Right, that job tweet thing. I've not ignored the tags from @anthony_mcgowan and @jgmarshallwrite et al, just that it needed a bit of time to put it all together.

So, here we go, in chronological order, with intermittent photographic accompaniment...
Paperboy
Groundsman (cemeteries/bowling clubs)
Bakery cleaner
Supermarket shelf stacker
Factory production line
Motorbike courier
Camp counselor in New Jersey
Cycle courier
Stop-Go board operator
Roller driver
Builder's mate
Double-glazing salesman
Plumbing supplies warehouse...
Roofer
Gardener (mostly spreading shit around trees)
Streaker patrol at Lord's
TEFL teacher in Japan
Karaoke English lesson host (really - it was a great gig)
Computer game zombie (you have probably killed me many times)
TV extra
Travel writer (Cuba, Papua New Guinea)...
Street market in Tokyo (hawking alpaca clothes I bought in Peru)
Journalist on board the NGO ship, Peace Boat
Ghostwriter for the remarkable Le Ly Hayslip
Firebreak clearance in California
House painter (farms in New Zealand)
British citizenship test instructor...
Poet (£5 for my first published poem)
Short story writer
Novelist
Someone who gets money for talking at lit festivals
Cricket columnist @ESPNcricinfo https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=539
University lecturer
Boat repairman
Ghostwriter (worked with Mike Woodhouse on THE GYPSY CODE)...
Nearly there, now...

Book reviewer
Fashion brand manager
Dress designer
TV/film stuff (all the exciting details embargoed)
Coronavirus removals man

A bonafide factotum, I believe. Some terrible jobs, some a dream. My prole heart can never be happy without work.
And I think I'm supposed to nominate another three. I know @jonawils and @Oniropolis have had a few interesting/terrible jobs, and if @holland_tom shares some of cash gigs it might well surprise a few of his followers...
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