What was/is your occupation?

[Meadbh]

If you think you have a difficult j*b, take a look at this excellent documentary about pilots (and mechanics) in Colombia.
I am not sure whether the gas barrels or the weight calculations were more disconcerting.

 

[bbbamI]

Transparent wall-maintenance engineer

BBC News - 25 of readers' inflated job titles

It's not just now that we have long and difficult job titles. In Staffordshire the saggar maker's bottom knocker was a skilled job needed to ensure pottery was fired correctly. James Sherwood, Biddulph, Staffordshire

 

[unclemick]

Next year , 2013, will be twenty years in ER.

Do I get get a gold watch?

heh heh heh - got one in my previous job but this time I may have to buy my own.

 

[NW-Bound]

A retiree needing a watch? Aw, unclemick, say it ain't so.

 

[Shanky]

Bus Boy
Fast Food
Military Police
Janitor
Systems Analyst - Company Acquired by Megacorp #1
Supervisor- Failed Megacorp #1
Manager- Failed Megacorp #1
Executive - Failed Megacorp #1
Temporary ER
Executive - Megacorp #2
Next ER ??

 

[smr91481]

My title is kinda corny and embarrassing. Driver Champion. I work at an industrial gases company. Some days I drive a truck, and some days I'm in the office pushing paperwork. Part of the job is to do annual certifications and observations on other drivers. It's sort of a safety position also.

 

[rodi]

from birth till now:

child laborer for parents (lawns, pool cleaning, etc.)
babysitter, lawnmower (paid by neighbors)
political fundraiser. (one of those annoying kids that goes door to door asking for money for a cause.)
cashier in college cafeteria
drycleaning clerk
insurance clerk
insurance clerk supervisor.
intern electronics technician for NOAA/NWS.
motel desk clerk.
firmware engineer.
senior staff engineer (same field... just more years doing it.)
mom (ongoing)

Hoping to add retired engineer to the list.

 

[Cessna5354]

Caddy, golf course groundskeeper
Steel Mill laborer, No bigger US industry equipment !
Bar Keep in night club during college
Electrical Engineer in Mfg Plant
Area Production Manager
Maint Manager
Staff Elect engr Corp Office, later Mgr, other mgr positions
Close to done with 480Volt to 138,000Volt engineering, Loved it though !!
Home Depot in my future ?? Maybe truck/marine/ large engine repair
Maybe Banner tow pilot in tourist area.

 

[imoldernu]

Life guard
Fraternity Dishwasher
Waterfront Manager
Capt. US Army Inf.
Store Manager*
District Manager*
Territorial Manager*
National Sales Manager*
Special Projects Manager*
*same major US retailer
Self Employed Sign Co. owner
SBA volunteer consultant
retired since '89

 

[Ksols]

Since age 15
Laborer on a framing crew (2 summers)
Wendy's (1 summer)
Self employed trim carpenter (17 summers)
Teacher / Coach (31 years)
Retired 2 months @ 53

 

[bbbamI]

Next year , 2013, will be twenty years in ER.

Do I get get a gold watch?

heh heh heh - got one in my previous job but this time I may have to buy my own.

We're way into 2013.....here's your gold watch...

 

[chilkoot]

Just wrapped up 25 years with a major insurance company (I worked in a weird little backwater of the company's operations. When I told people within the company what I did, the typical response was "we do that?

 

[sengsational]

Posting here for quite some time, but have never noticed this thread.

I won't bore you with the history...

I'm an Industrial Engineer by degree and turned into a Software Engineer somewhere about halfway through. Did project and personnel management, but life was too short for that crap...give me some code to write!

 

[TOOLMAN]

Teacher
Draftsman
Design engineer
Plant mgr
Division Mgr
VP
CTO

 

[Larro Darro]

Electrician's Mate in the Navy.
Semi-retired for several years in my mid 20's.
Truck farming, row-crop and cow/calf operation.
Greens-keeper.
Lawn care.
Staff P.N.F.P. Civic Center.

 

[jime444]

In order, (I swear)
lawn mower
golf course lawn mower
warehouse forklift driver
cookie salesman
beer truck loader
teacher
design engineer
structural engineer
sr. manufacturing engineer
operations supervisor
operations manager
VP of Operations
Operations Manager
Sr engineer
Engineer
golf course lawn mover
lawn mower

Yes, it's true, it does come full circle.

 

[martyb]

Lawn Maintenance Tech (mowed grass)

Equine and Poultry Maintenance Tech (cleaned stables and shoveled chicken shizt)

Worked at my uncle's septic tank & landscaping business on Saturdays

Burger Flipper at Hardee's

Chicken Flipper at KFC

School Bus Driver

Drawing Machine Tender in a textile mill in N.C.

