I'm coming up on 19 years at my company. My official anniversary is May 29th, but I worked there a few months as a temp before I was hired. I've been there almost as long as K-Bug has been alive. Kinda freaky when I think about it.

I worked nine years at my second job, until I had entirely enough. That was by far the longest employ I've had. I probably could have worked there forever, or until my bosses woke up on their own. The company's gone now--my leaving woke them up so they got rid of it and left themselves.

The two jobs I had before this in CA lasted not too long, and not under my control. This one? Technically I'm only guaranteed six months. Still on tenterhooks there.

Speaking of jobs, newest big boss is an astronaut who fixed Hubble, most recently in May. And he's a jokester, as is his boss. I think it will be a good team.

newest big boss is an astronaut who fixed Hubble, most recently in May.

Hawt!

Plus, I've lived in this apartment for 14+ years. Eek.

I've been in the same apartment for 23+ years.

But I've never had a job for more than 5 years. Unless you count 10 years of temping when I first moved to SF.

It's kind of neat to hear that a favorite high school teacher thinks you have a cool job. She was my ChemII teacher, and a really good one at that. I know several people who went into engineering because of her. Plus, she let me hang out in my off period in the chem room or do demos for her ChemI classes.

When I inadvertently organized a senior skip day (it started out as just me and a few close friends skipping and heading out to White Sands for the day/full moon evening, picnicking and grilling and next thing I knew, more than 100 students were out on the dunes all day into the night) she came out for half a day with her family, who also skipped. She was the right mix of authority and friend.

This is our ninth year at our current jobs. The mind, it boggles. I always previously used to get antsy around five years. Like if I somehow stuck with a job too long, I'd have committed too much of my life and identity with it. This one, that's water under the bridge.

Liese, this is my 10th year doing what I'm doing, though I've changed schools multiple times. I'm still with the same "company" but a new location. For me, there is something about this job that means it automatically means committing too much of your life! Even in year 1.

ita, on the JJ Board, I snerked when I read "Dramatically change your hair, Go back to start. Unless you're Keri Russell then GAME OVER."

16 years in one place, give or take a few months, sadly not in quite the same position as where I started out (embarrassingly, I still have dreams about my old boss--sometimes we're just talking or hanging out companionably like father and daughter, but in the most recent one, he'd hired me back except with the added job duty of constructing large, elaborate ice sculptures of Chinese dragons), but still mostly at the same place, with about a year of temping there before going full time. It's not remotely ideal, but it's safe, and I'm good at it. So there's that.

I've heard there are even people who don't like BACON!

HEY!