Now Rowling's control - It's All True

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 180508

> va32h:
> It doesn't matter how many jobs I've had or you've had.  In JKR's
> fictional world - do the characters ever change jobs? With the
> exception of Arthur's promotion (which is not a change of job, since
> he still works for the Ministry), no.  

zgirnius:
We do not know the jobs of Hogwarts teachers before they become 
Hogwarts teachers, but we may presume they have them. Riddle is told 
by the sympathetic Headmaster Dippet to get some experience before 
applying again for the DADA position. Trelawney and Snape are both 
out of school for some time before they get their jobs, and neither 
seems to be a James Potter, who does not need to work for a living. 
Moody is an Auror before he becomes a teacher. Lockhart, a 
bestselling author.

There is also reason to believe Ministers of Magic do not all come 
from the Ministry (DD was offered the job). In fact, DD seems to be a 
guy who has more than one job. "Chief Warlock, etc.", and Headmaster 
at Hogwarts. At least one of Sluggie's proteges moves from working in 
an industry, to establishing their own business. Quidditch players 
presumably do something when they get too old to play - Ludo proves 
that retirement seems to happen at comparable ages to those seen in 
Muggle sports.

The candy cart lady on the train is an interesting example - you 
don't suppose working two days a year is all she does, do you?

The central characters, of course, are school-aged kids, so we don't 
get a lot of detail about any of this, but I see enough hints to find 
the idea of two jobs, held either in sequence or simultaneously, 
quite plausible.

> va32h:
> Call me presumptuous (I'm sure someone will), but I think a 
dedicated
> reader's thoughtful consideration trumps the creatrix's off-the-cuff
> remark. 

zgirnius:
This I agree with. (In fact, for me it trumps everything short of me 
and Rowling sitting down for coffee and discussion, and her providing 
a convincing explanation. <g>) But Ron, of all the Weasley kids, 
strikes me as the most likely to give poor George a hand at WWW, now 
that he is without Fred and doubtless feeling short-handed. Both 
because of his desire for wealth (WWW is a serious money-making 
operation), and because he seems to be the least likely to be serious 
about whatever else he may have wanted to do. The older brothers all 
have excellent careers in which they seem very invested, and I always 
picked Ginny for a Quidditch player. I don't think Ron was very 
serious about being an Auror, anyway. He would like the idea of 
working with Harry, and (in discussing it) would resent Hermione's 
implication that he lacks the academic credentials, but I never got 
the impression it was his passion, something he would pursue eve if 
Harry changed his mind. Harry seemed more truly interested in the job.