Discussion on: What jobs did you have *before* software development?

Since high school:

• Farm hand (first chicken farm, then cattle),
• Short-order cook,
• Radio Shack nerd,
• Carpenter and rough framer,
• Family entertainer (professional clown),
• Graphic designer,
• IT maintenance (later admin),
• Teacher, GED adult-ed classes,
• TA, Construction Tech voke classes,
• Fine cabinetmaker,
• Landscape crew (later foreman)

Been a long strange trip, and it ain't over yet.