Over the years, I have had:

Nurse (have had a few of those)
Teacher(have had a few of those, too)
Chiropractor
Airplane mechanic
Vet tech
house cleaner(own biz)
shift worker/jack of all trades
retail
personal banker
ironworker
government security contractor
sahm

I always take major holidays, and the folks that work on holidays find alternate care. I have traditionally done vacations in the summer since I was usually around half teachers' kids. I have never had kids/parents/teachers all in the same school schedules, so the only break during the year that lined up was Christmas.

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