[Guzzel]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

[dewilson58]

Few posters talk about their career...........the cool thing about retirement, it doesn't matter now.

BUT, I will watch the thread to see their history.

Over the 10 years, some posters "live in the past" and try to brag about their past.
(a/k/a: Hey look at me)

[Michael 61]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Few posters talk about their career...........the cool thing about retirement, it doesn't matter now.

BUT, I will watch the thread to see their history.

Over the 10 years, some posters "live in the past" and try to brag about their past.
(a/k/a: Hey look at me)

I like that most people you meet here in The Villages seldom talk about their retired profession, unless you ask them. Many of my new friends since moving here, I still don’t know what they did prior to retirement.

But since the question was asked here - I was an auto insurance claims manager - was hired as a claims adjuster right out of college. Fortunate to have had only one employer my entire adult working career.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I like that most people you meet here in The Villages seldom talk about their retired profession, unless you ask them. Many of my new friends since moving here, I still don’t know what they did prior to retirement.

(didn't mean to my first post to be negative
like i said, will be watching
it's funny, a few posters have "posted their resume" on this site
)

[retiredguy123]

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

[vintageogauge]

It's an interesting topic. For me I owned a steel processing/warehouse for 42 years. I enjoyed it.

[Taltarzac725]

I have met a lot of retired teachers here in the Villages. One was also a scuba diver for police. She dove into Lake Erie, I believe. And also many retired Law enforcement officers. And some firemen.

I am not exactly retired yet. I doubt if I will ever actually retire.

I did get nominated for 24 different editions of Marquis Who's Who publications from around 1992 through to just before moving to the Villages in June of 2005. But these were more for a hobby and not something I would get paid for except maybe in the idea that I am making a difference. And also invited to probably over a hundred vanity biographical kind of publications.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I've worn a bunch of hats. Most of them retail, from cashier, to stock clerk, to front end supervisor, to running a 24-hour gas station convenience store (including inventory intake/stocking shelves/security etc) alone during the day shift. I was also a "balloon artist" at Party City.

I've also done office work, and was a "Kelly Girl" for many years. A favorite assignment was as the Marketing Secretary for the local dairy, for almost a year. The boss had to resign due to health problems, and I didn't like his replacement. Otherwise I would've continued and been absorbed in as a permanent employee.

Also got my COMPTia A+ certification and did some bench tech work for awhile, fixing computers at a university. And did a little coding on the side, but that was more of a hobby.

Also worked for the phone company, but unfortunately they were bought out shortly after I was hired, their department closed because Texas took over the work, so I moved to Human Resources. A year and change after that, they shut down that department because Texas was taking over that department, so I had to transfer to a third department. It was intentionally temporary; its function was to roll out DSL service to the state. I assisted the CAD engineers in making blueprints and other technical work.

A favorite Kelly job - believe it or not - was as a peanutbutter "sample girl" at the supermarket.

Lastly, I was a professional musician, a "busker" for six years in Boston. Most of that was spent in the subways with my case open while I played guitar and sang, but I also sang background on a friend's record, and was in a band and performed for the American Indian Council benefit concert in Cambridge with Floyd Red Crow Westerman in the late 1980's.

[PersonOfInterest]

0ver 20 years as a Coat Hanger Repairman and another 10 as a Senior Carwash Detailer.

[Hape2Bhr]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

LOL

[Taltarzac725]

I worked as an assistant manager in a food service for about six years in the Reno, NV area while in college at the University of Nevada, Reno. Worked three jobs at one point while getting a MA at the University of Denver. Was an indexer/abstractor at Information Access Company in Belmont, CA for almost two years. Worked as an Urban Corps Intern at the Minneapolis Public Library some of my 2nd year of law school. Worked as a Student Supervisor of a few law students while helping prisoners through Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. From mid 2nd year of Law School was working at the U of MN Law Library in reference as well as cataloging of all the files on WESTLAW for a national project. Did most of this my WESTLAW stuff my 3rd year of law school up to graduating. And then after was doing more cataloging of other materials and limited reference.

Did a lot of care taker work after. Like helping an Uncle get ready to go to a nursing home in Itasca, IL.

The stuff for the Marquis Who's Who volumes is for attempting to create an international discussion of the needs of survivors/victims through libraries which I believe I did after sending out a very large number of snail mail in 1990s, e-mails in early to mid 2000s, extensive use of Findlaw from 2002 through 2005 or so, and Facebook messages last seven years or so. That is a labor of love and not something I got paid for. Kind of something I paid for doing in many ways.

[Goldwingnut]

Professional Paycheck Slave

[rustyp]

worm farmer

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by rustyp

worm farmer

Occupation after The Villages, worm food.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

Me too, for 6 years.