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I saw this done by Tricky in another thread a couple of days ago and it sudenly hit me that it would be cool to see what you guys do too (see I told you I was a little slow). I've just put down work that I have been payed for (work experience doesn't count). So here goes....
1) Cook in a fish & chip shop (Hired at the tender age of 13 as a dish washer, I graduated to chef within three hours of working when the rest of the staff quit. Stayed for 4 years)
2) Cook in a pub (at the age of 17 I realised that I could be drinking while I was cooking. Smart lad)
3) Bouncer at a nightclub (Grew about two foot in a year. Asked to do security at the crappiest nightclub in England. It has brown carpet on the walls. My kinda place so I stayed for three years)
4) Waiter at a silver service retaurant (Lasted only one day as I gave a Jewish family a pork meal. How was I supposed to know?)
5) Lighting designer (Through my colledge years. On the side I design lighting rigs for concerts and theatre. I like the purty colours)
6) Stand Up comedian (Yes they paid me to stand up infront of a couple of hundred people and talk. Daylight robbery I tell ya)
7) Radio Presenter (In my graduation year for the entire year I presented Shout FMs breakfast show. And I didn't even have to stand infront of hundreds of poeple)
8) Candle stick maker (Two days in a shed making authentic Irish candle holders. Me being English and my boss being Australian added to the athenticity)
9) Till tart in a music shop (My dream job. Sitting listening to music. What do you mean "customers"?)
10) Bouncer again (At the worst club in Ireland this time. I know how to pick 'em)
11) Opening my own shop ... now I don't have to work for anyone but me! Whats that sir? I should go to the pub this afternoon? Oh, alright then boss, I will!
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Gee! I feel like such a slacker with my two jobs.
Baby-sitting - I've been doing this for almost six years. Recently, it's been really easy: Watch Pokemon. Watch Digimon. Chase the kids around while wearing a plastic fedora and pretending to be Charizard... *flapflap*
Library - Book returns. Shelving, filing, blah blah.
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*Newspaper deliveries
*Grocery store clerk
*Book publisher sales rep.
*Pharmacy clerk
*Pizza deliveries
*Festival security
*Waitress
*Kitchen Porter
*Bakery clerk
*Video store clerkFreelance cartoonist
*Kodak sales rep/clerk/graphic designing/lab technician
*Freelance cartoonist
*Video store clerk
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Guns don't kill people...it's Manouvres!
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Heh, Mit, we have at least one career choice in common..
1) studied to be an architect
2) drew autocad for a year for a design bureau, it was so bad http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/frown.gifI left and... 3)worked in a lamp shop for two years, 4) worked in another lamp shop for a year giving advice on how to light homes...
and finally 5) still work for a lamp and lighting equipment manufacturer as advisor, lighting planner and all round technical salestype. This is actually a great job. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
Boring huh?
and oh yeah, 6) when i feel like it I do illustrations for people. like wedding cards and book covers and stuff.
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Hmm, let's see...paying jobs...I've had a few of those:
1)babysitting - Most young girls' first job.
2)delivering newspapers - Inherited this one from my brother...I actually enjoyed it.
3)waitress - Hated, HATED, HATED that job...part of the uniform was a very tight shirt and a very short skirt...icky...
4)painter's assistant - We painted walls, houses, that kind of thing. Not as exciting as being a bouncer, but I did get to wear a spiffy pair of white overalls.
5)cashier - At Phar-mor, a very thankless, unfulfulling job.
6)library aid - What I'm doing now. Working in my college's gigantic library...have to pay for that fancy "big-city" skoolin' somehow.
Wow, compared to some people here *cough*ovenmitboy*cough* the jobs I've had are seriously dull... http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif
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Lesse...
*Babysitter once
*Paper boy..girl for a couple of years
*Sanitary worker..sweeping streets and stuff
*Grave dig..tender (really, I just planted flowers and did some weeding)
*Mail worker (without going postal!)
