all my jobs: babysitting (1988ish-92), children's library page (1990-92), college food service (1993), organizing CDs for LA times music reviewer (yes, really; 1993), payless shoes (1993), housecleaning (1994), children's museum (workstudy, random task girl; 1995-97), tacoma little theatre (ultra part-time, concessions, temping for greyson; 1996-97), united way (admin asst, mish-mash job (aka director of entropy!); 1997-2000), pierce college (web manager; 2000-2006), twinstar cu (webmaster; 2006-now). since Feb 1995, have not been unemployed more than a day or two. I feel really lucky. and the only jobs that I really hated the whole time were payless shoes & college food service; the others all had their ups and downs, much as you'd expect.

If I had ANY interest in going to back to So Cal, I'd apply for either of these in a heartbeat.

Ralph is very actively seeking employment. If you are reading this & looking for a smart front end web guy in the NJ area or remote, you should check him out. (prodded by a post from Shelley.)

I vaguely remember just after my 2nd interview at Pierce chatting with my future colleagues & boss about kids, marriage and the like. It occurred to me afterward that it probably wasn't kosher.

for D & R, not that R has much of a choice. :( The exercise in the middle of the article looks particularly useful regardless. good luck, folks!

something C sent me a long time ago.

by way of Dorothea. if I had any interest at all in relocating, I'd apply for that web designer gig. ::drool:: but they'd have to pry me out of my house with a crowbar.

way too many of the "answers" are way too weaselly for my tastes. ew.

nice roundup of self-employment info.

droooool. if I had ANY interest in relocating.....