you don't have to describe them in detail with dates, not trying to get you to doxx yourself
but it's kind of A Thing with neurodivergent folks to have tried a lot of different jobs, and I'm curious about everybody's count
I think I'm up to 21 that I've filed taxes for, which doesn't seem that extreme for 42, except when you consider that I've been unemployed most of my son's 17 years of life because I couldn't handle parenting and that level of outside obligations, so most of those happened before I was 25 – so 20ish jobs between 15-25
how bout you, how many things have you tried?
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This is all over a span of 25 years and a lot of gaps in between. I've worked in 3 different states. So unless I forgot some, 24 jobs in 25 years. I'm very autistic.
pizza cook
fragrance blending facility (3 different jobs)
Modular home industry - Appliances
Modular home industry - ship lose set up kits
random job sanding messed up metal doors down to fix
random job in interior door manufacturing - stacked doors for orders
random job tearing down these hydrolic things that were made wrong
Modular home industry - FEMA trailers for Katrina relief
Modular home industry, cabinet doors and drawers installation
kitchen cook/barhop
distribution center - order packing
cabinet assembly kit routing - ran boards through big routers to make grooves
gas station cashier
asst manager at Taco Bell
Computer repair
Computer repair - self employed
Web dev intern
USDA intern working on a Python based project
retirement funds claim processing
diliver driver for Door Dash
diliver driver for Walmart
IT tech for a school
Software developer
failed freelance web dev - current
this is a really interesting group of industries! dying to know more about the fragrance job, that sounds like it could be heaven or absolute hell
I did 3 different jobs the time I was there. The first was doing picking and packing, then I learned how to make blends. Blending is basically taking all kinds of different smelly oils and powders and mixing like a recipe to make something that smells like apple pie or flowers or musk or whatever. The other thing I did there was "pouring" which involved putting large batches of blends or oils into smaller containers for shipping.
The oils and blends are used for making candles or potpourri, and I even used to make knockoff perfumes and colognes with sum.
that sounds like absolutely fascinating work!! how did you end up doing that?
It was through a friend. He worked there and his mom was management.