What jobs have you had?

[EcK]

shady stuff

 

[uumlau]

paid:
lawn mower
baby sitter
electronics solderer
records shredder
data entry
events usher
harpsichord tuner
modern dance class piano accompanist
student researcher
physics/math tutor
physics teacher
teaching assistant
research assistant
network manager
IT specialist
quality assurance engineer
software developer
software architect

unpaid:
chairman of the board of a non-profit corporation
dance teacher

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

Print model
Paper boy
Fast food worker
Dishwasher
Movie theater usher
Waterbed salesman
Telemarketer
Cutlery salesman
Shoe salesman
Clothing salesman
Catering bartender
Administrative assistant
Lifeguard
Video store manager
Graduate teaching assistant
NFL Films production assistant
Academic tutor
Movie production assistant
Housewares salesman
Copy editor
Movie production coordinator
Visual effects coordinator

Whew.

 

[Lexicon]

Paid:
- baby/pet/plant sitter (i was like 10.. it's still a job)
- one of those poor bastards who worked in those pretzel carts at the mall
- furniture salesman
- shoe salesman
- gas station/truckstop (attendant clerk/assistant manager)
- convenience store manager
- hotel receptionist
- hostess (fuck the food industry)
- barback (except booze, booze is easy)
- I'd say tutor, but really I just ended up writing a lot of papers for people.
- telemarketer
- security guard (I'm pretty terrifying)


Unpaid:
- animal shelter work (mostly cleaning/feeding/walking pets)
- a lot of community/repertory theatre work - backstage: sound, setbuilding (I don't count onstage as work)
- standing in as vocalist for friends' band gigs when theirs couldn't get outta work (if that counts)




my current job is not being medically fucked up anymore so I can pursue dreams, etc.
I think it'll pay off pretty well.

 

[Ivy]

Babysitter
Paper route
Janitor (with my mom, in trade for tuition at Quaker private school in lieu of pay)
Tutor
Childcare provider (like babysitting, but more professionalism and less eating the family's food after the kids are in bed)
Census enumerator/crew leader assistant/assistant to the crew leader
Freelance writer/editor
Not freelance writer/editor

 

[EJCC]

Childhood jobs:
- Yard work for my parents
- Data entry for my mom
- House- and pet-sitting for neighbors
After that:
- Student intern for national political campaign (unpaid)
- Personal organizer for professor in my hometown (organized her three offices in a summer)
- Office aide at financial planning firm
- Research and Fundraising Intern for politician (unpaid)
- University radio DJ (unpaid)
- Assistant at university theatre department costume shop (sewing costumes and crafting props)
- Freelance theatre knitting, for said costume shop and for another theatre in the city
- Something new, in the next few days (God willing)

 

[Cimarron]

1. Movie theater usher/ticket-tearer
2. Pizza delivery guy
3. Mad scientist

 

[highlander]

- mowing lawns
- warehouse worker
- cafeteria worker
- busboy
- breakfast cook
- laboratory bottle washer
- verifying auto insurance
- security guard in a girls dormitory
- airline flight reservation clerk
- cost accounting intern
- computer programmer
- information technology auditor
- computer security manager
- consulting practice leader
- part owner consulting firm

 

[Seymour]

- Yard worker / car washer (parents)
- Pawn shop: Data Entry / Jewelry Cleaning
- Animal lab: Pet Care / Cage Cleaning
Hospital: General Clerk (summer)
- Hospital: Software Engineer (summer)
- Software company: Software Engineer (summer)
- Psychiatric Hospital: Mental Health Specialist
- Software company: Software Engineer

Then various software/programming progressions to current "software architect" (turning down management, which wouldn't be a good fit).

 

[INTP]

When i was in school and had these apprentice jobs i did some machining and random metal work and assembling industrial pumps(also had a summer job there). When i got out of school i went to civilian service and was mostly washing dishes. After that i got a full time job in the same company i was doing that assembling in, also worked in internal logistics driving a forklift truck there. Then i did some photography and now im in the furnature department in this second hand store by red cross. Besides doing the basic stuff there im also the guy who repairs the furnature(and also some small stuff like paintings and jewelery) if there is some almost working and worth giving a small fix.

 

[Anew Leaf]

floating in life here we are

I have been:
a cloud (dragon shaped with trees growing on my back but then you blinked and I dissipated)
a planet (swiftly tilting)
a flower (and then the sun and then the rain and then the hands one by one to see if their fate of love is decided; ah no.)
a drop of star (just dust which was once light but gone)

and soon to be:
a star again (because dreams leap alive we're alive one times one)
or a mountain (just to gaze upwards at you who became a star)
or the river (that flows down and away and around the mountain; reflections of so much passing through me)

and ending at:
a destination posted but not followed
because who knows what lays behind the drop of water backtracking to the heavens and beyond.

