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Mandy inspired poll: What industries/careers have you worked in?

Posted by Subversive Jun 10 '09, 10:12

Me:
Grocery
Telemarketing
Delivery
Sawmill
Truss Building
Life Insurance Sales
Radio Broadcasting
Customer Service (Cellular)
Cable Installer
IT

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Real Estate, Book/Music Selling, Tile/Construction, Ad, Marketing, Graphic Design. -- nm - lileve Jun 10, 10:28
Fast food, summer camp, grocery, education, banking/financial, child care (nanny), retail, newspaper. - kelly Jun 10, 10:25
federal government, state government, provincial government, healthcare administration, retirement fund administration -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 10:22 1
- It's Roger More we blame when we don't have enough money to retire! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:23
Gov't (bottled water regulation), Printing (sample catalogs), Telecom, Research, Education. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:22
grocery, landscaping, restaurant, finance -- nm - decline Jun 10, 10:22
Accounting, yep that's it, I know, sad. -- nm - MDH Jun 10, 10:21 1
- ahem. *certified* accounting. -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:22
Printer for 45 years...started at age 14 -- nm - BAD Jun 10, 10:21 1
- HP will have your job yet! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:22
Delivered Newspapers, Washed Dishes, Sold Popcorn, Ran Kids Camp, Sold Toys, Sell Insurance - JenBro Jun 10, 10:21 2
- Selling insurance was the WORST job I ever had. Do you still do it? - Subversive Jun 10, 10:23
- d'oh - forgot baby sitting -- nm - JenBro Jun 10, 10:22
newspaper deliv., prescription deliv., food service at stadium, security guard, iron foundry, gov't (transportaion), optical, market research -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:20
Grocery store (bagging, produce), front end collections, hard core collections, IT. -- nm - Jim Jun 10, 10:19 1
- I guess I could branch...front end collections for long distance co and medical. hard core for medical. -- nm - Jim Jun 10, 10:19
fast food, mass transit, hematology, anatomy, dotcom, defense contracting. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 10:18 1
- replace anatomy with academia/education. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 10:19
Fast food, movie theater, video store, fish cannery, campus security, dorm staff, liquor store, public television, health care supply, electrician... - Dr.Vermin Jun 10, 10:18 2
- telecom marketing -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 10, 10:23
- Dang, I always forget movie extra. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jun 10, 10:20 [Image]
Chronologically: grocery, retail sales, summer camp/childcare, food service, banking, tutoring (education?), health insurance. -- nm - TFox Jun 10, 10:18
paper boy, cosmetic/food additive warehouse, teddy bear wholesaler, furniture retail, movie extra, financial. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:17 7
- teddy bear wholesaler is my favourite title so far. :) -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 10:19 6
  - Vermont does the consumer stuff, we did licensed outfits from sports and fire/police units. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:21 2
    - Teddy bears for fire/police units? Do tell... -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:23 1
      - NJ State Police, USMC, USAF, some local fire departments. So they'd have the uniform and the department number on the hat/helmet. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:26
  - If Max had a rival wholesaler, we could have a decent script on our hands... -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:21 2
    - We should get Ben Stiller to direct it. -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 10:25 1
      - didn't he already do that one a few years ago? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:40
insurance, retail, advertising, radio, newspaper, digital media. -- nm - Callisto Jun 10, 10:17
IT, TV news, Film production, Fast Food, Dock work, Package delivery (heh heh),. -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:16 4
- what did you do in film? -- nm - colin Jun 10, 10:20 3
  - I helped on the set as a grip for some really low budget local indie films. -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:22 2
    - ah, good times. at least you got fed, right? :) -- nm - colin Jun 10, 10:23 1
      - Not even that. They did provide a floor for me to sleep on. - Inigo Jun 10, 10:26
accounting (experience in numerous industries through auditing and special work), electrical utility -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:16
Mine - Stephen Jun 10, 10:16
Food service (fast food, coffeeshops, cater-waiter), high-tech manufacturing, finance - znufrii Jun 10, 10:16 3
- and of course, theatre -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:16 2
  - and I forgot drug and alcohol rehab. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:24 1
    - and media sales -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:26
newspaper delivery, church gardener, food service, pool cleaning, computer helpdesk, booking live music, construction, research, archival, education, - psilotum Jun 10, 10:15 1
- Oh, this reminds me, I forgot Bar DJ on my list. - Subversive Jun 10, 10:16
Recruiting, education, financial, legal, architectural, food service, supermarket, backbreaking labor -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 10:15
audio/visual and real estate - colin Jun 10, 10:15
retail, transportation, I/T - ty97 Jun 10, 10:15 4
- oh, phone customer service -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:16 3
  - oh, recycling -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:17 2
    - sorting your garbage doesn't count! :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:17
    - and education. - ty97 Jun 10, 10:17
starting from teenage-hood? fast food, retail, marina, restaurant, factory (one summer), television, film, -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:14
I've worked in all of those except for 7 of them. -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:14

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