Seems like an appropriate time to see who's done what and what some of us can fall back on if need be.

I only have a HS education but have done many things and loved doing most of them. I wouldn't change a thing.

Pumped gas back when self serve was a novelty.

Worked in gravel pits starting with grunt work and worked my way up to running heavy equipment. Same with pipelines. I can operate pretty much anything with a motor, levers and pedals.

Started as an oil changer on big trucks and worked my way up to being a licensed Heavy Duty Transport Mechanic.

Learned to do book keeping to help my wife when she had her own small business. That's one job I hated. Already forgot most of what she taught me and don't want to learn it again.

Learned to do reports for an oil and gas well testing company and did that at night for years. That was one of the things my wife's company did. Made good bucks at that.

Taught myself a lot about computers. I can build'em, break'em and fix'em and have made plenty money on the side doing it. Well except for the breaking part.

Worked in a wood craft shop creating wooden perpetual calendars. Also learned the ropes of working the big craft shows selling them. Used to travel up and down the East Coast for the shows. If you have a wooden calendar on your wall or in your closet that your wife bought 15 years ago there's a slight chance I had a hand in making it.

My current job is a HD Mechanic at a small truck shop in a small town. It's family owned and so far it's doing ok. Not a lot of competition here. You never know though, I could show up tomorrow and not have a job. I'm not worrying myself about it. I'm sure I could find another job even if this is a small town. Might not even be something I've done before and most likely wouldn't be for the same wage I make now. I'm ok with that.

Also have a Class 1 license (CDL for you U.S. folks). I might decide to take up trucking one day.

I did get laid off from one job. I worked in a gravel pit out by the AFB in Austin during the boom from 85-90. Once all the building slowed down so did we. I was only out of work for as long as it took me to pack up and move to Tennessee. I could have found another job in Austin but was ready for a change of scenery.

That's my work history. What's yours?

 

Hey Larry How ya been? Getting hammered with snow too?

Jobs...
Lots of babysitting when I was in high school.
Anheuser-Busch hop fields.
A&W Restaurant.
Hospital laundry.
Wife and mother.
Mail Boxes Etc.
Convenience store cashier.

Not much to fall back on but I get by...

 

worked in a restraunt bar at the age of 15. restraunts through the rest of high school and part of college. In between I placed concrete for a summer.

worked a season in the yukon placer gold mines.

worked at the Dept of Communications ( Canada) before computers as a file clerk.

Bought a scrap truck and hauled junk cars, drove trucks for a while. Owned several.

Had several small business.

worked construction ...Went contracting in renovations and roofing.

built micro wave sites as a contractor, ( civil segment and some cable runs and connectors). Became an estimator and then a consultant.

Went back in to commercial construction and became a structural concrete forming superintendent.

Now back on the tools while waiting for a new job to start. Currently on my way to the alberta oil/tar sands for a short stint, Home befoe Christmas.


PS. who cares about the spelling ... I'm busy packing.

 

Hey WMR, LTNS! Yes we just got hammered with the snow. Probably not as much as you. I haven't been out yet this morning but looks like we got 4-6 inches and it's windy now. This is my weekend off so probably won't even leave the house until Monday.
Looks like this cold snap is going to sick around all next week.

silversvt04, have fun in the tar sands. If I was single I would have headed there long ago. I would love to run some of that huge equipment they have there.

 

Just called a co-worker in the tar sands. -45 degrees with wind chill.

leaving in several hours.

 

Worked at a hardware store (HS)
Worked at a factory making parts for heavy equipment (1st year of college)
Gravedigger/cemetery worker (3 years, college)
Factory worker/machine products (part time while teaching)
Teacher 32 years
Work part time on a produce farm (past 20 some years)
HS/College hoops official
HS/College football Official
HS/College baseball Umpire
Consultant---Ohio Department of Education

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Mc Donalds
Security Guard
slinging beans at a chocolate factory
Ice Rink
Meat Processing/Packing plant
temp labor at current company
regular labor at current company
prod. supervisor at current company
computer dork at current company

 

Washed dishes, bused tables, set trays and cooked, architecture firm, Gas pipelines diesel leak site, Harris teeter (Grocery store) in HS. Out of HS, Gas pipelines till I started college, then back to HT for five years and became a dept. manager, Then to Lucent technologies where I packed orders for Verizon Wireless, Now I am once again working for Pipelines with various responsibilities. Let me know if you come to the Charlotte area, I might could get you on Larry with your pipeline/mechanical experience.

 

Mowed grass
Flipped hamburgers
Opened doors for wealthy folks at a country club
Loaded trucks at UPS
Installed commercial flooring
Estimator- commercial flooring
Business co-owner (commercial flooring) the last 20 years. I've been with the same company for 35 years.

 

used to cut grass

now i work in a restaraunt cleaning tables and hosting

yes still in HS

 

i've been working for my dad at his shop since i was 11.
i also helped out alot of farmers in my home town.
now that i'm in NC for college i cant even find anyone thats hiring so... i get bored pretty easily right now.

 

Started out with hooking up stereos in friends' cars.
Regional Manager for McDonald's.
Regular guy at Burger King.
Bush Inc., the most terrible ready-to-assemble furniture factory that you can imagine working in.
Foamex, where we made seats for cars and ultimately burnt our lungs out with the chemicals we used.
Wal-Mart overnight stocker.
Tech support for SBC Internet Services.
Leads.com, selling leads and google ads.
Wellcare Inc., where we sold/supported Medicare Part D plans.
Aflac. (The best job ever)
And now (still with Aflac), President and National Sales Manager of The National Fundraising League.

 

Christmas tree lot
Fruit stand on the beach
Surf shop
surf/wakeboard instructor
wakeboard shop sales person
boat captain
commercial salmon fishing

Im kinda a beach bum and my life is in a lake or ocean in case you cant tell...(unless i am in school)

 

hmm...wow lets see...im 25 and about to graduate from grad school (MBA):

started work for myself at age 15...been doing work for my dad since I could reach the pedals on the tractor and swing an ax.

-Tossing hay bails
-Mowed lawns
-Landscaping
-Roofing...residental, sometimes 4 houses per day
-Movie Gallery
-City Maintenance...Nat. Gas, water, electric, street, sewer depts. Had my own worn out city truck at 17 years old...did it for 3 summers, it was THE perfect job for a high school kid.
-Furniture store...warehouse/inventory/assembler/(bitch)
-Construction...mostly commercial but a little bit of residentail
-Lumber Store...(Do It Best)
-Carpet Cleaning business...good money, easy work.
-Internship...business consulting


Can't wait to see where this grad degree will take me, Ive had a lot of good experience for only being 25.

 

I used to be a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the ax.
I worked in a blanket factory, but it folded.
I was a welder at the submarine repair yard, until it went under.
I had a job in a soup kitchen, but I got canned.
I was a cobbler's apprentice and he gave me the boot.
I bagged groceries until I was sacked.
I was a member of the Flying Walendas Trapeze Act, but I was let go.