tutor (IT related)
water main installation inspector
ETA: Some jobs had multiple aspects: for example, my retail clerk jobs have included plant nurseries, book stores, and grocery stores.
I have…
Waitressed at a Boston Pizza.
Worked in the daycare at a bowling alley for the moms on leagues.
Painted.
Telecentre for a major carpet cleaning company, mostly reminder calls to regular customers - no cold calls, thank God.
I was a zookeeper and did offsite presentations for seven years.
Currently I volunteer at the Fireside Cafe, work building school furniture (my regular day job) and I’m an actress in Billion Dollar Babies, a rockin’ Alice Cooper tribute band.
Paperboy
Work concessions at CSUF games
Carls Jr
Emergency medical Technician/Ambulance driver.
A variety of positions in an amusement park ending with 5 years as park operations supervisor (second in command on a given shift).
Worked for a couple years at a round table pizza when I was first starting out in amusement park.
A variety of positions with a certain book fair company mostly in supply chain
Owner of a computer shop/onsite repair service.
Wow, let’s see.
Never really worked in high school. I was in band and that took up all my spare time most of the year. Thankfully, parents didn’t think I’d ‘learn something’ from doing a fast food job and decided to let me enjoy my high school summers off. I think that was a good decision. Being part of a competitive band program taught the same level of responsibility as a 4.00 an hour fast food job without a manager making you work late hours because some other slug called in.
College. Worked at Red Lobster for most of my first couple of years. As I got into my junior year classes, I left. Got sick of the late hours and it was hurting my grades.
Post College.
I made the mistake of thinking, “I’ll go to grad school” in a year or so and got stuck in an endless series of dead end customer service jobs. Worked as a reservation agent for Alamo Rent-a-Car, customer service for American Express, reservation agent for Marriott Hotels, customer service for Yamaha Motors, and some various other jobs.
Finally, got sick of the call center environment. I took a temp job scoring standardized test essays and ended up spending a few years in that industry. I managed a standardized test scoring center.
The feast or famine aspect of that job finally got to me. A major online brokerage company was hiring, so I applied and got hired. I passed my series 7 and 63 and I’ve been in the industry ever since.
Grocery clerk
Day laborer
Flyer stuffer
Farm hand
Spotlight operator for a tour promoter
Assistant manager of a Radio Shack
Karate instructor
Electronic technician
Computer game developer
Writer
Scientific programmer
Computer software/hardware designer
Small business owner for 10 years
Duty pilot for a flying club
Ground school instructor
Professional gambler
IT manager
Software consultant
Computer engineer
Over summer vacations when I was in school
Picking Black Berries
Cutting and picking cots
Cutting and splitting fire wood.
when In Jr college
Stockboy for Blue chip Stamp co.
After college
Floor worker in a food processing plant
Oiler
Line mechanic
Boiler watch Engineer
Maintenance Engineer
Assistant chief
chief Engineer
Street promoter
Pizzamaker
Car washer
Drug dealer
Administrative assistant for ICU
Inside Sales
Revenue Retention Specialist
Cashier
Thief
Landscaper
Telemarketer
Graphic Designer
Warehouse Labor
Newspaper Delivery
Drug Counselor (while hooked on drugs)
Unemployed government leech
In chronological order:
Data entry intern
Grocery clerk at Albertson’s
Student tech writer
Proofreader for college paper
Web marketing intern
Publication assistant at non-profit science journal
Editorial assistant
Associate project editor
…some day, best-selling fantasy writer!
In order:
Paper Boy (fun!)
Ball Scooper at Batting Cages (generally scary, but cool perks)
Wood Panel Assembler (generally sucky)
Security Guard, swanky office area (not so bad)
Security Guard, 1984 Olympics (pretty cool)
Security Guard, parties and such (meh)
Night watchman, office building (not bad)
File Clerk & driver, law firm (pretty cool)
bartender, dance club/restaurant (binary: either super awesome or somewhat awful)
Panzie investor (completely and totally awesome… for a while)
Security Guard, movie studio (generally awesome)
Parking pass processor, movie studio (stressful but generally pretty cool)
Script Typist/data processor, movie studio (sleep depriving)
Movie/TV extra (interesting at times, but generally sucky)
Live-in personal trainer (weird)
administrative assistant, Jewish Temple (mixed bag)
Production Assistant, porn movies (unsettling)
Craft Services, porn movies (pretty fun)
boom mic operator, porn movies (exhausting)
umm, model (a short-lived, blown opportunity – literally & figuratively)
art class nude figure model (kinda fun)
bartender, catering company (pretty awesome until the very end)
admin assistant, ad agency (great & lousy)
assistant, talent agency (living hell)
house painter (a little boring, but therapeutic)
admin, government think tank (pretty good, marred by porn addiction)
A-V tech/video editor, think tank (pretty good, marred by porn addiction)
Bar Mitzvah video producer/editor (a mixed bag, but never boring)
Swing Dance convention videographer (pretty cool)
instructional dance video editor/videographer (a little boring)
admin for a horribly run startup (generally lousy)
I didn’t just kill another thread, did I? Sorry.