{"id":1535,"date":"2020-09-24T22:36:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorennason-dot-com.crwcun8-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2020-09-24T22:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:36:03","slug":"jobs-through-my-life-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2020\/09\/jobs-through-my-life-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobs through my life so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

A co-worker and I were chatting about jobs and how many we have had. If I remember correctly and the 10 year age difference than us he has still had more jobs or at least applied to more than I have.<\/p>\n

We were talking about how hard it is for some to find jobs and that in my mind it has been relatively easy. This isn’t going to be a post about how to make your job search easy. Maybe I’ve just landed a job\/gig\/contract when its needed and not when I wanted it.<\/p>\n

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  1. Before I was could get a work permit (15yr and younger) I worked with my dad sometimes in a commercial cleaning business he owned for a while. Their office was next to a Monster Truck shop which was cool. I remember cleaning a commercial printing press company. That place was cool too.<\/li>\n
  2. Then he got me a 2 month intern job at an auto shop<\/li>\n
  3. I mowed neighbors lawns with my school friend James (1st side hustle)<\/li>\n
  4. 1st job I had was the 1st I applied to. Fast food at der Wienerschnitzel. YES, I worked at the Wonderful World of Wet and Wild Weenies. I only took that job because the Ralph’s grocery store wasn’t hiring at the time. 6ish months later I applied at Ralph’s and was hired. Started as bagging groceries and worked up to cashier and then left.<\/li>\n
  5. I can’t remember exactly next but i worked there through end of highschool and a little after<\/li>\n
  6. Then I joined the USMC in 92 until 95 I was in the reserves.<\/li>\n
  7. After boot camp there was a short 6 month stint at UPS unloading trailers at 3am-7am<\/li>\n
  8. I worked at Racing Beat<\/a> for I think about a year or so taking phone sales orders<\/li>\n
  9. I finished up at Orange Coast College and transfered to Cypress to take some automotive courses<\/li>\n
  10. 1994 ish I turned that into a job at an auto shop in huntington beach. Then the business shut down.<\/li>\n
  11. 1995 ish My neighbor and co-worker started his own shop and I went to work for him<\/li>\n
  12. Painted my own motorcycle (had 2 crotch rockets)<\/li>\n
  13. Got tired of automotive and learned I can figure this computer shit out
    \nwell i learned that in early 90’s when I was building my own computers<\/li>\n
  14. 1996 went to a fly by night tech school.
    \nGot my A+ certification (grand fathered lifetime cert)
    \nGot my MCSE
    \nLearned then than most certification holders didn’t know shit<\/li>\n
  15. While working at the school I got jobs moving computers for moving companies because it was too hard for most people. I got paid to plug the cords in<\/li>\n
  16. Did some sidehustle wiring jobs<\/li>\n
  17. 1997 Started working at CO-OP Network. This started as a contract job and turned into a full time job.<\/li>\n
  18. Did some side hustle work in tech here and there<\/li>\n
  19. 2000 months after getting married took another contract job with SAIC that turned into a perm job on the British Petroleum contract until Jan 2005 when I was laid off. I would say i was missing work Bob \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n
  20. 2005 until Jan 2016 I freelanced all sorts of tech work, network management, WordPress stuff.
    \nDidn’t even manage this well and never built it into a full business and then shit happened and had to take a job.<\/li>\n
  21. There was a coffee business here for a couple of years Diesel Brew with my brother<\/li>\n
  22. Jan 2016. Applied to not many jobs. 1 called me back within 1 day, interview the next day offered the job by end of week and started February 1st 2016. Still here working this job<\/li>\n
  23. While doing this job there have been some side hustles but have stopped most of them. I don’t want do tech shit on the side for people when I do it all day<\/li>\n
  24. Hobbies with a little income currently is woodworking<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is the point of this post?<\/h2>\n

    It’s more of a thought to why have I been so lucky to have an easy job journey. Do I look at all these jobs that I basically landed pretty easily as though I’m special? Not at all. It’s more of how the hell did I pull this off. I have no clue really.<\/p>\n

    Where do I go from here?<\/h2>\n

    I don’t really want to keep doing tech. I don’t have any REAL desire to start up my own “tech” thing again. Even though I do keep having this nagging thought of creating a ecommerce startup kit that is more than just a website. But it is just a thought I keep tossing around. Something similar to Quick and Dirty Website (dot) com.<\/p>\n

    I do not see my wood turning hobby becoming a thing to sell product. That isn’t a viable business at this time to make a significant income and then my enjoyment in making things becomes a chore.<\/p>\n

    I do have a very large project I am working on that I have not shared on any socials yet but I may soon. This project is huge and I probably have another month before I am done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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