Windy
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Wow, that's a lot of jobs Mit! Here I go:
1. Babysitter
2. Helped out my dad in his real estate office when I was in high school (answered phones, filed, that type of thing)
3. Waitress at Pizza Hut - I discovered thatI am NOT cut-out to be a waitress.
4. Working over college summer and winter breaks at a chemical company. I did this for about four years. I worked in Inventory Control, Customer Service, and on some computer projects.
5. Now, a full-time employee at the same chemical company. (I have a degree in English - go figure!) I am a planner, which basically means I order product and make sure we have enough stock to meet customer orders. This sounds MUCH, MUCH, MUCH easier than it really is.
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11) Opening my own shop ... now I don't have to work for anyone but me! Whats that sir? I should go to the pub this afternoon? Oh, alright then boss, I will!
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Hmmm...is that the one you were going to name after me? http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif
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My list of jobs is short and boring. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/frown.gif
Babysitter *now I never want kids http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/mad.gif*
Petsitter *so many cute dogs http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif*
I did a logo for a local amateur hockey team and helped design their uniforms
Sold some watercolors *first prize if you can guess what they were of- hint, no elfs*
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Rex's employment history:
-Theater lighting tech
-Cafe job
-Restaurant job
-Web design
-Office temp
Not necessarily in that order. Nothing too exciting.
-Rex
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Cool topic MIT! Geez,MITTY you are a regular adventure dude! This really IS the night to find out about your fellow Elf Maniacs..Cool! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif (This is going to be fun!)
I've often been called a jack-of-all-trades-master-at-none sooo here goes...
1.) Retail Manager - That's pretty much what i'm doing now and having a ball!
2.) Waiter - WoW, seems like weve ALL 'done time' in the service industry, eh?
3.) Host - My bosses at the retaurant had the notion i'd make a great Host..go figure?
4.) Ladies Shoes Salesman - Dont Laugh! Yes I was 'Al Bundy' for a couple of years..and had THE most fun doing it! I've worked for Nine West, ENZO angiolini, STEVE MADDEN and a # of Dept. stores.
5.) Summercamp Counselor - did this for a couple of Summers and had SSOO much fun! When the little tykes found out I could doodle, come up with EPIC action figure adventures, and give a complete synopsis (with pictures!) of any of their favorite Saturday morning cartoons, I quickly became the hands down favorite counselor!
6.) Sports Nutrition Specialist - After working for G.N.C I had the notion that I wanted to be a Personal Trainer. Kinda got bored with it though and got into retail.
7.) Actor - I went through a phase where I fancied myself a thespian, and decided to whole-heartedly pursue it as a career! Suffice to say that after a year or so of endless casting calls, rejections and miscellaneous dissapointments I 'woke up' and got a real job!
8.) Model - A friend of mine talked me into trying it and what do ya know I got some work! Did some magazines, a couple of Calendars and still do the occasional pictoral here and there.
As a card-carrying 14 year old comic/sci-fi geek trapped in a grown up body though, all of the above will (hopefully) soon give way to...
Self-published comic book Writer and Artist!
It's just a dream right now...but for the past 2 1/2 years i've been sorta working on a Graphic Novel that i've had the idea for since I was like 9 yrs old! It's taking me absolutely forever to finish, but I am SOOOO excited about it!!! I have this whole crazy promotional idea for it's premiere. Real kooky 'cant believe no ones thought of that' kinda stuff. Hopefully in the next year or so the Elficionados will have the comic-book scoop of the century!! ( JK! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/tongue.gif , but I AM hoping that people in the industry will take notice http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif )
Awww geez, I just realized that i've typed a 'Novel'...! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/eek.gif Sorry buds, you should know by now that I tend to be kinda long winded .. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/redface.gif
(Shutting up now so the next person can have their turn..)
BAMF!
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Well, let's see...
age) Job - Description.
11-19) Little Brother Binder - The little brats (who later graduated into full-fledged assholes) just wouldn't learn. A couple times of holding them over the stairs by their ankles or tying the bathroom door shut almost shut them up for about 15 minutes.