Active Duty (enlisted) in USAF (Bomb Loader on F-4 fighter jets)

Federal Civil Service - Aircraft Ordnance Systems Mechanic

USAF Reserves - Simultaneous to previous job/similar job title

Century 21 Real Estate Agent (simultaneously pursued for 4 years at the same time I was doing the above two jobs)

Still doing ordnance work for the USAF as a civilian, and still a reservist. I will retire in 5 years/1 month. I'm currently sending out resumes in hopes of landing a job with DCMA (Defense Contracting Management Agency) in a Quality Assurance field. Whether I get a job or not, I'll still retire in 5 yrs/1 month.

Updating my post from way back. I did get a job with the DCMA in 2008, and have now been employed with that fed govt. agency for 5 years now as a Quality Assurance Specialist, currently working surveiling a big defense contractor's electronics components for missile defense systems. I will be retiring at the end of this year (2013). Time to be a full-time loafer!

 

[bbbamI]

Updating my post from way back. I did get a job with the DCMA in 2008, and have now been employed with that fed govt. agency for 5 years now as a Quality Assurance Specialist, currently working surveiling a big defense contractor's electronics components for missile defense systems. I will be retiring at the end of this year (2013). Time to be a full-time loafer!

Happy dance!

..and thanks for the contributions of others.

Whew...when I started this thread, I could say I was in my 40's. Can't say that now......

 

[gardenfun]

PhD in Social Psychology
Taught psychology at small liberal arts college
Moved to Marketing Research in corporate America
Did that for 28 years
Also taught Marketing
Now in semi ER, teaching, and working very parttime at a bookstore
Loving it!

 

[kgtest]

This is going to be fun, last time I counted I had like 20 jobs in the 16 years of being employable:

Paper Boy
Movie Theater Popcorn Booth Attendant
Cart Pusher
Debt Collector
Network Security Officer
Soldier - networking
wal-mart customer service
Door to Door ad sales
Gas Station Attendant
Hearing aid assembler
Grain Inspector on a river
temp worker
carpenter - framer
carpenter - residential window repair
carpenter - residential window installation
carpenter - owned own window repair business
Software Helpdesk Support
Software Quality Analyst
Software Tester
Test Engineer / IT Enterprise Research
Freelance Web Designer

It is notable I have never been fired, I have quit but I have also been promoted during quite a few of these stints.

 

[Larro Darro]

In order, (I swear)
lawn mower
golf course lawn mower
warehouse forklift driver
cookie salesman
beer truck loader
teacher
design engineer
structural engineer
sr. manufacturing engineer
operations supervisor
operations manager
VP of Operations
Operations Manager
Sr engineer
Engineer
golf course lawn mover
lawn mower

Yes, it's true, it does come full circle.

Of all my jobs, sports turf was the most rewarding. Golf courses were better for me than ball fields. I think it has something to do with the personalities of the people who use them. But if you treat the turf right, it will do what you want it to. {and it doesn't talk back}

I also did people's yards, starting when I was twelve, and ending three years ago when my BIL died. He was my last paying customer. {don't get paid for it anymore, but I still cut the yard at BIL's place. It now belongs to DW} I also cut 6 1/2 acres of front yard at my house, 1 1/2 acres at my old house plus a 1/2 acre family graveyard. If I ever get tight for money, I can always get back into the trade. Here in NW Florida, the grass grows about nine months out of the year.

Edit: Tried to go back and edit my first post. Too late. I had forgot about working a year in the grass seed business. I ran the drying, cleaning, inspecting and bagging operation while the owner and his son were in the field cutting and hauling the seed back to Blountstown. There is a lot of money to be made in grass seed. When I harvest my pines, I'm thinking about putting the land back in grass. I still have all my old hay equipment, so I could sell seeds and hay. This was about twenty four years ago, the year after the golf course job.

 

[Kaufmanrider]

Short list, first two while in High School.

Bowling Score Keeper (Paid to keep score +good tips and lots of soda)
Pizza Delivery
Soldier-MP-US Army
Correctional Officer
Correctional Supervisor
Correctional Administrator
Retired-Soon Jan 2014

 

[aja8888]

Pin setter at a bowling alley
Paper boy
Snow shoveler (driveways)
Assistant loader on a garbage truck (briefly)
U.S. Air Force – missile launch tech
U.S. Air Force – Missile repair tech – Minuteman II
Highway billboard construction crew
Hay baler
Kitchen cleanup crew – Officer’s Club
Draftsman
Designer
(back to college here) - student in the GI Bill

Auto body tech (painted cars)
Drug store clerk
Helper on an artificial insemination crew (cows)
House gutter installer
House painter

Industrial Engineer
Plant Superintendent

Engineering Manager
Plant Manager
Corporate internal consultant
Privately employed consultant
Business owner/worker bee

 

[FreeAtLast]

Since college I have worked in computer software development and related work.

 

[timo2]

Geologist
surveyor
cartographer
IT project manager