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Living in America: a Guide for the Perplexed Chapter 14

Ever read the back cover of a book and learn that the author had all these oddball jobs before they came out with the next big thing? Did you ever daydream about how that could be you? Well get crackin'! Personally, I started out my career as a lawn mower, tending the grounds and cemetary of the church where my father preaches. Then I was a stock boy in a podunk department store that went under due to a sudden case of walmart, then a dishwasher then a professional student (I was paid by the national merit corporation) then a cook then a professional student then a flunky in an analytical chemistry lab then a professional student, then an extremely erratic bid as an factory free agent then back to student, then plastics factory, legal document imager (we called ourselves scanners), janitor, legal document data entry drone (we were called coders), then a science researcher for a small non-profit, then a clerical free agent, then a germination technician in an orchid propogation laboratory, then some more short order clerking (I think I topped out somewhere around round 3 at company number 30. At this writing I'm doing a desk job for public radio. You get the picture? This fuckin' thing is Moby Dick, baby!

add a quick temp for Excel Energy's ill-fated "NRG" subsidiary, a year as an admin for a Dean of an online graduate school (Walden) and going on 2 years as an at home father and total commercial failure of a writer.
klik if you demand tedious explanations of every little thing.