Old Salt
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- New Brunswick, Canada!
This is a disgusting breach of confidentiality! My records were supposed to be sealed!lol..sometimes it must seem like you're still there..when you're on internet forums..
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What Was Your Main Job before Retirement?
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Old Salt
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- New Brunswick, Canada!
Sailor in the RCN for thirteen years, Postal Clerk for roughly ten, then Pastor for twenty+ years!
IKE
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- Oklahoma....U.S.A.
After hurting my back at work I was given a desk job and spent the last eight years as a buyer in the purchasing dept......31 years total.
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Always in sales, first in men's clothing, then with a tour company and a couple of cruise lines. Retired as VP of Sales for my company in 2020 after 20 years. Tidbit... I'm an introvert but my career helped me learn how to interact with just about anyone. My introversion also helped me lead sales teams because I cared about my people but never got involved in their drama.
OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
Disease Intervention Specialist (aka Public Health Representative, aka Epidemiologist)
David777
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- Silicon Valley
Working 40+ years in Silicon Valley hardware electronics. Last 8 years was the sole person troubleshooting, repairing, retesting Voice Over IP media gateway switches. They wouldn't be able to find another person to do that job for an acceptable to corp bean counters salary to replace me so they just scrap em all now.
Naturally
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- Corner of Walk 'n Don't Walk
20yrs military
Before that was a long list of jobs, none of which were in fast food or retail sales
No jobs (not looking, never looked) since retiring from the military 2006 age 53
Before that was a long list of jobs, none of which were in fast food or retail sales
No jobs (not looking, never looked) since retiring from the military 2006 age 53
Prairie dog
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- Prairies
During my high school years.I was a cashier at Safeway.
Later Joined a bank & worked up to be a Loans & Mortgage Lender..
Retired 28 years ago.
Later Joined a bank & worked up to be a Loans & Mortgage Lender..
Retired 28 years ago.
Teacher Terry
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Before going to college I was a health insurance claim clerk and then after a few different careers. Social work first, then vocational counselor and then after retiring taught a university class year round for 8 years.
InTheWoods
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- Maryland
Physicist. Like Einstein, but I've been a pretty mediocre one. Especially worked on heat transfer and polymer processing, also some optics and statistics.
Been There
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- Florida
30 years military, retired.
5 years Pentagon, retired.
5 years Pentagon, retired.
JeeperDon
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- New Mexico, USA
Where were you? I was a sys eng in Poughkeepsie testing new mainframe prototypes.
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Bloke with a camera
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- Lancashire
Photographer and Graphic Designer
debodun
SF VIP
- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Diagnostic and analytical biochemist for state government.
ArnoldC
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- Texas, USA
Enlisted, U.S. Air Force; auto parts clerk; motorcycle mechanic; dental supply warehouse; marine mechanic; race car mechanic; factory worker; enlisted U.S. Army; pressure washer assembler.
My lifetime river of knowledge runs wide but not very deep.
My lifetime river of knowledge runs wide but not very deep.
ElCastor
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- Northern CA
I worked for a large bank, but never in a branch. Started out in the receipt, delivery, and retail sale and management of some securities. In the early days of the PC I got certified as a Novell CNE, organized and supervised conversion and installation in many departments and server rooms in San Francisco and one in Houston. Also setup PCs for conventions, and installed securities instruction software for a few customers, including one in Bermuda and another in Puerto Rico. Also put together slide presentations for some bank officers to use at presentations.
May sound great, but not really. That was the early days. A lot of what I did was destined to be replaced by enormous remote server rooms and a lot of contract labor. I saw the handwriting on the wall and probably two or three years before I might have been laid off, retired at age 57.
May sound great, but not really. That was the early days. A lot of what I did was destined to be replaced by enormous remote server rooms and a lot of contract labor. I saw the handwriting on the wall and probably two or three years before I might have been laid off, retired at age 57.
First job fresh out of college was working at a car dealership. Stayed with this job approximately 10 years. Then I moved on working for a heavy duty truck dealership (International Harvester). After my husband passed, I left my home state and moved to Texas obtaining a job working for a CPA for approximately 18 years. My final job was retirement!