15) Mover / Packer - Basically I carried big heavy stuff for old people or stupid young people. Sometimes I got to stick all of someone's stuff into boxes and cross my fingers that nothing got broken. Sometimes I got to pack "marital aid" videos. On the bright side, I only ever saw one dildo and I didn't have to touch it. I got to work with big strong guys and stupid weak guys. They always smoked weed, so they gave me all the beer.
16)Waiter at a Buffet - As glamourous as that sounds, it really wasn't. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif Let's see...you wait on people who get their own food. How many people left you a tip? None! How much did you make an hour? 1/4 Minimum wage! I quit on the busiest day of the year because they told me to polish my shoes.
16-18) Fast food cook - At McDonald's even! I got free food. That seems good, but I knew what was in it...Did you know that one ingredient in Chicken McNuggets is fish extract? Yes, FISH EXTRACT.
18-20) Cart Pusher - Yeah...I spent 8 hours a day pushing around rows of Shopping carts. I got really buff. I also almost got ran over everyday. Sometimes I actually got ran over.
19-Now) Publishment Distribution Engineer - Yeah, I'm a paperboy. I drive a route in a nearby town. As stupid as that sounds, it actually the best job I've ever had. I only work one day a week and I make as much as I did working 40 hours a week in the other jobs.
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This will seem chaotic, but keep in mind i had to work durring summers to put myself through college.
*Babysitting
*Cooking Burgers at Numerous Fast-Food places.
*Working the Cash Register at Numerous Fast-Food places.
*Making Pizza at Pizza Hut
*Waiter (or "Server" as they called it)
*Packaging rolls of Wrapping Paper.
*Working at a Styrofom factory (really HOT)
*Working at a Lumber treatment plant. (assembling fence posts, cutting wood, stacking wood, and even shoveling sawdust)
*Cutting and measuring electrical wire.
*Data entry (type type type)
*Designing cassete covers. (my first carear-oriented job)
*Designing Hotel Guest Directories (my current job)
*Illustration (i actually got a small project to draw some cartoons for my company once)
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Nothing glam guys!
-Babysitter.
-A Page at the Library.
-Food prep/Server/Cashier at Mobile Deli.
-Cashier at Costco Wholesale.
-Food prep/Server/Cashier at Boston Market.
-Cashier/Stock person at Rite-Aid
-Videostore clerk at Hollywood Video.
-Receptionist for a Doctors office.
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Of course, being the youngest one here I've only had one job so far. Babysitting. It's good because I'm more of a kid person than a people person. Kids are a LOT more fun to hang out with. Probably going to get a [i]real[i] job this summer. But I want to do something related to comics.
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Hmmmm...Shall I post my resume? Naw, I'll go back to the dawn of time for ya'll.
There's a lot of overlap as I often had two or even three jobs at once.
1- age 13, I was a yard waterer. Yes, a yard waterer. They were old people and they wanted a nice green yard?whatever!
2- age 15-17, babysitter. Gack. One little bastard tried to kill me. He was a little-league footballer and he caught me off-guard, tackled me and we flew over the couch, knocking the wind out of me. He was strangling me before I could breath and his brother had to pull him off me. I had yelled at him because he was using a baby bluejay as a baseball. A year later he beat his dog to death, no joke.
3- age 17, clerk at a card shop/novelty store. Yup, that kind of novelties. To this day if I walk into a Hallmark I start straightening cards. Don?t let me catch you putting one back where it doesn?t belong?.grrrr.
4- age 18, college housing office employee, my college did room inspections every week, and if you didn?t pass guess who got to clean it up for you. Easily the most HORRIBLE job EVER!!! I cleaned guys? rooms. Guys are pigs, I didn?t know mold came in so many colors! I did this for about a week before I decided I?d rather starve.
5- age 18-20, grocery store employee, I worked at the salad bar. I chopped things up. I got to play with knives. Hehe?
6- age 18-20, paper girl! Gee, a lot of us did this. I was the circulation director for the college newspaper. Uck. Thing was, I had to drive the paper 30 miles to get it printed and often had to sleep in my car outside the printer until it was done. Did I say UCK!
