My first job was as a "slipper" at the Charleston, WV newspapers. I was on an assembly line in the basement where bundles of 25 papers would come off the press and down a chute. My job was to take a bundle of papers from the assembly line, slip advertisements from Sears, Radio Shack and other stores into each paper, and push the bundle back on the line where it would be loaded onto a truck.
I was talking with Ralph Keeney at an INFORMS conference and found out he also was a slipper. Neither of us had meet another slipper since moving on to other careers.
Dave
------------------------------
David Hunt
Vice President
Oliver Wyman
Princeton NJ
------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: 03-30-2023 12:42
From: Laura Albert
Subject: Fun Post - First Job?
I had a newspaper route. I don't believe it affected my career choice, although maybe I should reconsider given that I solved the TSP to create my routes :)
------------------------------
Laura Albert
INFORMS President
Professor and David H. Gustafson Chair
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Original Message:
Sent: 03-30-2023 09:07
From: Jill Capello
Subject: Fun Post - First Job?
What was your first job? Did it end up affecting your career choice? Besides babysitting, my first job was waitressing. And I learned pretty quickly that it wasn't for me. Balancing multiple tall glasses on a tray is not a skill that I have. Look forward to hearing about our members' first jobs!
------------------------------
Jill Capello
Membership Associate
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
jcapello@informs.org
------------------------------