Your happiest job?
From all the jobs which you had during your lifetime, on which one you were the happiest and why?
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I'm not sure how to determine "happiest" job I've had but it comes between my first job and my current job.
My first "real" job was at Starbucks when I just turned 18, it was lots of fun. I loved getting into the zone, making drinks during a rush hour (I'd have my headphones on with an iPod), the risk was pretty low. If I messed something up I'd make another drink. I loved throwing the iced tea shakers like it was a bar, hanging around after closing shift to do shots in the parking lot, getting really into coffee and learning about the quality in more boutique shops. I liked getting promoted pretty quickly and just having a fun time.
My current job now is very fulfilling. It's the most stressful job I've had due to the responsibility and autonomy. Major imposter syndrome having ~2 YOE and being a tech lead. I lead projects and have people who I have to manage for project deadlines that our C-Suite team expects. It's fun in a way, where I feel like I'm learning and growing a lot. Getting things wrong definitely has financial consequences, but it's cool launching features and seeing our monthly revenue increase by low six figures on the first month (for a small company that's a good chunk of money). I still love getting in the zone and coding now.
Best job was officiating HS sports
My HS job where I tutored this kid on the side. No pressure, it leaned into my strengths / things I already knew, paid decently well ($20 per hour if I recall, this was many years ago)
I like my job now but it's nowhere near as carefree as that one. It was maybe 2x a week for 2hrs each session.
This is why I get annoyed when kids in HS / college are in a hurry to enter the working world. You have no idea how much harder it is, how much more stress, how much more demanding things become. Your time simply isn't yours anymore to a large extent. But I get it, I also felt pretty hurried in college of finding a good job & entering FT work. In hindsight, that was incredibly stupid. Even my parents had told me that there is nothing like your college days, and even high school was so simple even though at the time it wasn't always easy -- wish I'd appreciated this a bit more.
That said, as much as I get nostalgic for the past I realize I'm privileged to be able to get so nostalgic about it. Only reason to be so fond of those days if you have a great time which I did. All said, could it have been better? Yes, college in particular I would've been more social, joined a wider variety of clubs, etc. But overall I had a fun time so there's not too much in the way of regrets, just a yearning to go back to those days & give it another go
The blow variety I suppose
I've worked every imaginable job on a golf course, but by far the best was working on the grounds crew in high school. Roll in at 4:30am, hop on a mower and cut the greens before the sun comes up, then hop on another mower and cut the tee-boxes, then another and cut the rough, etc. etc. I'd wrap up at 2:30, grab a shower and immediately play 18-36 holes until dark. I long for those days.
that does sound really chill.
it's not a job per se, but I volunteer helping immigrants study for the US naturalization exam and that's a lot of fun tbh, my parents had to do it so I like to give back that way. It's really heartwarming getting calls and emails from people who got their citizenship granted.
do you do this through an organization? I'd love to do something like this and put some of my language skills to the test. let me know!
this wasn't a job, it was the work I did the summer between freshman and sophomore year of college, I was a lifeguard by the beach (not on the beach, much harder to get those jobs), parking lot attendant at a surf shop (aka I drank jungle juice all days and told tourists they couldn't park there), and private surf lesson instructor. so many fun memories, meeting pro surfers, partying on the beach with friends, surfing every day, was a great time and hardly felt like I was working for any of it
I do, but it's through my church which has a fairly organized volunteering platform. Technically I think it's through the local chapter of Catholic Charities, but depending on where you live I'm sure other kinds of organizations do the same thing. Specifically for where I live, there are a lot of Hispanic and Vietnamese immigrants. Unfortunately I don't speak Spanish which would help tremendously. For how I do it, there's a classroom component (which is now via Zoom) that meets twice a week after work with 2 different teachers, and as people get closer to their exam dates, they're assigned to a tutor like me to help them prepare more. There is a spring and winter semester lasting about 8 or so weeks each. The material to teach is very straightforward (https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answer…) but I like discussing it with people since they usually have really interesting questions beyond the material itself.
Between being a little league soccer coach to being a summer camp counselor for me. Parents, children, etc. all look up to you and since it's a younger 4-6th grade crowd, no one really takes it serious both players and parents. good vibes overall. Felt like kicking and screaming at times, good movie if anyone has seen highly recommend.
A few buddies and I started a sports camp for younger kids in our school. I went to a small private school that is K-12 so a lot of these kids knew us from HS sports and were really excited to come. We did this for 4 years and created a website that included camp schedule, photos, online sign up and payment. We actually "sold" the camp and URL to another person entering high school, who now passed it on to her little brother to run now that he is in high school. Its pretty cool to see it is still going on and we actually made decent money through it during HS summers. I am passionate about sports so this was a great job for me. I hope to get back into youth sports coaching when I have a kid or if the opportunity presents itself.
Honorable mention is a lifeguarding job at the YMCA. I forget the name of the program, but once a week we would go to an underprivileged apartment complex and do free swimming lessons for youth and adults. It was pretty great to see the kids getting the hang of it and enjoying the water.
Was a porter at an exotic car dealership in high school. Drove my first Ferrari on my 17th birthday, girlfriend got to ride passenger to the show - that's a day I'll never forget. From there the list of "Cars Driven" grew as long as you could imagine. I'll forever be thankful for the Owner's leniency with me. Almost considered skipping out on college to continue working there, hah.
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