What was your first ever job?

[Trey22]

Not taxed: Dad paid me to scrap out houses after he finished drywalling them. $3/hr.

Taxed: Order taker at software fullfillment house. $6/hr. Lol, after taxes I was probably making as much as my first job.

 

[Electric Amish]

Kennel boy for a lady that raised Rottweilers.

$50/mo. I started when I was 15.

 

[brunswickite]

produce clerk at a grocery store = rotated fruit

payed 5.75/h

 

[minendo]

Soccer ref on the weekends when I wasn't playing. Paid between $14 and $20 per hour. I was 13 at the time.

 

[woowoo]

hand

 

[Thump553]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
I got a paper route in 8th grade. Back then I was the richest kid anyone knew.

Me too. In fact that was the richest period in my life. Made about $40 per week would spend $10 at most even if I went crazy (I'm talking 1966-68 money). At Christmas time, the tips from the wealthy neighborhood my route went into were phenominal. My paper route earnings paid most of my way through college.

Other early jobs-basically slave labor (14+ hour days, worked like a dog) on relative's farm in the summer-in retrospect, I loved that job, cashier in drugstore at 16, dishwasher/short order cook at 17.

 

[anxi80]

not taxed: packaging, unloading, and shipping chromed parts for my grandparents when i was 14. got paid $50/week.

taxed: legoland at 15½. started out at $6.75/hr (minimum was $5.25 i believe at the time, i was rich beeeeeeeyotch! )

 

[Thegonagle]

I was bagging up rosin @ 10 cents per one pound bag when I was 15. I could make about $10 per hour untaxed, but it was dirty, sticky, crappy work. I needed to shower for a long time, and wash my hair three or more times whenever I got done, and I still felt sticky and nasty the next day.

 

[clamum]

Babysitting for my sister but my first actual "job" was at Taco Bell.

 

[johnjbruin]

lab assistant in college - got paid $15 an hour.
installed hardware on robots - and then configured it with linux.

 

[imported_vr6]

No taxes: A family ghetto carry-out restaurant.
Taxes: Dunkin Donuts @ 16.

 

[skace]

I had a paper route, reffed soccer, took out trash / brought in groceries for all the old ladies, and other poorly paid and meaningless jobs.

But my first semi-real job was being a Busboy from age 16-18. A fun yet completely hellish experience. Pros: Waitresses and Hostesses. Cons: Everything else.

 

[CptObvious]

Bagboy at supermarket. Cleaning the bathrooms was a religious experience, because I emerged from hell and lived

 

[CtK]

Poker Dealer at Miccosukkee

 

[brtspears2]

Intern at some crazy .com company that is obviously bust (Upstream Networks) for a nice $10 an hour. Sadly after paying self-employment taxes the per hour take was less than desired.

 

[cronos]

not-taxed:
real-time translator for a training course in rope access (it's related to off-shore work).

taxed:
proctoring placement test (english, math, etc) for upcoming freshmen here at UW

 

[phreakah]

worked at the university computer store for minimum wage $6.75/hour

got fired after they found out that i had returned all of my textbooks for full refund after the 2 semesters that passed

I was young and dumb

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

First and current job

Medical Transcription.

Been working about 13 months now

 

[Maggotry]

Bathing dogs at my sister's dog grooming shop. Maybe 13 or 14 years old. I think it was $4/hr.

 

[PunDogg]

well i cut grass from when i was 14-16 just neighborhood stuff, then i got a real job, as a bagger, bagging grocieres at the local supermarket

Dogg

 

[azazyel]

I did a lot of odd jobs around the neighborhood but my first real job was when I was 15. I was a dishwasher for an Italian restaurant. Nothing like scraping burnt on marinara out of a pan every night.

 

[Cyco]

Had a paper route when I was 12. First "real" job was at Taco Bell when I was 16.

 

[boomdart]

1. Yard care
2. GTM Recycling/Selling (Managed database/website/sales)
3. All Advantage (Advertising company, linux/website production/trouble shooter)

Now I'm looking for a job at an automobile related place, I won't make as good money with automobile stuff but I think I'll be a happier guy. Working on computers is getting old.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I worked in the shalinian salt mines.

 

[xcript]

Assistant to a dental technician (making models of teeth, etc).