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Old 10-22-2013, 05:46 AM   #361
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Old 10-22-2013, 06:43 AM   #362
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Should Be a Fun Walk Down Memory Lane.....

During Jr. High and High School:
Grape Cutter
Cherry Picker
Babysitter
House Cleaner
Lawn Mower
Leaf Raker
Mulch Bed Weeder
House Painter

College:
Cafeteria Server
Bookstore Clerk
Clerk at Sears
Hospital Kitchen Worker
Warehouse Stock Puller
Teacher at Girls Club

After BA:
High School Teacher
Cheerleader/Songleader Coach
Literary Magazine Adviser
Department Chair

Grad School:
Teaching Assistant
Summer School Teacher in Upward Bound

After MA:
Part-Time College Instructor
Speed Reading Teacher
High School Teacher
Accreditation Coordinator
Accreditation Visiting Committee
New Teacher Mentor
Department Chair
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University Student Teaching Supervisor

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New Teacher Mentor (A couple days a month)
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Old 10-22-2013, 10:49 AM   #363
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in the order of how much money is made -

electronic designer
domainer
landlord
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What a long, strange road it's been
Old 10-22-2013, 10:50 AM   #364
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What a long, strange road it's been

High School:
Security Guard

College:
Security Guard
Prep Chef
Managed Wildlife Sanctuary

Post College:
Roughneck
Well Specialist

Graduate School:
TA
Exploration Geologist (Uranium)

Post Graduate School:
Petroleum Geoscientist

Now:
Manager of Kittens
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Old 10-22-2013, 11:37 AM   #365
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Early years:

Paper boy
Pinsetter - bowling alley
Snow shoveler/grass cutter
House painter
Part time on a garbage truck

Mid years:

Mechanical draftsman (before CAD)
USAF: Nuclear Missile Launch Specialist
Roadside billboard labor (took them down, moved them, re-installed sign structures)
Kitchen help - officer's club

Later years:

Industrial Engineer
Project engineer
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Plant Manager
Corporate Staff Engineer

Really later years:

Self employed engineering consultant
Same as above but getting very tired.......
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Old 10-22-2013, 01:01 PM   #366
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:27 PM   #367
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STUDENT
Record store sales - minimum wage
Delivery driver - tip minimum wage
Deli meat slicer - minimum wage
Record store clerk - barely above minimum wage
Delivery driver - $10/hr
Bartender - $8/hr plus tips

POST GRAD
Restaurant owner - $22k a year
Accountant - $31k a year
Financial advisor intern - $27k a year
Owner of small consulting firm - $80k a year
Owner of nationwide consulting firm - $650k a year
Retired at 35 (now 37) - $72k a year and loving it
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Old 10-23-2013, 03:27 AM   #368
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Old 10-23-2013, 06:51 AM   #369
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Old 10-23-2013, 09:18 AM   #370
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Old 10-23-2013, 10:36 AM   #371
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Post Graduate School:
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Now:
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I hate it when people puff up their resumes like this. Those of us with cats know that management is just wishful thinking. How about: Provider for Kittens?
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Old 10-23-2013, 10:58 AM   #372
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Yah. I used to tell people that I was a glorified babysitter, adult daycare supervisor, or that my job was to take all of the responsibility but have very little of the authority.
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Old 10-23-2013, 11:10 AM   #373
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I hate it when people puff up their resumes like this. Those of us with cats know that management is just wishful thinking. How about: Provider for Kittens?
Around here, the dog has an owner and the cat has staff.
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Old 10-23-2013, 01:13 PM   #374
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Old 10-23-2013, 01:51 PM   #375
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Old 11-14-2013, 07:21 AM   #376
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Old 11-14-2013, 08:07 AM   #377
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Old 08-26-2014, 02:01 PM   #378
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Thought I'd bump this thread to see if anyone else is w*rking...
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Old 08-26-2014, 02:07 PM   #379
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Thought I'd bump this thread to see if anyone else is w*rking...
Now why would we do a silly thing like that?
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Old 08-26-2014, 02:59 PM   #380
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