What was your first job?

[historybuff]

I lucked out. My first real job (I consider a real job to be one that the government keeps track of, not really mowing the neighbors lawns) to the one I got when I was sixteen. My stepdad had a friend who owned a computer tech shop. They needed some summer help so I managed to get hired. I ended up staying there for two and a half years building computers, troubleshooting and doing phone support (which was the worst, by the way--it sucks enough if you're male but since I'm female, I got the, "Maybe I should talk to a real technician, lady" rude sort of people who assumed I couldn't do my job because I was female).

Great experience.

 

[bz316]

I cleaned movie theaters for minimum wage. That taught me a whole lot about how much life was going to suck...

 

[Kimarous]

Stock boy at a local grocery store, although I got promoted to the deli after only a few days.

 

[Skuffyshootster]

I don't know. I'm only 14, after all.

However, I help my dad do gardening work such as mulching, weeding, etc., and I also weeded my neighbors garden. 20$ an hour, but it barely took 45 minutes.

Sly bastards.

Also, I wasn't payed to do this, but for my student service learning hours I volunteered at a pet adoption center.

 

[esperandote]

First and current, programmer.

 

[1337mokro]

My first job was of course something in the section of under-paid and overworked. Was a waiter at a fancy restaurant. Mainly because I could speak French and was cheap to hire at age 15. You shall never be exploited to the same degree as you were with your first job.

Of course speaking ze French got me ze nice tips, which I 'id from ze boss, ze **** tried to 'og most of ze tips ze waiters got.

 

[-Samurai-]

Paperboy back when I was 13. Unsociable hours, meager pay, heavy bags...

Same here, but I loved every second of it.

I'd do my paper route, then ride my bike across town and help my friend do his.

It's easier to land a paper on a roof than people think....

 

[DSEZ]

Janitor for my muay thai studio to pay for classes when i didnt have the money i was 12

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Same here, but I loved every second of it.

I'd do my paper route, then ride my bike across town and help my friend do his.

It's easier to land a paper on a roof than people think....

Well, looking back it did at least earn me a lot of money compared to what I would have had at that age and it kept me fit. I actually kept doing it until I got a real job when I was 18.

 

[Plurralbles]

coffee shop assistant. It was alright. Served gelato and made the drinks. Cushy but I gave it all up.

 

[Varrdy]

Kennel Hand. Shovelling sh*t and boiling tripe (to butcher and feed to the dogs) - man did I smell after a day's work!

Wardy

 

[Extasii]

Started working at a lumber yard when i was 15, almost got hit by a falling piece of wood on the first day, quit, the second.
i'm not sticking around to die.
second job... gas station cashier a week later

 

[phoenixbeast]

13 years old...Swept floors in an Ace Hardware to replace a guy who was caught stealing...I was then replaced 2 months later due to them thinking they had found someone better...Turns out they were wrong but I had gotten a new job washing dishes at a local coffee shop...Kept that job for 3 years and looking back, besides the good co-workers, the pay and hours SUCKED...

 

[Plurralbles]

First and current, programmer.

balls deep... Should I be jealous?

 

[DSK-]

Paperboy when I was 17/18. I can't really remember

 

[KiKiweaky]

Pharmacy \o/ so glad i dont have to deal with the general public in my current job as they are all complete bellends =D

 

[Cowabungaa]

Planting flower stems in a greenhouse when I was 12-ish.

I did it for about...3 weeks, then my back was giving up. I was already a tall kid at that age and you shouldn't ask tall people to sit on their knees on a metal bars bend over for 4 hours at a time.

The pay was shit to boot, decent when you were a fast planter, but as someone who just started and has already trouble with just sitting down you can say that I wasn't very fast.

 

[dorkette1990]

Theatre technician. I programmed lights, maintained the crew, and built set in a paid apprenticeship program. So fun...

 

[Queen Michael]

Ad delivery guy. Putting ads in people's mailboxes. I broke the rules a lot, and the greatest pleasure was when I, as I quit that job, received a "Work Certificate" saying that I had worked for them for nine months and they hadn't received any complaints, even though I was far from an ideal worker.

 

[MagicMouse]

I have had pretty cool jobs.

Unofficially I have worked for my dad doing server maintenance, installs and other I.T work. This is my favorite kind of work as you get everything downloading and then play Runescape on a 10k IBM blade server for 2 hours XD.

Then theres random summer construction jobs.

I also worked at as a reff at a paintball arena. Last year I worked at a golf course, on slow days I could just take a cart out and read in it lol.