my career path:

1) dishwasher
2) graveyard FedEx package handler, then QA
3) restaurant shift work, then GM
4) contractor & home builder
5) innkeeper & wedding planner
6) church planter & pastor
7) web developer
8) director of engineering
9) VP of engineering, then all product dev
10) CTO, then CEO
11) founder

My Career path 2009-present 

1) grocery store cart and stock boy
2) valet Parker 
3) busboy then server 
4) tire tech
5) printing shop 
6) shop hand  then cnc machinist then service manager 
7) service engineer  then controls engineer