<p>Let’s see, I had three on-campus jobs, one as an undergrad and two as a grad student:</p>
<p>CS 1 Tutor: I tutored the introduction to programming for non-majors course. Even though I was a Political Science major, the CS teacher and I got along great so he hired me. I spent a couple of quarters sitting in the main computer room underneath an “ICS 1 Tutor” sign twice a week. In the entire time not a single person ever asked me for help. I was paid to do homework. The job ruled.</p>
<p>ICS 1 Teaching Assistant: I had my own section of 20 undergrads taking the same course I tutored the year before. My job was to review the professor’s lecture and give specific lab assignments. This is where I learned that I have a real knack for teaching and I did a really good job. Even my student assessments were good. The prof who hired me, though, didn’t teach every quarter and the other profs only wanted ICS grad students for their classes. Oh, well.</p>
<p>Graduate student reader: I graded papers for the first-year graduate course in systems analysis and design in the Graduate School of Management. This was a great job, especially during fall quarter. I would sit on the floor of my apartment watching college football on television and grading papers. It was a lot of fun trying to figure out a process that would provide the best grading results (the ones my professor agreed with) with the least work.</p>
<p>Looking back on this, I should have stayed for PhD and become a professor, but I didn’t want to be an assistant professor, and I didn’t want a divorce. Ask a PhD about the divorce rate among PhD candidates sometime…</p>
<p>I had a fun-filled 6-month internship in graduate school with a county government, but I doubt that what this thread is about.</p>
<p>I also worked at Radio Shack, which paid for most of two college degrees for me. I never let anyone insult Radio Shack in my presence – they were a lot more reliable source of college money than any other organization I dealt with.</p>