Weird Career Paths.
 

I don't know about the rest of you, but I finally got a job in one of my dream fields about 6 months ago. But I've held an assortment of jobs in the past, and i was just wondering how littered everyone else's path was.

My Jobs (in order):

Bussed tables

Worked in a collision shop (owner was a dick, but he was good)

sold catalog overstock items

Sold office supplies (first for OfficeMax, then for Staples)

Tested and turned up T1 lines (then moved to trouble dept)

Now I Design and develop web sites.

yeah that's pretty weird.

my career path was:
-it management (at my middle school and high school.. while I was at school there o_O)
-it manager (at local public library.. so just 65 computers, mostly for public use) while in high school
-full time student
- IT help desk manager at software company
- IT sysadmin at that same software company

my career track has been QUITE single-tracked, but I'm only 21 so I guess it's all good

**paper boy (had it's perks.... such as $200 worth of tips around xmas time)
**dishwasher for 1.5 years at Montana's Cookhouse.
later promoted to prep cook at montana's..... the new boss was DICK, and an idiot. finally had it with that place after ~3yrs...... and after 3 yrs, i still only made $9/hour (cdn), and min. wage here now is $8.50.....
**quicklube guy at Canadian tire. the pay isnt great, but its in the field i want to go in to.... and it has its perks too.. such as discounted prices if i bring my car in for service, i can get tools 'at store cost'....

and thats it for me now....

burger king (cook)
chinese restuarant (busboy)
J's Variety (family dollar type store - did EVERYTHING)
AWH "the rock" (ran amada - basically worked w/ metal punching/bending)
House Alarm Salesman - 1 day ftw!
Reliance Electric (assembled electric motors)
Standard Register (Forms Design)
RTS (cardboard seperations thingy company - VERY fast paced factory work.. lost good 30 lbs working there)
Central Label Products (Graphic Artist/Prepress) *
BDT Vinyl Graphics (my vinyl cutt'n side job) *
Spam Jester *

*current job

McD's (Manager)
Best Buy (PC Sales)
CBE Group (Debt Collection)
Veridian Credit Union (Member Service Rep.)*
Spam CZAR*

*current job as well :)

I worked for some big time assholes, pay has been good, but people hate me, haha.

Amex - Credit card telemarketer :)
Nextel - Customer service
Intuit - Quickbooks and Turbotax/Quicktax tech (this was fun)
TD Bank - Teller/banker
Capitol One - Collections
Comcast - Internet tech
Telus - Phone repair tech*

*Current

Starting bussing tables when I was 15
Promoted to bussing manager at 16
Promoted to Line cook few months later - bussed tables 3 days and cooked 3 days out of the week
Line cook at another restaurant - worked there for about 2 years and then the owner decided he wanted to become a politician and closed the restaurant. gave no warning at all. just called a mandatory meeting after sunday brunch and told everybody the restaurant was closed. of course i showed up there the next evening for work going "what the hell?" because i didn't show up for the meeting.
Currently I'm working for a local real estate company as a CAD Operator designing houses for several local builders. I do anywhere from 200-300 houses a year.
I'm also currently working part time at the first restaurant I worked at. I agreed to come back and run the kitchen on the weekends after they generously offered to nearly double my previous hourly wage.