I worked lots of other jobs before copywriting. It’s why I’m such a well-rounded individual.

• Bartender in a haunted Arizona hotel

• Oyster farmer

• Newspaper reporter

• Nightclub doorman

• Peace Corps volunteer (English teacher)

• Lobbyist

• Fence builder (literal)

• Legal researcher

• Private investigator assistant

• Bartender in seedy jazz/blues club

• Line cook

• Dishwasher AND dishwasher trainer

• Wooden sailboat refurbisher

• Administrative assistant

• Restaurant server

• The person who leaves chocolates on hotel pillows

• Busser at a fancy steakhouse

• Sitter (dog, baby, house)

• Process server

• Elderly caregiver

• Youth basketball referee

• Sports camp instructor

• Firework stand salesperson

• House painter

• Love letter ghostwriter for middle school classmates

• Carpenter

• Economic researcher for an environmental organization

• Shed demolisher

• Valet parking attendant

• Custom nickname business owner

• Hotel bellhop

• Tree pruner

• Barista

• Mover

• Data entry specialist

• Delivery driver for a mushroom forager

• Day laborer

• Post hole and outhouse pit digger

• Furniture maker’s assistant

• English teacher in a village school in the Republic of Georgia

• Personal assistant

• Pool boy

• Autobiography ghostwriter