Here’s a list of all the odd jobs I had until about age 30.
Like many good midwesterners,
I started working when I was young.
Babysitting - beginning age 13
Clerk at a video store - age 15
Waitress + dishwasher - age 15
Farm help - age 17
Factory worker, Stoughton Trailers - age 17
Dishwasher - dorm, Freshman year college - age 18
Mini-mart cashier - age 19
Waitress, Gino’s Restaurant - age 19
Caregiver/homecare - age 20
Homecare @ halfway house - age 21
Administrator - Entomology Department - age 21
English Teacher, Budapest - age 23
Law Firm Executive Assistant - age 24
Brooklyn Handknit, Production Assistant/Manager - age 27
Big Mouth Productions Intern - 29
TA, Stanford University - 30