Chronic Job Hopper/Shopper

A week ago, I told a friend it would be a fun exercise to list all of the players in my less than stellar work history. I've left so many jobs, after such a short time, always in pursuit of the next best thing. In essence, I was a freelancer before I ever officially became a freelancer. Took me a while to realize that actually belong on my own, moving from project to project. Your box, not my box. This list includes only the w-2 jobs; there are this many and more 1099 gigs, once I finally got it through my skull that yes, indeed, I am meant to be a free spirit in work, as in life. What's the moral of the story? There is none. In human fables, there's only foibles.

Mann's Union Square Theatre, 3 years

Wendy's, 5 months

U.S. Dept. of Treasury, 5 months

University of Denver Library, 4 months (Work Study)

Furr's Cafeteria, 5 months

Chowda' House, 2 weeks (laid off)

B. Dalton Booksellers, 1 month (Xmas Temp)

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1 year

UPS, 1 month (Xmas Temp)

Kinko's Copies, 2 years

PanAero Wind Corporation, 3 months

Colorado National Bank, 3 years

Coopers & Lybrand, 2 years

Young & Rubicam, 3 months (Summer Temp)

Graphics Unique, 1 year

Shoal Creek Hospital, 4 month

Whole Foods Market, 9 months

West Austin News, 1 year

Biomedical Research Group, 5 months

Clinical Pathology Laboratories, 2 years

PCA Health Plans, 1-1/2 years

Group Health Cooperative, 1-1/2 years

Managed Care Washington, 4 months

Wes Rataushk & Associates, 8 years, off and on, essentially a freelancer

Premiere Video, 1 year

Talking Dog Media, 4 months (fired)

OneReel, WOMAD and Bumbershoot (1 Season)

Seattle International Film Festival (2 seasons)

Seattle Fringe Festival (4 seasons)

BBFM, 1-1/2 years

USPS, 7 weeks

Food Co-op, 9 months and counting

P.S. I'm OUT.