7- age 19, haunted house employee, I did costumes, special effects and make up and got to drop out of trees on to people and chase them around like a loony. Fun. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
8- age 19-24, college newspaper, I started a photographer and ended as editor in chief. I was also a graphic designer. Oh, hell, I was everything at least once there. It was my life for a loooong-ass time. I miss it. I loved it. *Sniff*
9- age 22, multi-media designer, I designed and created a multimedia CD-ROM simulation to teach journalism students how to cover disasters. It?s currently a supplement to St. Martin?s Press beginning college journalism textbook. It wasn?t as exciting as it sounds.
10- age 22-24, college library clerk, I talked, surfed the net and read so I use the term ?work? loosely here. They paid me to warm the seat. But I did work at night, so I got to go hunting for people having sex in the stacks. That was fun. *evil grin*
11- age 24, reporter and photographer, I am a staff reporter and photographer for a major suburban newspaper in the Kansas City metro area. It?s not as exciting as it sounds either. Really. Except I have spiffy press credentials.
Egad, I went on forever, didn't I. Sorry. If I do it again, just smack me.
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BUT what I really vant to be is an artiste!
*sigh*A receptionist is not ze life for a Dragon.....
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*makes a face* I feel like I haven't done very much with my life...
1) 12-17 yrs - Babysitting. Nothing really interesting, just normal little toddlers who only seemed to watch the same Barney tapes over and over...
2) 15-17 yrs - Office assistant. Filing things, going to the post office, errand-girl.
3) 16-18 yrs - Sales associate at Software Etc. So while retail isn't my favorite thing, at least I got paid to talk to people about video games.
4) Now... searching. I hate limbo. >_<
Jyuu-chan
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Let's see.
1. Worked with my mom at Lumaquest. They needed the help.
2. Worked at Schiliterbaun, (during the summer) the water park in my hometown as a greeter. Basicly put on the wrist band, help people find where they wanted to go, and cleaned. It got to the point where you would go "Hi, welcome to Schliterbaun. Restrooms and lockers are..." and you'd show them where they were. Also helped the tour giudes with crowd controll.
3. Was a tour guide the second year. Rode around on the tram all day, leting people on and off and telling them what our next stop was going to be. I hated this job with a passion. I think one of the drivers was out to get me or something. I got chewed out in front of the customers by one of my bosses, for making a little mistake. Did crowd controll. I kept this one for 5 weeks and then quit.
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Zut alors! You have all had such interesting jobs! Umm..mine consist of:
1) Sanitation Engineer. Oui, for a week in zhe summer I was a janitor at zhe fair in my town. I did bathrooms, halls and stairways. On zhe upside I realized zhe true difference between men and women lies in how zhe bathrooms look. The Ladies is stylish, large and always smells good. The Mens is zhe size of a closet, with chiped paint, and no matter what I did it always stunk. Maybe zhat is of no importance, but I felt like sharing. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
2) Working in zhe mailroom at Zhis Week and Enterprise. Ever wonder were all zhose lousy flyers come from when you get zhe paper. ME! I put zhem zhere! And zhey paid me to do it, BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
3) I helped out at Dowies Stationary cause my mom works zhere. I helped with inventory and I polished zhe gift ware section. It earned me some spending cash and a free pass to zhe movies! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BAMF!:
8.) Model - A friend of mine talked me into trying it and what do ya know I got some work! Did some magazines, a couple of Calendars and still do the occasional pictoral here and there.
BAMF! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
BAMF!s too sexy for the circus,
too sexy for the X-Men,
too sexy for the priesthood!
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That is a good one, Whisk! Hey Bamf, got any blue paint?
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Lets see.......
I spent 6 1/2 years in the Army as an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Specialist, and believe me I never had more fun http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif, and right now I work a full time job, and go to the Academy of Art College here in Frisco http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
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Well, let's see.
I suppose I could consider high-school my full time job, right now. On the side I am trying to FIND a job.
I did push around carts for a year. I, like oh captain, my captain, got run over almost every day.
I have done one professional music gig, playing trombone. It was great! I got payed to play for fun and watch some VERY wealthy people become horrendously drunk! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
Most, interesting...
