My jobs and careers (careers):
Farmer (10 years, growing up)
Sailor (Coast Guard, 2 years)
Computer Programmer (3 years, while in college)
Teaching Fellow(1 year, during graduate school)
Data Processing Manager(6 years, two jobs)
Consultant, Computers (2 years)
Project Manager, Computers (4 years, two jobs)
Independent Consultant, business software (4 years, lots of projects)
Adjunct Lecturer (3 years – so double counting here- while consulting)
Independent Consultant, engineering software (7 years, lots of projects)
… also returned to graduate school, for a degree in physics, specializing in optics and lasers
Project Manager, Real Time Controls Engineer(5 years)
Physicist(10 years)
Should add up to 54 years, starting work at age 8.
Seems to me I’ve done something new every 5-10 years, so I’ve got at least seven careers! I think I’ll stick with the current one until I can afford to retire.