Job Junky

<p>A funny delightful and incisive tour of working odd jobs. -Kirkus</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wild... Reading this book is a ride. -Independent Book Review</p><p></p><p></p><p>Fast matter-of-fact and full of memorable moments. -San Francisco Book Review</p><p></p><p></p><p>Insightful humorous and engaging. -The US Review of Books</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Job Junky is a bare-bones memoir of work survival and everything in between.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Told in raw rapid-fire chapters it reads more like a barstool confession than a polished life story - and it all started with a doorman who told the author he didn't know what real work was.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Rudy Ridolfo worked over 50 jobs across decades of survival from martial arts dojos and moving trucks to call centers airport tarmacs and indie film sets.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Each job is its own story - gritty sometimes absurd often hilarious - like a friend unloading the strangest parts of his work life over a drink.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There's no tidy character arc or inspirational ribbon at the end. Just real people chaotic moments and small truths buried in the noise.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Along the way he picked up quiet lessons - from chaotic bosses unpredictable coworkers and even the discipline of actors like Al Pacino and Robert Redford - whose work ethic left a lasting impression.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Unvarnished fast and unexpectedly relatable <em>Job Junky</em> is for readers who've ever clocked in burned out or questioned what they were doing with their lives.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Great for general readers nontraditional memoir fans job-hoppers gig workers career transitioners film lovers and anyone who knows what it's like to survive one paycheck at a time.</p>