So, what jobs have you had in your life? Only counting ones you actually did for more than a couple months, and used to pay the bills as it were.

I'll go first, these are just some of the interesting ones.

Paper Carrier

Fast Food Fried Chicken Cook

Waiter

Grill Cook

Concrete Factory Loader (Worst Job)

Tire Factory Janitor

Sand Shoveler

Warehouse worker

A/V Tech

Follow Spot Operator

Carriage Driver

Lighting Technician

oh wow...this should be interesting. My list is long and doesn't include summer/holiday jobs:

- sales clerk in the pro shop of my uncle's golf course (i did this during school holidays for years)
- receptionist at a private aircraft rental company
- cashier at a grocery store
- group home worker (for adults with disabilities)
- Job coach (for adults with disabilities)
- Activity coordinator, Special Olympics HOD
- Americorps Volunteer for Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Waitress at a blues bar
- Direct care provider for adults with disabilities (only job I ever got fired from...for doing my job)
- EA to VP Law/General Counsel
- Office manager for an interior designer (psycho)
- Billing/Collections manager for a PT office
- Database Developer for a public service company
- Event Planner for a singles activity group
- EA for Division Head
- Presentation Coordinator/Account Admin
- Au Pair
- Operations Consultant
- Personal Finance Coach

In chronological order:

Fast Food Burger Assembler
Dough Maker
Bagel Baker
Nursing Assistant
EMT
Court Officer
Child Support Caseworker
Paralegal
Stockbroker
Financial Planner

I was also an RA in college. I didn’t get a paycheck, but it covered my housing expense.

Grocery store
Department store
Post Net (just like Mailboxes Etc.)
Music store
USAF: aircraft mechanic, F-15 and C-130
Logistics

strangely enough, I have also done work as a lighting technician.

Starting at about age 12:

- babysitter
- cleaner
- concession worker/server
- bingo hall employee
- sandwich artist (hated this so much I vowed never to have a "non-career" job again)
- senior editor for campus paper
- researcher/writer
- communications assistant
- sports information assistant
- marketing communications assistant
- computer-based training developer
- marketing communications coordinator
- marketing coordinator
- marketing communications consultant / freelance writer
- marketing manager
- business and marketing consultant
- owner of a small consulting agency

Also starting at age 12:

Landscaper (lawn mowing, weeding, leaf-raking, etc.)
House painter (barns and houses, inside and out)
Dishwasher
Bus boy
Youth Conservation Corp Crew Leader
Veterinary Assistant
Environmental Educator
Factory Worker (for Electrolux and the Dress Barn)
Furniture Mover
Horticulture Technician (delivering houseplants to malls, businesses, etc.)
Expedition Coordinator
Program Manager
Grant and Contract Negotiator (for a university)
Environmental Journalist
Americorps Program Coordinator
Freelance Writer and Editor
Environmental Consultant

In high school farm work, pecan gatherer,ranch work,hay hauling, high line grunt,roofing houses,sheetrocking,framing,trimming,tape and bedder,electrical worker, plumber,[anything to do with houses] painter, [jeep driver and radio operator .Army] machine operator, house builder, landlord,and retired at last !!!

Hmm, I seem to have had the fewest jobs so far. Post college (96 graduate) I have had 3 jobs, all in the field of mental health.

That probably just means you're younger, more stable, more focused, or luckier than the rest of us; or some combination of those qualities

A lof of my jobs were jobs I had to take because I needed work. They weren't jobs I would have taken if I'd had the choice, it's just that I had no choice at the time.

--High School Summer Jobs--
Strawberry picker
Christmas tree shearer

--The Next 19 Years--
Draftsman
Building Designer (self employed)
Truck driver (for the family business)
V.P. of Operations (for the family business)

Agree. That list of jobs has spanned over 20 years in my case. And, several of the jobs were with the same company, just different positions. However, that said, I will admit that I get bored and leave jobs that don't challenge me.

I hope my post didn't come off wrong. I'm not implying that having fewer jobs is better. I was just surprised that people seem to have held many jobs in a variety of fields.

Fewer jobs is better in the cases that Brad mentioned, but certainly not always.

If anyone feels like posting their pay, I think that'd be interesting. Mine won't be spellbinding because I've only been working for 7 years, but $5.15/hour seems pretty petty, even for 2000.

Starting at 16:
-Office asst. for x-ray technician (that was a random two summers). 5.15/hour
-Data entry temp at industrial farm. 9$/hour
-Landscaping for university as a student $7.60-$9.50/hour
-Intern for Sierra Club, others. Volunteer. (I don't know if it counts as a job, but I had to quit my other job to do it...)
-Energy conservation intern. 10$/hour
-Sustainability intern. 10$/hour
-Now: Sustainability/energy "coordinator". ~$17-18/hour

So if I keep tripling my wage every 7 years, I'll be making about $4100/hour by age 60. Sweet!

Interesting story behind my first job was that my mom graciously "doubled" my wages one summer, if I chose to invest that money. No goals or purpose (my mom's not much for investing...my late father and our financial planner did most of that work), but my mom's best friend told her that the investment guy at the bank she managed would handle it. He did...between loads, fees, and an amazing bear market, it lost about 50% of its value. Ha! Occasionally, I ask my mom to get this money out so I can do something intelligent with it, and she promptly forgets. I might do a "The Story of $2000" post when I get the full history. Tragic and hilarious.

Student banking assistant
Ride operator in a theme park
Sales assistant in a store
Real job

Not so exciting

Mine is fairly short as well, with nothing unusual making the list. I only graduated last year though, so it is to be expected

Grocery store cashier
Retail at Abercrombie (don't ask... i hate that store now)
Hostess at Applebee's
Waitress at Olive Garden
Various on-campus jobs (academic mentor, research assistant, lab TA, work study in an office...)
Electrical Engineering co-op (summer/fall + another summer)
Software Engineer