At last count, I had 6 different jobs. The funny thing about it is that I'm STILL not working full-time. It's okay though because I'm just trying to get through the slow winter season with the understanding that dive work will pick up significantly in February and March. By summertime, I'm told that there's as much divemaster work as you can handle. I'm looking forward to that!
Here are the current jobs that I have (all of which are on an as-needed basis):
-deckhanding on a whale-watching boat
-underwater maintenance of boats, moorings, etc. in the harbor
-Divemaster beach-dive guide
-Divemaster on one dive boat (soon to be two)
-general laborer for a local innkeeper
-I helped a family move garbage (more or less literally) from one storage unit to another yesterday, with the understanding that they'll want to do it again soon
It's nice to have such a diversity of work. Ultimately, I'm intending to go full-time with the beach-dive guide and boat DM work because a) it pays up to 5 times what any of the other jobs pay, b) I can schedule the dives however I want and, c) it's fun! After all, the main reason I moved to the Monterey Peninsula is to have access the the incredible array of dive sites here.
I've also started playing on a weekly volleyball team in Monterey, which is a nice evening to look forward to each week.
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