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Hey, KW, you're at the Academy of Art College? How is it? What're you doing, illustration?
-Rex
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SHADY, BEAMIE, SLARTI...LMAO!
Doh! I mean.... http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/redface.gif
(Hmmmnn...now where did I put that Gallon of Indigo Blue...?)
BAMF!
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rex Luscus:
Hey, KW, you're at the Academy of Art College? How is it? What're you doing, illustration?
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Hey Rex,
It's pretty cool, I am a Film Major, with an emphasis in Film and Video Editing and Sound.
I'mn in my senior year, hopefully I will graduate in the spring of 2002, but I have to tell you if your interested in illustration they have an excellent illustration department, but I can honestly say that the Academy is a great school, with good instructors, and a lot of great equipment http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
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I've only ever had one job. Taco Bell. I started in July of 1995 b/c my allowance couldnt keep up w/ the number of XBooks Marvel was putting out. So I got a job for my habit. And now look! Six freaking years LATER! I'm still at Taco Bell, as a shift manager, b/c I wont take the promotion they keep shoving in my face. They asked me again today if I'd like to be an assistant manager and I'm thinkin' I'll do it. I've turned them down at least 6 times. Heh. You'd think they'd stop askin'.
danielle
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It's pretty cool, I am a Film Major, with an emphasis in Film and Video Editing and Sound.
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Ohhhh...film. I once had a dream of going to film school. Instead I have a minor in video and sound. It was my major until I came to the startling conclusion that I would never find a decent job in it in the midwest. I also learned that while I was a great producer and editor, I was a lousy shooter and director. Alas, I gave up, and changed to journalism. *heavy sigh*
Good luck, Kurt!
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I had to drag this out from the second page just so I could tell everyone that I got a job! A job that pays more than minimum wage! I'm so proud of myself. Anyway, add cashier at Wal-Mart to my employment list. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
*hugs herself in pure joy* Wal-Mart is the best place to work here. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
Happy, happy Fasheem
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Now if I could only get a job!
I feel soo felt out.
>Jezie<
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That tail! Those fangs! That fur! I think I'm in love....No, wait, that's a furball.
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Must have missed this one in the first go-round. Or I wasn't feeling as talkative... *shrug*
Let's see...currently I'm a network administrator by day (which allows me to check on this board pretty much any time I want) and manage a comic/toy/game shop by night. The main perk of this is getting to read the Marvel books a week early thanks to their Sneak Peek program.
My degree is in Chemistry (B.S. '96 from West Virginia University, with a specialization in analytical chem, and 3 creds shy of a minor in German). I did genetic research for the government for two years before they cut funding on my project and I had to work at Staples. That lasted all of 3 days before they found more money for the project AND I got a job offer as a network admin (which is why I am where I am now).
During college I worked at the local comic shop almost the full 4 years I was in school (didn't get hired until the first week of October freshman year). I also worked in the chem lab, filling unknowns for various labs.
In high school, I helped out with my parents' nursery and landscaping business.
And...oh yeah, there was that time a few years back when I was working for Marvel. On a project involving Nightcrawler.
I was on the design team for the last two OverPower sets and designed the Nightcrawler promo card for the X-Men 35th Anniversary set, only available online. It was called "Blindside" and allowed Nightcrawler to attack three times in a row. There were several other cards I had a hand in, but I made it pretty clear up front that Nightcrawler was my territory and mine alone...no one argued. Don't know if anyone here has played OP, but it's a great game. I also designed the Nightcrawler card that was going to be in the next expansion - "Tactical Teleport" - but Marvel sold the CCG rights to Wizards of the Coast before it was produced. *sigh* I did get to fly to Miami, Chicago, and San Diego on Marvel's dime though, so not too bad. And I did get paid for it. The check had Spidey on it and everything.
Those have been the major things...not bad for being in my mid-20s...although to most of you, I must seem positively ancient!
- Darkholme http://members.aol.com/NightcrawlerArt
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Darkholme, sweetie, I'm 19. So you're not that much older then me.... Lucky, got to work at Marvel......
