From Pooper Scooper To Millionaire: Here Are 82 Odd Jobs A Tumblr Investor Had Before He Struck It Rich

Rick Webb came into wealth a few years ago, when his company Barbarian Group was acquired. Or, as Webb describes it, he became "wealthy. ish."

"Like rich people wouldn't consider me rich, but I did some research and I'm in like the top .5% or something now, well into seven figures, won't have to work ever again," he wrote in response to a question on Quora.

Webb didn't always have money. He worked tons of odd jobs before he became a successful entrepreneur and investor. Webb has since backed startups such as Foursquare and Tumblr.

This week, Webb turned 42 and he listed all the jobs he's ever made a salary from. The list begins with "berry and rhubarb farmer" and ends with "house cleaner." In the middle you'll find things like "pooper scooper" and "guitarist/singer in space rock band," to more recent roles, "board member" and "COO."

Even now that Webb has money, he doesn't spend it in a crazy fashion. He wrote a really thoughtful post about what it was like to come into wealth, here.

Below is his full list of jobs.

• Rhubarb & Berry Farmer
• Bartender on a roving karaoke palace
• Christmas tree decorator in a christmas shop (the trick is to individually wrap every branch with lights from the trunk outward and back, one branch at a time. Use about 10 strings. Looks amazing)
• Railroad car cleaner on the Alaska Railroad
• Guy who waves those paddles for airplanes
• Baggage handler at the airport (notable for being allowed to play on baggage claim belts)
• Founding music director of a commercial radio station
• Dishwasher
• Busboy
• Line cook
• Copy shop lackey
• Offset press man
• Bus washer
• Bar owner
• Club promoter & host of illegal raves
• Designer of annual reports for genomics companies and microchip manufacturers
• Video editor for startups and ad agencies (dot com boom 1)
• Record label owner
• Rhythm guitarist and keyboardist in a country band
• Guitarist and singer in a space rock band
• Power electronics operator in a noise band
• Purveyor of corn dogs at the Alaska state fair
• Seller of admissions tickets to the Alaska state fair, 3 years running
• Paperboy (boy that one did not last)
• Lawn mower
• Driveway snow shoveler
• Hotel Housecleaner at Sophie's Station hotel in Fairbanks, AK
• Photographer of bands, fetish nights, etc.
• Macromedia Flash animator and actionscript programmer
• Pre-press operator for financial reports at a major printing press (FRAMEMAKER)
• Tour manager for goth bands
• Merch boy
• DJ
• PA
• PowerPoint expert for audit and financial firms, including Putnam, KPMG, Deloitte, Fidelity.
• Web designer
• Web developer
• Macromedia Director Lingo programmer (Coincidentally I met one of the authors ofLingo last night!)
• Photoshop production artist
• Color corrector of photos of automobiles
• Copywriter
• Art director
• Bookkeeper (oh man do NOT hire me as a bookkeeper I am terrible)
• Columnist
• Book Author
• COO
• Web producer
• "Mechanical Supervisor" (whatever that means. I am still not sure)
• Information Architect
• Quark and Pagemaker Page layout designer
• Film producer
• Agfa Accuset Imagesetter Operator
• Full time designer of record covers
• Bed and Breakfast breakfast preparer and housekeeper
• Professional decorator of techno/electronica nightclubs
• Venture Capitalist & angel investor
• Co-working space owner
• Advisor
• Board Member
• Revenue consultant
• Advertising product designer
• Salesperson
• Account manager
• Vague, undefined "strategist"
• Design studio owner
• Advertising agency owner
• Proposal lackey
• Professional buyer of tickets to concerts for resale via a legal scalper
• Attendant at a pop up store for the Nintendo Game Cube (actually this might have been the best job I ever had)
• Alaska state legislature campaign manager (man it's crazy there is NOTHING about this on the web)
• Parade pooper scooper
• Subway busker (for one day, bauhaus covers only, harvard square stop)
• Professional speaker
• MacTemp
• Game designer
• Recruiter
• Ebay seller
• Gas station attendant
• Guy standing on a street corner handing out flyers
• Envelope stuffer
• House Painter
• House cleaner