Jobs I've Had

I have been working since before it was legal for me to do so – my first real job, as a tiny 14-year-old, was stripping and refinishing furniture for $3.50 an hour under the table. I can still remember riding home from work on the bus, coated from shin to chin with noxious goo — paint stripper mixed with paint and varnish and who knows what else. It set a good precedent for me; nearly every job since has seemed pleasant and easy by comparison.

Here is a partial list of the jobs I’ve performed since that first one in 1986:

furniture restoration (refinishing, etc.)
fast food: every station (x2)
dressing room attendant
dishwasher
cash register operator (x7)
temp work:
-proofreader
-furniture mover
-assembly line worker
-general labor
-data entry
-software training
laundromat attendant
convenience store clerk
front desk clerk for housing complex
copy shop clerk/operator
painter (buildings, not paintings)
telephone book deliverer
food delivery driver
print shop delivery driver
taxi driver
airport shuttle driver
dispatcher/office worker
telemarketer (just for one day, I swear)
Rainbow cleaning machine salesman
online forum administrator
entrepreneur/CEO
newspaper delivery
newspaper subscription sales
wine grape picking
landscape install laborer/rock worker
book editor/proofreader
computer tech support
PR writing
business writing
website design
website design training
newsletter production (w/ writing and editing)
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