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dar512 · 12-06-2006, 11:20 AM

It's a long list. If your eyes start glazing over, go on to the next message.

Babysitting ~13
Assembly line work making microfilm viewing machines
Fry cook at local diner
// started college
Warehouse work moving boxed to and fro
Retail sales - paint
Retail sales - catalog
Work study in AV department videotaping the today show on 2" tape (easiest job of my life)
//Graduated with BS in Education / English Major
Substitute teaching
Retail sales - jewelry
Commercial sales - photocopiers
//Took some programming courses
Cobol programming - animal food manufacturer
Cobol programming - ammunition manufacturer
Database design - local telco
C/C++ programming - desktop publishing app
//Added BS in CS
C/C++ programming - group calendar app
C/C++ programming - highway maintenance app
C/C++ & Java programming - statistics app

I was out of work just once when I was laid off when the company I worked for was acquired by another outfit. It's the one time in my life I've had recurrent insomnia.

It took some wandering around to find my place in life, but I love what I do.

Undertoad · 12-06-2006, 11:33 AM

5-18 Helping mom in the crafts business
11-13 Newspaper delivery
14 Newspaper delivery again
14 Hay baler (lasted 1 hour/allergies)
16 Municipal pool ticket-taker
17 Burger King
17 McDonalds
19 Teaching assistant
19 Mom's graphic supply business
20 Student consultant
21 Systems Programming
24 Software Engineering
26 Systems Tech Support
28 Assistant IT Dept Manager / jack of all trades
30 Mid-level Consulting
31 ISP system admin / jack of all trades
32 ISP sysadmin + web developer
33 Big Consulting (then Big-5)
34 Web developer / jack of all trades
36 Entrepreneur / jack of all trades
38 Private consultant, developer, contractor
43 ?? prob interviewing next week for sys adminstration position

Clodfobble · 12-06-2006, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Clod, I have to say, I had never realized there were chains of pawnshops.

Oh, definitely. Mine was in 11 states (which is why there was a night shift, stores on the west coast closed at 9PM so there had to be tech support available until 11 PM Central.) Most of the real profit is made in payday cash advance loans though, which are illegal in some states. Don't know if Pennsylvania is one of them or not.

busterb · 12-06-2006, 04:46 PM

MS. has, I guess the best laws for people who own the payday cash advance loans, pawn you car and etc. The small town I live in must have 6 or 8 places.
Interest rates? Whoa nelly.

SteveDallas · 12-07-2006, 09:17 AM

Oh no, the payday loan industry is thriving here.

12-06-2006, 11:20 AM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	It's a long list. If your eyes start glazing over, go on to the next message. Babysitting ~13 Assembly line work making microfilm viewing machines Fry cook at local diner // started college Warehouse work moving boxed to and fro Retail sales - paint Retail sales - catalog Work study in AV department videotaping the today show on 2" tape (easiest job of my life) //Graduated with BS in Education / English Major Substitute teaching Retail sales - jewelry Commercial sales - photocopiers //Took some programming courses Cobol programming - animal food manufacturer Cobol programming - ammunition manufacturer Database design - local telco C/C++ programming - desktop publishing app //Added BS in CS C/C++ programming - group calendar app C/C++ programming - highway maintenance app C/C++ & Java programming - statistics app I was out of work just once when I was laid off when the company I worked for was acquired by another outfit. It's the one time in my life I've had recurrent insomnia. It took some wandering around to find my place in life, but I love what I do. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

12-06-2006, 04:46 PM	#4
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	MS. has, I guess the best laws for people who own the payday cash advance loans, pawn you car and etc. The small town I live in must have 6 or 8 places. Interest rates? Whoa nelly. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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12-06-2006, 11:33 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5-18 Helping mom in the crafts business 11-13 Newspaper delivery 14 Newspaper delivery again 14 Hay baler (lasted 1 hour/allergies) 16 Municipal pool ticket-taker 17 Burger King 17 McDonalds 19 Teaching assistant 19 Mom's graphic supply business 20 Student consultant 21 Systems Programming 24 Software Engineering 26 Systems Tech Support 28 Assistant IT Dept Manager / jack of all trades 30 Mid-level Consulting 31 ISP system admin / jack of all trades 32 ISP sysadmin + web developer 33 Big Consulting (then Big-5) 34 Web developer / jack of all trades 36 Entrepreneur / jack of all trades 38 Private consultant, developer, contractor 43 ?? prob interviewing next week for sys adminstration position

12-07-2006, 09:17 AM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Oh no, the payday loan industry is thriving here.

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