All the jobs I've ever had
Jun. 8th, 2008 12:03 amConsideration of all the jobs Homer Simpson has ever had has inspired me to try to list all the types of work I've ever done.
Before I turned 16, I wasn't legally allowed to work for pay, but I liked working so I did a bunch of stuff:
Substitute paper delivery person (cash)
Film projectionist at the public library (volunteer)
Babysitter (cash, starting at $1 per hour when I was 11)
Comic-book shop stock clerk (paid in credit)
Comic-book shop cashier/buyer/general person (different store, still paid in credit)
Falafel maker (the guy who ran the Lebanese takeout place by the comic store would let me help out with cooking sometimes. Also taught me to play backgammon)
Catsitter
Post-16, pre-college, most of my jobs came via my professor parents networking on my behalf. I was home for a couple of summers of college and those jobs are included here too:
Babysitter (one summer I looked after 7 babies on a regular rotation)
Burger King, cashier (already knowing how to work a register saved me from working in the kitchen)
Filing clerk, University archives (my professor dad and mom would hook me up with jobs)
General staff, University Law Library
Secretary, University admissions office
College & Grad School (thru age 24)
Stagehand (minimum wage to work on opera sets. Coolest job I ever had)
Secretary, Journal of American Philosophy, or Psychology, I don't remember (10 cents or so over minimum wage)
Editorial Intern, Journal of Victorian Studies (for school credit)
Bindery temp (putting glue on things in a warehouse with no AC. Quit after a few days)
Research assistant
Writing Tutor (another cool job, working at the university writing center)
Babysitter (my fallback career!)
Chicago (age 24 to now)
Technical writer (Ameritech, Sears)
Secretary/temp (Ernst & Young)
Data Entry temp (Ameritech)
Help Desk (SBC, IRI)
Programmer (IRI)
HTML Developer (Arthur Anderson)
Help Desk (again) (current company)
Writer/Interviewer (freelance gig for 3d graphics company)
Artist (freelance work, pays enough to cover most software costs, but nothing more!)
Sysadmin (current company)
Manager (current company, current job)
Before I turned 16, I wasn't legally allowed to work for pay, but I liked working so I did a bunch of stuff:
Substitute paper delivery person (cash)
Film projectionist at the public library (volunteer)
Babysitter (cash, starting at $1 per hour when I was 11)
Comic-book shop stock clerk (paid in credit)
Comic-book shop cashier/buyer/general person (different store, still paid in credit)
Falafel maker (the guy who ran the Lebanese takeout place by the comic store would let me help out with cooking sometimes. Also taught me to play backgammon)
Catsitter
Post-16, pre-college, most of my jobs came via my professor parents networking on my behalf. I was home for a couple of summers of college and those jobs are included here too:
Babysitter (one summer I looked after 7 babies on a regular rotation)
Burger King, cashier (already knowing how to work a register saved me from working in the kitchen)
Filing clerk, University archives (my professor dad and mom would hook me up with jobs)
General staff, University Law Library
Secretary, University admissions office
College & Grad School (thru age 24)
Stagehand (minimum wage to work on opera sets. Coolest job I ever had)
Secretary, Journal of American Philosophy, or Psychology, I don't remember (10 cents or so over minimum wage)
Editorial Intern, Journal of Victorian Studies (for school credit)
Bindery temp (putting glue on things in a warehouse with no AC. Quit after a few days)
Research assistant
Writing Tutor (another cool job, working at the university writing center)
Babysitter (my fallback career!)
Chicago (age 24 to now)
Technical writer (Ameritech, Sears)
Secretary/temp (Ernst & Young)
Data Entry temp (Ameritech)
Help Desk (SBC, IRI)
Programmer (IRI)
HTML Developer (Arthur Anderson)
Help Desk (again) (current company)
Writer/Interviewer (freelance gig for 3d graphics company)
Artist (freelance work, pays enough to cover most software costs, but nothing more!)
Sysadmin (current company)
Manager (current company, current job)