Velociman talks about the array of jobs he’s held; yeah, I’ve held a lot of jobs too. Some not so pretty. I’ve been at the current gig for 13 years, but before that I did such things as:
(in no particular order)
(counting only jobs I held for more than a continuous month)
Scheise slinger, covering horse, mule, chicken, and cow.
Lawnmower
Bicycle repairman (Look! It’s Bicycle repairman!)
Lumberjack (and yes, I’m OK)
Building supplies sales
building supply delivery, truck driver.
Bulldozer operator
Crane operator, both stationary and mobile
Heavy equipment field service
Priting sales
Carpenter
Carpetlayer
Joiner
apprentice cabinetmaker, apprenticeship never finished
Apprentice machinist, journeyman machinist
Apprentice electrician, journeyman electrician
Auto mechanic- stayed just long enough to get my ASE certifications
Engineer
Cad designer
Machine tool programmer
Robot programmer
Robotics technician
applications engineer
Manager for advertising agency
DJ at local alternative radio station
stringer for local newspaper
freelance writer for local sporting magazines.
I’ve done a LOT of other things, and many of them for longer than a month, but not contiguously.
Some of these jobs are subsets of other jobs; when i was doing my apprenticeships at Inland, for instance, I did everything from small engine repair to machining special refractory blocks for blast furnaces.
There’s not anbything I can’t fix, or at least get going well enough to be useful, the folks I envy are the Robs and the Kims, the folks who have made a living(of sorts) playing/singing music. I wish I had that in my resume.

I am apparently a piker!
but you’re OUR piker.
Damn! I thought I had a long and varied resume. You and V-man make me look like a rank amateur.
It can also be viewed as “can’t hold a job”.
That wasn’t the case with me, generally I quit a gig as soon as I mastered it and got bored.
Me, I’m security-oriented. Utterly unadventurous. I’ve been at the Patch Factory for 25 years.
I not only know where all the bodies are buried, I killed most of ’em.
M