[extropy-chat] a real pleasure to work for

[Dirk Bruere]

On 11/18/05, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
>
> >We might get people talking about crummy jobs they had
> >when they were younger. Mine was beekeeping.
>
> Hmm. I babysat, then cleaned apartments and boats until I turned 16.
> From age 16 to 18 I flipped burgers at Carl's Jr. (I was a strict
> vegetarian then). I started college at age 17. From age 18 to 20, I
> worked in a scientific bookstore, first in town and then at my
> university. Those were also the years I was a teacher's assistant for
> the observational astronomy courses at Saddleback Community College.
> At age 20 I volunteered my time at Palomar Observatory to help a woman
> look for asteroids, and worked days during the week soldering capacitors
> at a fusion research lab at UC Irvine. At age 21 I started working at the
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Voyager mission project.
>
> (five years to go from hamburgers to space missions)
>

Leather tannery
Bakery tray shifter
Supermarket shelf stacker (fired - no aptitude)
Clerk
Bottle watcher in brewery
Chemist in brewery
Soldier (part time - toy)

all before I was 21

Dirk
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