How many jobs have you worked at

[DaveM]

I suppose in today's time this may sound strange but I started work in 1978 and am still working at the same company now. During this time I have basically been doing the same type of work. The technology keeps changing so it is not as if it has become a daily bind doing the same thing day in and day out. In fact looking back it has been a blast and I have enjoyed it, seeing it as more than just a job but a fun thing to do every day. I suppose my hobby being so closely related to what I do it is like being able to do my hobby every day and get paid for it

I count myself one of the lucky one that don't get up every day thinking do I really have to go and do that again today. I have seen friends that hated what they do and become old before their time because of this.

 

[Silli]

You are fortunate Dave. I have had a lot of different terms of employment, but all of them within my chosen profession, which I also enjoy. (Hydraulic engineering).

 

[shanered6]

had far to many to remember them all main jobs forestry , builder, mechanic , farm contractor , poultry farmer , factory fitter and council worker , and estate manager and saw miller and many more in between .

 

[DaveB]

I'm a qualified electrical & electronics engineer but because I have an interest in written English I've always worked in sales and project departments, usually doing all the admin & paperwork that no-one else wants to do. They've now given me the title Commercial Manager at my firm of 25 years (we do two-way radio, telemetry and GSM based communication systems). I've worked for four employers.

In two hemispheres.

 

[DaveM]

Have you thought about ever getting an English degree of some sorts

 

[DaveB]

Nah.

There's just too much of this to be done:

 

[Gromit]

8 employers - 3 continents. First 6 in finance, stock brokerage, investments, statistics. Last 2, including self-employed, immigration - 27 years in immigration this year. Time to retire.

 

[Rocky]

Jobs? Work?
Oh yes, I remember that now.....but I've been retired for 21 years so it's hard to remember the daily grind

 

[DaveB]

Time to retire.

Yes indeed. But where? Whenever & wherever I travel I have a part of my mind thinking about this topic. Where are you thinking of retiring, if I may ask?

 

[hemibee]

Jobs? Work?
Oh yes, I remember that now.....but I've been retired for 21 years so it's hard to remember the daily grind

That's it . . . Rub it in.


Back in high school I worked as a Petroleum Exchange Engineer. Then it was on to a Sporting Goods Sales clerk followed by carpenter until the housing industry went thru a little lull. I was then rigging boats at a large dealership where my main function was installing electronics and doing complete rewire of one brand of boats we sold. Everyone of those boats came in with the wiring harness all hosed up. I was also doing GelCoat repairs and getting pretty dern good at it when the dealership decided to close our location.

The last 34 years have been with one company, well sort of one company. The company I started with merged with my current employeer. I started in the line department on the heavy equipment crew building High Lines and transporting large equipment. Transfered to the local power plant into plant operations as an Operator. Advanced in operations at the plant to Control Operations Supervisor and I'm now (until the reorg hits us) a Senior Operations Specialist in the Performance Monitoring and Diagnostic Center at our Fossil Headquarters.

 

[Gromit]

Yes indeed. But where? Whenever & wherever I travel I have a part of my mind thinking about this topic. Where are you thinking of retiring, if I may ask?

Well we have the place on the coast and that's a definite possibility but in my heart, I'd love to retire in Spain. I really love Spain but I'd need to win a lottery to get there. Realistically, I'd settle for either Mossel Bay or a place in the Bush - really in the bush. There was a time when I wanted to retire to the Natal midlands but I've got over that. Then I considered the Franschhoek area and that still has an appeal to me. I don't want to be in a big city that much I know.

 

[DaveB]

Thanks for that.

I've got Mossel Bay, 'somewhere in the Western Cape but not in CT itself' and, curiously enough, Nelspruit on my list. A friend of mine is retiring to Port Alfred and that looks nice but I'm not familiar with that part of the Eastern Cape at all. The search is on-going.

 

[Gromit]

The Garden Route definitely appeals as does places like Boggomsbaai. We're looking in the Malalane area so we might be 'neighbours'

 

[DaveB]

Hey, don't rush me.... It's still 7 years until I reach the official retirement age of 65.

 

[Silli]

......................a Petroleum Exchange Engineer.

Is this what I think it is?????

 

[CarlS]

If you count part time work, I have had some varied experience. During my school years, I worked in the family dry cleaning business. I had a dry cleaning delivery route and did cleaning and spotting. I also worked as a ranch hand. During my university years, I worked for a janitorial service and worked as a lab tech in the dairy sciences lab and in the forestry physiology and genetics lab. I did a stint in the Army before returning to university and getting my degree in forestry. I worked for a major company as a timber buyer and supervised timber harvesting for ten years, then I went back in the Army and retired from the Army. I worked as a land manager for 6.5 years managing a county's natural preserves. That was my favorite job, although I enjoyed the military, too. The best job I have ever had is retirement!

 

[birdman5]

My father is a man of many talents, although he is blind now and lives in assisted living, but his last several years of active work were in a machine shop he bought with two partners. That is where I was gifted the beginning of my career. I worked for him cleaning the shop and pick-up and delivery for a few years until I was ready to start running machines and becoming a machinist. We did work for many companies that include Weyerhaeuser, The Robbins Company (builder of the large tunnel boring machines), and other such companies. One thing I did while working for my father was I was given a chance on a few occasions to work with engineers in the building of their prototype machines and I found that very fun. I went to CC and got a 2 year degree and after my father retired, turned that in to a career at a major local airplane manufacturer. It began as a person engineers could come to and ask for help with designing parts that could actually be made, and I'd help them apply tolerances and such. My job has changed a few times since then, including a stint of time building CAD models and using CAM to program milling machines, 3,4, and 5 axis. More recently I've gone back to helping engineers again. It's a pretty fun job but I'm at the age now where I can retire and draw pension and medical and am considering the contracting route just to increase my income and see more of the world. We'll see what happens there...

 

[hemibee]

Is this what I think it is?????

Gas station attendant, grease monkey.

Off the job I worked the other end of the job description, I changed gas into exhaust fumes.


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[R.Hawks]

I think I may have missed 1 or 2, but this is all I can remember right now. I hope to retire in the next decade or two.
WhiteDepartment Store 1967 -1969 Warehouseman,
Gulf Oil 1969 – 1970 Service Station Attendant,
OK Tires 1970 – 1972 Front-end Mechanic,
Raybestos-Manhattan 1972 – 1974 High Temp Instrument Cover Manufacturing,
U.S.Army 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry 1975-1978 Armor Crewman,
Colony Lighting 1978 -1979 Warehouseman,
Mictronics1979 – 1981 Electronics Tech.,
Metal Trades Inc. 1981 - 1996 Electronics Tech., 1996 - Machinist( Best Job I've had so far)

 

[keystiger]

Interesting Dave, few can say what you can for sure.
My Grandmothers generation started in their teens and went through life with 1 company. She started at 17 with White Engines and retired from there. 5 Years later the company went bankrupt. My generation, companies don't last that long.....so you "bounce".
I have done the usual crappy restaurant jobs/lawn care and manual labor jobs as a youth.
But (sadly) the majority of my "career" has been in Sales and or Printing and Marketing....wasn't "chosen" have no formal training....but its easier to "bluff" your way through sales than it is Brain Surgeon, so hey here I am.
I have worked for numerous Ad Agencies, Newspapers, Printing Companies, Phone Books, Screen Printers and Coca-Cola for a bit
Someday I am going to grow up and get a REAL job.......but I am pacing myself

If anyone heres of a job opening in the field of billionaire globetrotting playboy, let me know I will certainly apply.