Monday, February 17, 2025

Jobs I have done

Here are all the jobs I have had, but only including those for which I received compensation or official designation. Sometimes I even managed a working wage. 

This is why I've had a hard time being middle class. Though my "standing" has supported that label, the amount of labour I've performed merely to survive has me thinking that I am "working". 

During public education:

  • Dishwasher
  • Newspaper delivery boy
  • Grocery store clerk
  • Chinese take-away clerk
  • Bus-boy

During higher education:

  • Psychology test subject (briefly)
  • Applied Mathematics research assistant (one summer)
  • Physics lab assistant (another summer)
  • Accounting clerk (a final summer)
  • Mathematics tutor
  • Driver (for a car dealership)
  • Concert photographer
  • Newspaper reporter (entertainment)

After graduation:

  • Secretary
  • Receiving and shipping clerk
  • Radio producer and DJ
  • Print designer
  • Front of house (theatre)
  • Corporate trainer
  • Theatre sound designer
  • Live mix engineer
  • Newsletter coordinator
  • Party Riding Officer (for the Green Party)
  • Record store clerk (at Sam the Record Man)
  • Database programmer
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Art gallery invigilator
  • Proofreader
  • Concert curator
  • Max/MSP trainer
  • Media coder
  • Book editor and designer
  • Journal editor

Currently:

  • Record label owner
  • University lecturer
  • Director 
  • Editorial Board member
  • Musician and performer
  • Music producer
  • Event photographer
  • Festival organiser

Originally posted to Facebook September 2020, updated February 2025.

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