# Your job/career timeline (past to present) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552 "2009-06-03T06:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/21 "2009-06-04T03:06:43Z")
Political party intern Data entry clerk Scene shop carpenter Video store clerk Auto parts store cashier Editor for a crazy guy Hotel front desk clerk Restaurant hostess Photo studio assistant Startup secretary Computer teacher in Cameroon English teacher in China ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/22 "2009-06-04T04:56:45Z")
Chair springer in furniture factory Hospital maintenance Teaching assistant Technical editor Petroleum geologist Environmental geologist Headhunter for enviromental scientists Computer lab tech Software QA Software development ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/23 "2009-06-04T05:36:41Z")
Paperboy \ Messenger in NY Letter Carrier Order filler in jewelry warehouse File clerk Circuit designer/builder for a radio telescope project \ RA/TA Lecturer \ Member of Research Staff Research Leader/Supervisor Eminence grise ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/24 "2009-06-04T17:04:56Z")
[ul][li]Kennel boy[/li][li]Factory worker[/li][li]McDonalds’ monkey[/li][li]Martial arts instructore[/li][li]Janitor/busboy/furniture deliveryman - that was a tough summer[/li][li]Marketing researcher[/li][li]Executive recruiter [/li][li]Credit manager at a department store[/li][li]Computer programmer[/ul][/li] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/25 "2009-06-05T00:17:27Z")
**High School** Tobacco Harvesting Tobacco Stringer Tobacco Hanger Residential Construction Laborer Construction Office Clerk **College** Commercial Construction Laborer Computer Lab Tech Elementary Summer School Teacher - Computers C Programmer **Career (20 years and going strong)** Programmer/Analyst (Company 1) Software Engineer (Company 1) Software Project Manager (Company 1) Application Support Manager (Company 1) Application Development Manager (Company 1) Director of IT (Company 1 - Total 10 years) President and Managing Consultant (Company 2 - 6 years) Enterprise IT Manager - Customer Facing Applications (Company 3 - 2 years) Global Practice Director (Company 4 - 2 years and still going) ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/26 "2009-06-05T00:45:55Z")
Liquor store clerk (2 years) Price Club stocker/forklift driver (11 years) Business Owner (financial half of company) - (17 years) …and about 7 years of “professional student” interspersed between those three occupations. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/27 "2009-06-05T00:49:45Z")
_Advertiser_ paper route _News Sun_ paper route Datacenter tape jockey Datacenter tape librarian Datecenter batch analyst Datecenter systems analyst Datecenter batch analyst, but Sr. now. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/28 "2009-06-05T00:50:04Z")
Paper boy. (14 y.o.) Burger King. (16 y.o.) K-Mart. (17-18 y.o.) After HS: Graphic Technician at a small Tradeshow Display Distributor - '91 - '93 Graphic Designer at a small Service Bureau - '93 – '97 Art Director at a small Design House - '97 – 2001 Creative Director at a large Corporation - '01 – '07 CG modeling and Animation / Visual Effects (Self Employed) - '07 – Today ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/29 "2009-06-05T00:59:02Z")
And a TON of freelance and contract work in-between / at night / over the weekends. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/30 "2009-06-05T04:09:23Z")
Stoop labor for the family truck farm Antique store duster Babysitter Lawn care Waitress (several places) Remodeling assistant (gofer) Cashier / small town general store Cashier / convenience store / gas station Nursing assistant Singer / keyboardist in a country band Sander in a furniture factory Dining room supervisor in a bar / restaurant Cook Assembly line worker in the auto industry Assembly line lead / auto industry Material handler lead / auto industry Quality auditor / auto industry Church organist Grader in a wood flooring factory Print advertising sales rep Quality auditor / plastics plant General utility worker / poultry processing plant Weigh scaler / poultry processing plant Raw products inspector / poultry processing plant Inventory clerk in the maintenance department / poultry processing plant Quality assurance lead / software distributor Banquet service crew lead (holiday job) Quality assurance lead / electical supply distributor Jill-of-all-trades (inventory control, administrative, etc…) / electical supply distributor Material review board / cell phone distributor Inventory control lead / restaurant distributor Inventory reconciler / cell phone repair center I didn’t realize just how many things I’ve done over the past forty years until I began this list. Some of them were concurrent, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/31 "2009-06-05T14:27:47Z")
I just remembered two more: Writing obituaries and doing administrative stuff for the advertising group at a small radio station. Admin at a food service company/internet startup. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/32 "2009-06-05T15:08:08Z")
Real jobs with actual paychecks and tax forms? Book store worker (after school, weekends, and summers) Construction worker (summers) Laboratory worker (summers) Physician ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552/33 "2009-06-05T16:59:54Z")
Lifeguard Computer programmer Machine shop assistant Computer programmer Research assistant Computer programmer Lead engineer Director of engineering Lead game designer Director of game design Senior game designer (company one) Senior game designer (company two) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-career-timeline-past-to-present/498552.md?page=1)