So what jobs have you all done in your life so far?

reply to post by boymonkey74


hrmmm let me see.

My dad was a watchmaker / jeweler so I did some of that when I was a little kid into my teens.

Then during high school I ran a printing press and learned that industry as well as some design till somewhere in my mid twenties.

Also during my late teens early twenties I was a licensed security for a company that did security at baseball/football/basketball games and concerts. I was one of the yellow shirts you see at games.
Got to see Michael Jordan up close. They put me to guard the locker room entrance at Heat games.

In my late twenties I went back into the watch industry and worked for a watch company.
At the same time I learned how to use photoshop and began making website.

In my late twenties I got a job with an internet company.
Learned some backend programming and sql. all Lamp.

About 4 years ago switched jobs and learned the microsoft end of the programming spectrum and have been doing this since.

reply to post by Rodinus

Erm, sorry if i sound a little ignorant as i am posting from europe... but what exactly is Jiffy Lube?

Place to take your car for an oil change. (business name is Jiffy Lube)...

i like this thread GREAT JOB

i dont remember them in Order but im sure its pretty close

Paper boy
Timber floor installer assistant
Waiter - Italian restaurant
Go-Lo - shop assistant
Nandos - Cook
Barman
IMAX
Timber floor installer
Waterproofer
3 - salesman (for 1 day) worse job ever
Cabinet Installer
Laborer
Painter
Pool Paver
Sauna Installer
Loading Dock Master - BEST JOB
Drywall installer
Shop Fitter
Workstation installer
Demolition (fitouts)
Site Supervisor - fitouts (Current job)

Most cases had 2-3 jobs at once

27 only still long way out from retirement

reply to post by Gazrok


Oof... thanks Gazrok, i was starting to have doubts there

Kindest respects

Rodinus

Originally posted by luciddream
reply to post by adjensen

 

Damn how much did Burgers cost in those days? 50 cents? i bet they were more "healthier".

I think that they were around 65 or 75 cents. I remember we did a promotion once where they were dropped to 33 cents and we sold a crapton of them. Doubtful that they were any healthier, though, and at the time, all they sold were burgers and fish sandwiches -- no chicken or rib sandwiches -- and all the shakes were made by hand (that was the first thing they trained me to do -- squirt some falvouring in a paper cup, dump in ice cream, stick it on the mixer, rinse and repeat.)

Burger King
Factory worker (picture frames)
Hotel bar waitress
College tutor
Photo lab worker
Photo lab manager
Professional photographer
Assistant Property Manager
Webmaster/IT consultant
Graphic Artist
Jewelry designer

here we go....

-gardener
-drug dealer
-supermarket bagboy/clerk
-drug dealer
-box making factory
-drug dealer
-draftsman
-11B infantryman
-draftsman (jail cells)
-draftsman (cabinetry)
-draftsman (manufacturing)

I no longer deal drugs.

Project Manager
Estimator for construction materials
Purchasing Manager
General Manager of Purchasing
Estimator again
Future president of the world for the NWO

reply to post by camaro68ss

Future president of the world for the NWO

Nice!

Need a VP? I invented the Internet....

Pruning grapevines at a large vinyard
Automotive dismantler
busboy
dishwasher
load trucks at a lumber yard and pull weeds
Wash bay at a heavy equipment rental yard
Heavy equipment mechanic
Automotive mechanic
Manufacturing/packaging
store manager
sheetmetal fabrication
large truck mechanic/welder
Plumber's helper
Plumber
Supervisor of Plumbing
Yup, been an interesting ride on this rock so far.

Paper boy
green grocers assistant
fitted windows
electrician
Dad
electrical/mechanical technician
Technical supervisor
Operations manager
Senior manager for a large airport terminal + Dad (Still the hardest but most rewarding job)
King of the world (sorry all there can be only one and I'm best qualified)

1994 to present: Telecom-Network (UC) Engineer

Over the course of that career I have worked in the following industries :

Sales
Defense
Debt Collections-CRM-Call Center
Healthcare

Too may to list, except some interesting ones...


OTR trucker
Dance instructor
Musician
Autoworker
Railroad clerk
Stripper
Concrete finisher, roofer, mobile home construction
Pizza cook
DJ
Barkeep
Waiter
Paperboy
Vacuum cleaner sales, used car sales

.....there are so many more it's embarrasing

Roofer (in high school)
Handy man (right out of high school)
Clerk in a truck stop
mental health assistant
nursing assistant
call center agent
call center trainer
call center training manager
call center operations manager
call center forecaster (workforce manager)
call center regional forecasting manager
call center director
Hotel GM
Hotel Controller

Age Job
14-18 - Construction worker (drywall)
18-22 - SteelWorker (open hearth furnace)
22-30 - SteelWorker (350-ton overhead crane operator pouring steel)
30-31 - Computer startup
31-present - Software Engineer

reply to post by boymonkey74


Very interesting work history you have there lol

Mine isnt quite as long.

2005 - 16 yrs - Office administrator at local auto Garage
2008 - 19 yrs - back of house staff at Pizza hut
2010 - 21 yrs - Asst. Manager at an Estate Agent
2013 - 24 yrs - Junior technical author at software company

Hopefully will stick with this career and become senior tech author in 4-5 yrs, but who knows what will happen by then

Ooo... I wanna play!

Suppose if I include jobs that might be better classed as life skills it looks more impressive:

1991-Present - Gardener
1999-2012 - Undisclosed US Gov't Alphabet Agency
2009-Present - Small Businesses (One pasta, one gluten-free flour milling and gluten-free pasta)
2012-March 15, 2013 - State of Utah
Mother

wow i cannot believe how many jobs some people have had .here's mine .

milk boy [ 6 - 9 yrs old ] .
paper boy [ 10 -11 yrs old].
waiter-lacky [12-14 yrs old ].
bee keeper 14-16 yrs old ].
construction [ 16-retirement ].
drugdealer full time ] i ain't no wage slave anymore .fkn love the hours