This post at Get Rich Slowly blog inspired me to write about all jobs I have ever done in my life, till today.
The first paid work I did was when I was around 12 years old. I was an astrologist. I used an astrological computer software by the name of Fortune Teller at a local fare and charged people to have their future predicted. The sign on the banner can be roughly translated to, “get your future predicted by a computer”. I got bored out of it after two days.
My first real job was in UB as a tele-fundraiser. My job was to call the parents and alumni and beg ask them for donations to the university. I quit after three weeks because it was coming in the way of my studies (not that I got very good grades after that).
In the last semester of UB I flipped burgers at Burger King.
After I graduated from UB I got a job in a call center as a technical support specialist. I provided support for Laptop and Desktop Computers, Monitors, DVD players, VCRs and Personal Video Recorders. I worked there for little over three months before moving to Dallas to join the graduate school.
As soon as I moved to Dallas I got a job in a gas station as a clerk. I did graveyard shifts for two months and then got another job at a watch and jewelery kiosk in a mall. Although that job had long hours, but it was fun selling watches and jewelry during Thanksgiving and Christmas season. I learned some good selling techniques from that job.
During the entire course of my graduate studies I worked at gas stations (mostly night shifts as I had classes during the day) and occasionally earned some extra money by repairing computers and designing websites. This was enough to pay the bills and significant portion of tuition fees.
I moved back to Pakistan after graduating from UTD and joined a local IT company in Karachi as Systems Engineer (later promoted to Senior Technical Consultant). I worked there for 1 year and 7 months and switched to another IT firm as Pre-Sales Consultant. 1 year and 3 months later I moved to Dubai and joined a Dubai based IT company as Pre-Sales Consultant (now promoted to Product Manager). I have been working there for 9 months now.
So that’s it. I think I have had pretty diverse work experience and trust me every job I had was a great learning experience for me.
How many jobs have you done in your life?
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