My jobs
A friend posted a listing of jobs that they have worked at on their LJ. I decided to place the “Jobs that I have had” meme into the blogosphere:
- farm hand
- grocery clerk
- construction crew member
- gas pipeline worker
- factory re-worker
- alumni association phone ambassador
- tele-marketer
- html coder
- public relations intern
- pizza delivery person
- bar bouncer
- communication specialist
- web designer
- web designer (2)
- treasury department copier salesperson
- marketing specialist (1st student affairs gig)
- student affairs web specialist
- technology consultant
- academic advisor
Feel free to list your jobs in the comments…
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Hm.
Offhand, I’m going to guess my list is going to be a lot shorter than yours:
newspaper delivery boy (yes, boy – I was in middle school)
grass seed bagger
retail clerk
process coordinator (team lib)
student-athlete tutor (though “athlete-student” would be more accurate in my experience)
substitute teacher
union organizer
I feel like I’m missing something, but I’m not sure what.
Dennis
1 Mar 08 at 3:33 pm
[...] I just read a post over on Eric Stoller’s blog about the many jobs that he has had. I thought what a great idea and a wonderful way for readers to know a little bit more about this guy who claims to be a .eduGuru! So Eric here’s responding to your question and to any readers, I think I might have a few of you out there, here is a little information about me. [...]
My Jobs: Jack of many trades master of none | .eduGuru
2 Mar 08 at 11:24 am
Heh, fun.
• Soccer referee/linesman
• Food server, retirement home
• Grocery store, “courtesy clerk”
• Grocery store, “floor” (clean-up chump)
• Grocery store, gourmet meats, customer service
• Web designer
• Website maintenance/updates
• Web developer
• Grocery store, “courtesy clerk”
• Seafood market, fishmonger
• Seafood market, manager
• Graphic designer
• Web developer
• Graphic designer
• Graphic designer/project manager
• Design editor (newspaper)
Reid Parham
2 Mar 08 at 2:25 pm
Can’t resist…
Babysitter
Secretary for my dad’s business
Self-employed typist (typing papers for fellow students before everyone had computers)
Dorm cafeteria food slinger
Graphic design assistant
EMT
School nurse substitute
Taco Bell employee, then *gasp* manager!
Housewife
Customer service lackey
District manager
Customer service manager
Various administrative/executive assistant jobs
Medical transcriptionist
Middle-aged college student ; )
C.
4 Mar 08 at 10:26 am
I don’t have an extensive list but here goes:
National retail chain: snack bar
National retail chain: cashier
National retail chain: price change team (we changed the pricing tags on the shelves)
Co-op engineer – major university research division communications lab
Systems Engineer – major international wireless infrastructure vendor
Sales Support Engineer – small, private wireless data equipment vendor
RF Engineer (x2) – two major national wireless telecommunications companies
FinanceBuzz
6 Mar 08 at 11:35 am
Saw this late (was in Argentina, forgive me)…
Telemarketer for American Express cards
Volunteer at Care and Share food bank
Telemarketer for MCI Worldcom
Promotions intern at 98.9 Magic FM
CU Campus Operator
Owner of a house painting business
Waiter at Bennegan’s
Intern for an ad agency
Intern for the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation
Intern for an ad agency again
Marketing assistant for an ad agency and a business consultant firm
Marketing assistant for an executive recruiting firm
Marketing director / partner for a web application shop
Waiter at Anthony’s seafood in Seattle
Account Manager
Director of User Experience (whatever that means
Creative Director
Husband
Owner of a web design company
VP and Creative Director
sj
28 Mar 08 at 2:33 pm