# What % of your adult life at your current job? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834 "2015-10-07T17:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/21 "2015-10-07T21:48:27Z")
I was 20 when I started out on my own. I’m 63 and I’ve been on my current job 18 years. So it’s 34% of my life. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/22 "2015-10-07T23:02:09Z")
Depends on what exactly is meant by “current job.” I’ve been a self-employed photographer for most my career, so if we define it as that, it’s been 85-90% of my adult life, depending on what you count. In terms of exclusively doing this to support myself and nothing else, 85%. In terms of my current photography niche (weddings, events), about 60%. ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/23 "2015-10-08T07:02:33Z")
26% ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/24 "2015-10-08T13:13:36Z")
I’m 51 at the moment. I started working at my current employer when I was 18, so 100% of my adult life or 66% of my entire life. Luckily I haven’t been doing the same job for the entire time. I’ve moved around among the different departments and I completed my degree while working here. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/25 "2015-10-08T13:16:11Z")
5% ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/26 "2015-10-08T13:18:12Z")
Roughly 25%. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/27 "2015-10-08T14:53:53Z")
40%. Been on my own for 42 years (I was self supporting in grad school) in in my current job for 17. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/28 "2015-10-08T14:58:54Z")
16 %, Graduated at 21, now 19 yrs later, in current job 3 years. Previous job was a better percentage - 63% ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/29 "2015-10-08T15:09:29Z")
25% of my adult life at my current company ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/30 "2015-10-08T15:17:48Z")
I’m a 100%er. I started playing paying music gigs in high school and never stopped. Sure, I had day jobs, but always played music. Now that’s all I do plus teaching music. 52 years old. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/31 "2015-10-08T16:08:58Z")
43% with the same employer; 27% in the same job. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/32 "2015-10-08T16:55:09Z")
Independent for 20 years. At the same job (company has gone through a merger, but I still work for the same group of people) for 13.5. So, roughly 67% of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834/33 "2015-10-09T20:19:51Z")
29 years of adulthood. 18 at current job. So 62%. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-adult-life-at-your-current-job/733834.md?page=1)