Paper round
Weekends / evenings at Tesco - made some friends for life here.
Car sales (first full time job)
Sales consultant at a specialist hi-fi shop. Probably the most fun job I've ever had, but I remember those long, quiet summers earning next to no commission on an £8k basic salary. I would seriously consider doing this for a living if I won the lottery, didn't need the money, and could actually afford to buy some of the wonderful kit that I enjoyed helping other people choose. So enjoyable, it was untrue!
Telemarketing (agency lied, sold it as a customer service job). Horrible company, nasty job Lasted 8 weeks!)
Trainee Technical Support Engineer for a printer company. This was in 1997. A move to an area/industry that I'm still in today.
Technical Support Engineer - once I'd finished being a trainee.
Pre and Post Sales Support Specialist for a printer / print solutions reseller
Pre Sales Support Manager for a printer manufacturer. It's taught me a lot, not least that upper management (my next logical "progression" from here) in a big corporate, doesn't interest me in the slightest, and I need to rethink my career. But for now it's relatively secure, and it pays the mortgage until I can think of something more interesting to do.
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