// Got my first job! //

[DaveJ]

My first job was shelving books at the local library... started volunteering there when I was 12 or so and got the job at 15. That was a cool job, much better than working retail.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Happiness != money, but there is definitely a trend. At some point you have to sacrifice a little bit of money to get the job you love and plan to do the rest of your life. I could never work the job I have now for more than a couple years.. its way too stressfull.

Yep, finally 'experienced' this a month ago. Told someone to take a job offer and shove it (personal issues and money, but I thought the job would be cool) for $11/hour or go back to where I am now: office, IT work. Currently, I have no work, done everything I've been given, and am surfing for $20/hour...

 

[illusion88]

I was 17 and I worked at an old folks home dinning hall. I made $7.35 US (I got the extra 0.10 because I knew a guy). I worked 16 hours a week. The work sucked, so did the pay. But the hours were perfect for being in High School. I got out of school at 3:00pm and worked 4:00-8:00. Plenty of time to come home and do homework.

 

[lanielf]

First Job, I was at 12,80$/h in a warehouse.

Now I'm in IT at 25$/h and I'm 20y.o.

 

[alkemyst]

I was 12 about 1983, $6/hr US. By the time I was 16 I was at $10-12.50 or something in 1987 dollars. I also workd at night delivering chinese food on the weekends for a few hours.

 

[Demo24]

16 and got a job at my school in the IT deparment. Made $150 a month(only place computer related that would hire me), plus it was an extra credit in school. Still it was slightly below minimum wage when factoring in the work I did. The most annoying part was getting taxed on that money:|. When summer came I got bumped up to $7/hr. Now I'm still there, but make a good bit more than that

 

[Dualist]

Congrats on getting your first job.

 

[BHeemsoth]

My first job was at a campground near my home, I made $8/hour to pick up trash. I was 13.

At about 16 I opened my own company, doing PC/Network consulting. At this point I made $30-$40/hr, although the work was sporadic.

Over the past 5 years I've held several different jobs at various levels of pay. Today I'm making a salaried $1,106 per week working as a summer intern.

 

[j00fek]

:thumbsup:

 

[radioouman]

First job was delievering a local suburban newspaper.
Then I worked at boy scout camp
Then I work at Long John Silvers
Then I started up a computer business.
Once I got into college, I worked at a PBS station, and Boy Scout camp.
Then I worked as an intern for a Fortune 50 company.
Then I took a student position in media services at the college.
Then I took a job as the computer admin person for a government contractor.
Then I graduated college, and took a boring ass job as a parts designer, and I've been suffering with this job ever since.

 

[woodman1999]

First job was for a Property mgmt. company. I setup Outlook, did accts payable, and landscaping... got paid $400/week, under the table. It was pretty sweet for a summer job

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: rpbri2886
My first job was at a campground near my home, I made $8/hour to pick up trash. I was 13.

At about 16 I opened my own company, doing PC/Network consulting. At this point I made $30-$40/hr, although the work was sporadic.

Over the past 5 years I've held several different jobs at various levels of pay. Today I'm making a salaried $1,106 per week working as a summer intern.

$1106/wk as an intern? Damn. I'm getting about that much bi-weekly at my co-op (my first job).

 

[JujuFish]

My first job was a paper route at 12.

 

[homercles337]

My first was as a golf bitch. Clean carts, shag balls on the range, etc. I was 13 and made $3.15/hour.

 

[habib89]

congrats man! that's exciting

my first job was at a video store... i forget how much i made, i think it was $6/hr in cash..

 

[AFB]

1st job was last summer as an Accounting/IT intern making $7/hr which isn't bad for Dallas
2nd job is working with my city as an IT intern making $10/hr with a 5 minute commute

 

[MyThirdEye]

I am currently at my first job at RadioShack/Us Cellular. I'm 15, making $9.00/hr

 

[technophile82]

i got my first job during college (well, in the summer). i was a ride operator at a new theme park in my hometown, Gilroy, CA. i started at 8/hr i think, but later i was trained to drive their train (2-foot track guage) around the park, and i got 10/hr then. lol, they had to cut back pay the next season because they werent doing so good. but i still came back for a few summers to drive the train mostly.

my first real job, i got last april, 2006 as an environmental consultant. college degree 4tw.

 

[theknight571]

16, worked in the Bottle Return Department at Meijer's.

IIRC I started at $3.15/hr and by the time I moved on to another job I was making $4.25/hr. Was big money when I didn't have any other responsibilities other than my car. lol

Was the job I had the most fun at.

Was also a dirty job in the summer... people bringing in bags of cans with rotten trash in it..

I think that's why most places have you process your own returns now. (At least here in my area)

I used to be able to look at a beer bottle and tell you who the manufacturer and distributer were. It's a lost art. Now all glass returns go into a single bin. (most places)

 

[DougK62]

13 years old. Cleaning floors and doing yard work at a tool and die shop.

 

[esun]

My first technical "job" (with an hourly wage) was an internship at Cisco, $20/hr.

I'd been paid stipends for work before that, though (equating to very small hourly wages).

 

[Agman]

My first job was with Texas USA Wrestling (Texas chapter of National Association) I designed and maintained their website. Got paid 200 bucks a month, did that from 18-20. Now I'm 20 and in addition to the website which I do on my free time I work at Cisco and make 25/hr.