 

[Tallulah]

Convenience store worker
Retail (the china/wedding section of a dept. store)
Early morning show news producer
Evening news producer
Doctor's office receptionist
Temp worker (admin assistant stuff)
Letter coordinator for non-profit
Substitute teacher, K-12
Graduate assistant
Actor
Piano teacher
Adjunct professor
Musician
Part time researcher for a tv show

 

[RaptorWizard]

Donut Fryer!!! ...seriously

 

[Valis]

Bar tender
Nightclub promoter (handing out leaflets)
Car salesman
General labouring
Lab technician
Croupier
Betting shop manager
Software developer
Lecturer (in computing)
Educational management

I've also worked voluntarily as a gardener at a paliative care centre and a wild life centre.

 

[Ponyboy]

As a little kid I did the lawn-mowing, driveway/sidewalk shoveling sort of things and also worked for my dad cleaning offices in a building he ran.
As far as the IRS is concerned:
Pizza place
U.S. Navy (2 yrs in Deck Division & was a Damage Controlman 3rd class when I got out)
Hotel Maintenance
Landscape Mason
Building maintenance/renovations
Accounting assistant (for about 2 weeks)
Retail manager
Restaurant manager/cook/everything else
Back to building maintenance (another hotel)
Construction (renovating the above hotel)
Will be back to building maintenance when the reno is completed.
Have also had various retail/manufacturing jobs which were mostly 2nd jobs/filler for in between some of the jobs listed above.

Unpaid:
Oh hell no!

 

[citizen cane]

Physically non-demanding warehouse work.

 

[baccheion]

Pizza box maker
Paperboy
IT intern
Mail clerk
Software Engineering Intern
UI Designer
Software Engineer

 

[skylights]

Babysitter (fun)
Cashier (not fun)
Grocery store specialist - coffee/florist (ok)
Baker (not fun)
Cake decorator (fun)
Website designer (ok)
Equine therapy assistant (fun)
Art therapy assistant (not fun)
Marine biology researcher (ok)
Middle school guidance counseling intern (ok)
Low-level manager (ok)

I liked the jobs where I got to help people directly... and disliked the jobs where there was a lot of BS from management. I really thought I would love marine bio but turns out I'm not into cutthroat academic research, that totally turned me off. Plus it was a lot of solitary, loooonngggg physical and tiny-scale work. Art therapy ended up sucking because most of the patients were very debilitated, and many of them had zero interest in doing the activities I was told to do with them - I remember one particular day where I had a bunch of markers and I was supposed to have them draw. One man had little hand control so he just reluctantly put dots on a sheet of paper because he was supposed to. I left that day and never came back. Being a professional artist is fun but not as satisfying as I'd hoped, and I get really stressed out by trying to make the work perfect. I think my favorite job so far has been the equine therapy. It was fun being around kids all day, I really enjoyed helping them directly, it was a lot of physical freedom, I had great camaraderie with the rest of the staff, and I loved occasionally getting to ride at the end of the day!

I've... done a few things

 

[Honor]

Babysitter (fun)
Cashier (not fun)
Grocery store specialist - coffee/florist (ok)
Baker (not fun)
Cake decorator (fun)
Website designer (ok)
Equine therapy assistant (fun)
Art therapy assistant (not fun)
Marine biology researcher (ok)
Middle school guidance counseling intern (ok)
Low-level manager (ok)

I liked the jobs where I got to help people directly... and disliked the jobs where there was a lot of BS from management. I really thought I would love marine bio but turns out I'm not into cutthroat academic research, that totally turned me off. Plus it was a lot of solitary, loooonngggg physical and tiny-scale work. Art therapy ended up sucking because most of the patients were very debilitated, and many of them had zero interest in doing the activities I was told to do with them - I remember one particular day where I had a bunch of markers and I was supposed to have them draw. One man had little hand control so he just reluctantly put dots on a sheet of paper because he was supposed to. I left that day and never came back. Being a professional artist is fun but not as satisfying as I'd hoped, and I get really stressed out by trying to make the work perfect. I think my favorite job so far has been the equine therapy. It was fun being around kids all day, I really enjoyed helping them directly, it was a lot of physical freedom, I had great camaraderie with the rest of the staff, and I loved occasionally getting to ride at the end of the day!

I've... done a few things

skylights, you're so COOL!

i've worked in scientific research, as a resident assistant at a university, and in journalism.

 

[skylights]

skylights, you're so COOL!

i've worked in scientific research, as a resident assistant at a university, and in journalism.

Thank you

How did you like being a resident assistant? I thought that looked pretty fun when I was in school, would have considered it if I hadn't already been super busy.