What jobs have you been employed at?

bowmore said:
During my 50 years in Aerospace, I wore many hats:
Field Engineer
Program Manager
Project Engineer
Cost Estimator
Manufacturing Engineer
Sr. Contract Administrator
At the same time
Flight Instructor
CAP Pilot
RR Diesel engine mechanic
Angel Flight West Commend Pilot
Tourist RR conductor
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I was a software engineer in the aerospace industry. I didn't wear a hat back then, though. I still had most of my hair.
 

rasmusjc said:
Various Hardware/Software Engineering Jobs, including:

- Bone Growth Stimulation Software and Device Modifications (dropped reject rate from 33% to .5%).
- Software that converted a 1080p HD tv picture down to recognizable 1 x 2 inch Preview Display.
- Software in a flame quality device that kept a Power Station from exploding.....so I'm told
- RFID scanner software in scanners used by retailers.

Yeah, I don't know electronics or how to program.....(if I talk to current 'headhunters' nowadays)
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But there is the occasional need for a mossback and they are hard to find!
 
Babysitting. Age 11-15
Cashier: pizza parlor and Jack in the Box. Age 15-16
Assistant lithographer for college newspapers. Age 16-17
Daycare worker, 2 year olds. Age 17
Hard contact lens grinder. Age 17. One day of this and I knew I could never work production assembly.
Secretary for a Mayor and a Fire Marshal; EMS 911 Operator. Age 18-21.
Mother: 1976.
Enlisted in Air National Guard to Air Force Reserve to Air Force Active duty. Worked as enlisted medic, enlisted civil engineering technologist then commissioned. Officer Education and Training at Maxwell AFB; Officer, Hospital Medical Services Corps Officer. (1980-2000).
Mother again in 1986; 1988; last time 1994. (Four kids total)
College degrees: 1981 (Civil Engineering); 1984 (Hospital/Health Services Administration); 1990 (Gerontology Master's); 2005 (Bachelor of Science, Nursing (At age 50): my what to do in retirement plan)
College Instructor 1990-1991
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse (NICU) 2005-2009.
2011-2012 Pediatric Supervisory Nurse Specialist
2012 Usher for a large movie theater.
2022 Cashier for Shipley's Donuts
Present: Landscaping design and consulting.
Grandmother of eight.
 

dbeyat45 said:
paper boy
electrician's offsider
window cleaner
school teacher
air force officer
gas station manager
computer programmer
applications and systems support
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,
,
very busy retired
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Being a school teacher needs special education,
air force officer also must have special education, etc...
My father was an air force officer, a pilot, then a teacher at Air force military university. I remember he studied a lot.
You were employed in so many different spheres.
Which way did you manage?
 
I worked at a retail store age 17
Then a grocery store
A factory as a sewer
Another factoty as a bundler
An answering services
A junk mail factoty
Then I went back to school in my 30's for LPN
As an LPN I worked in Nursing Homess
per diem in a hospital
15 years in an Oncology/ hemotogy office. I did blood draw as and started I've
Then for home care
I retired in 2023. Still work at the home care at least 1 day a week school year I am a paraprofessional
 
My favorite job was my first "real" job, in what was then called the "Data Processing Department" of an insurance company. The job was just so-so, but still brings back my best memories, since that's where I met my wife.

Then I worked for a time in accounting for the now defunct "Morton's Potato Chips" in Dallas.

But my longest lasting job (23 years) was my last one, in the accounting department of a Dallas clothing manufacturer.
 
I have mainly been in food service or some sort of housekeeping position my entire life. I've been in restaurants, nursing homes, motels and hospitals all these years. As soon as I'm able to find something I will be getting a desk job because of my COPD. My pulmo wants me to get something less physically demanding. Will be my first ever desk job. I think I will enjoy it but it will take getting used to.
 
i_am_Lois said:
My work history is full of various jobs. What sorts of jobs have you had? I never seemed to earn that much and felt no qualms about starting a new job in a new field, whenever I got bored. On average, I'd get bored after about 4 years. Some professions I enjoyed more and stayed longer... about 8 years. The various jobs I've had were:

mimeographing sales receipts for a catalog company (Spiegal)
cook (breakfast & lunch) at a small shop
tax examiner at the IRS
sewing machine operator (horse blankets)
packed shipping orders for a catalog company (Sears)
sewing machine operator (ironing board covers)
dog groomer
filled vending machines
ran a lunch counter in a factory
supervisor in recreation department at a nursing home
certified nursing assistant at a nursing home
certified nursing assistant for a home health care agency

I've also occasionally earned extra money working from home, by doing personalized embroidery and sewing alterations to clothes.
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Lawn mower boy
Dairy farmer (grandfather and uncles farm)
Feed mill employee
Laborer for masonry company
Carpenter helper
Carpenter
Carpenter Forman
Concrete construction company Forman
Equipment manager for construction company
Started my own commercial concrete construction company
After 14 years of that I had a heart attack and 6 way bypass. After I recovered from that I started an excavation company (I was an artist, I was a sculptor of the earth)
Heart disease got worse, had minor stroke so I retired
 
I;ve had so many jobs in the past, cannot remember all of course, one major factor is being a drunken fool up until 1982....
Almost always a general laborer, a few lead positions, till I got
with the local county gov't my last 10yrs before retirement...if
you can think of a job, I have most likely worked in it.....:)
 
- Teens
Dish washer/floor mopper/garbage emptier
Red iron worker (didn't last, afraid of heights)
Cook (but not a chef)
- 20's
Bridge tender (The best job ever!)
Supervised town's road construction crew
Land surveyor at town's engineering dept.
- 30's
Co-partner - land surveying company
- 40's, 50's
It support/Webmaster
Network specialist (at a research laboratory )
- 60's to Now
Family and friends IT guy
 
The usual babysitting and some yard work
Quality control in a nut factory. I stood by the conveyor and picked out the sticks and bugs from the peanuts.
File clerk
Phone company for 30 years in various jobs. Telephone operator, various clerks, draftsman, engineer.
Did a smidge of modeling on the side. Boring.
During this time also sold antiques on the side
Retired and started my own cleaning business
Been phasing that out gradually. Lost my last client this year.
Retired again. :D
 
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Not in any strict order though I have tried to be chronological

Newspaper boy
Telecoms Tech
Microfiche tech
Miner
Photographer
Postman
TV OB Senior tech
Theatre Sound Tech
Theatre Lighting Operator
Shop owner
Boiler Attendant
Steam Engine driver
Blower Driver
Steel worker
Retiree

I have to say I much preferred operating electronics/machinery than maintaining it.
 
Paper boy, nurse's aid, gas jockey, security guard, road sign assembler, delivery driver, airport shuttle driver, typewriter ribbon cartridge assembler, parts picker, machine operator (mold injection), forklift operator, printer test operator, pipe cutter (That was a pita job as they yelled if you were off 1/8", they wanted no mistake +/- over 1/32")
 
In chronological order ....
Tomato picker in fields alongside exican braceros

Land surveyor and fire fighter for USFS

Hydrographic surveyor for USCOE

Tech info specialist for USCOE

Engineering tech for USN

Ops Research Analyst for USN

Economist for USFS

Management Analyst for Metro
 
OregonGuy said:
In chronological order ....
Tomato picker in fields alongside exican braceros

Land surveyor and fire fighter for USFS

Hydrographic surveyor for USCOE

Tech info specialist for USCOE

Engineering tech for USN

Ops Research Analyst for USN

Economist for USFS

Management Analyst for Metro
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Nice pension you've got there.
 

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