Current Events > How old were you when you got your first job?

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farm work for your family or work where you got paid under the table because you were legally too young to work, doesn't count.
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Aye teen
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24, I started late

16. Pops hired me to help him install HVAC.
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Think I was 17 or 18. Dad didnt want me to work, wanted me to concentrate on sports. First like actual job was when I was 19 maybe.
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16 or 17.. Local grocery store after school.
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25
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I was 22 and it was a summer job. Before that I worked for my dad for cash, also summers only. My parents forbid me from working anywhere else for the longest time.

15. Good ole miniature golf park.
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17

to pay for world of warcraft
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I put 14 because there wasn't a 12 option. I worked for my dad's friends construction company cleaning up trash and helping the workers with menial stuff. It was off the books but it got me some extra cash in my pocket.
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DirkDiggles posted...

I put 14 because there wasn't a 12 option. I worked for my dad's friends construction company cleaning up trash and helping the workers with menial stuff. It was off the books but it got me some extra cash in my pocket.

wackyteen posted...

work where you got paid under the table because you were legally too young to work, doesn't count.

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Paycheck - 16

But I did babysitting and lawn-mowing jobs for cash back when I was about 10.
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15
McDonald's

Great first job IMO
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A month after I turned 17.
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15. Soccer ref for a youth league.
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16 and I hated it but damn I made enough money at the summer job to buy a car in September!
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October 2016, so 21.
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15, Arby's
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18. Straight out of high school. Helped a bit when I was going to community college
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If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.
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MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

First real job sure but you're robbing your kids of valuable life experience if they don't have a part time job in high school.
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r4X0r posted...

MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

First real job sure but you're robbing your kids of valuable life experience if they don't have a part time job in high school.

Eh, depends.

It's definitely an avenue with value but there's so many other possible ones as well. They could be into music, sports, doing other random shit with their friends.
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MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

I mean, I didn't necessarily *need* to work when I did, but holding down a part-time job during high school and college really helped with my work ethic.

Plus having any work experience makes finding a job post college that much easier.
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17, senior in high school. Was saving up for a car. Once I got it I quit til about 18.5, took the summer off after high-school and lived off the leftovers.
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15
Worked a job digging fence posts
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MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

Nah. I worked because I wanted to gain life values and work ethic. My first summer job at 15 was so I could earn money for a SNES. My dad said save half and he'd pay the other half. I made more than enough that $75 wasn't that hard. When I got it though he bought the SNES himself. He just wanted to learn to save and to appreciate things and not just always have stuff handed to me.
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18. A few months out of high school.
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I mean I mowed lawns for people from age 12-15. But my first actual job was McDonalds at 16.
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Soviet_Poland posted...

MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

I mean, I didn't necessarily *need* to work when I did, but holding down a part-time job during high school and college really helped with my work ethic.

Plus having any work experience makes finding a job post college that much easier.

Basically this. Just because mommy and daddy will pay your living doesn't mean you shouldn't be working. Most all my friends had jobs in college whether they needed em or not.

Also I wouldn't hire anyone if they had never had a job before. I'm not saying you need 10 years in a field but if you're looking for a job and just got your degree I wouldn't take someone who never worked before.
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18

made more than minimum wage at my first job
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

I mean, I didn't necessarily *need* to work when I did, but holding down a part-time job during high school and college really helped with my work ethic.

Plus having any work experience makes finding a job post college that much easier.

Basically this. Just because mommy and daddy will pay your living doesn't mean you shouldn't be working. Most all my friends had jobs in college whether they needed em or not.

Also I wouldn't hire anyone if they had never had a job before. I'm not saying you need 10 years in a field but if you're looking for a job and just got your degree I wouldn't take someone who never worked before.

Other kids master instruments or an art. No need to be bitter about people enjoying their privilege via alternate means.
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MutantJohn posted...

Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

I mean, I didn't necessarily *need* to work when I did, but holding down a part-time job during high school and college really helped with my work ethic.

Plus having any work experience makes finding a job post college that much easier.

Basically this. Just because mommy and daddy will pay your living doesn't mean you shouldn't be working. Most all my friends had jobs in college whether they needed em or not.

Also I wouldn't hire anyone if they had never had a job before. I'm not saying you need 10 years in a field but if you're looking for a job and just got your degree I wouldn't take someone who never worked before.

Other kids master instruments or an art. No need to be bitter about people enjoying their privilege via alternate means.

Yeah, but several people have already said they didn't work early out of necessity. The way you worded your original statement, you seemed to have implied that no one works if they don't have to.

Not true, and arguably not smart. I still participated in sports and other hobbies despite holding down a job and attending school and college. No need to be defensive about being lazy.
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Yea, i did sports and worked. Didn't have to, but I wanted my own money to spend on what I wanted. Financial freedom is a beautiful thing.
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11.

I did a paper route with help of my mom and took over that a few years later.
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22.

Even then, my first job was a temporary thing - lasted 6 months.
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Under then 14. I would help my father at his job. He paid me in hotdogs lol.

By first job with check 16 at furniture store.
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19

Circuit City

It was deserted most of the time so I was mostly just walking around doing nothing.
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I had a paper route when I was 11 or 12 and I was, in fact, legally on the books and got a formal paycheck that I had to cash. I'm guessing it varies by where you live (in the U.S. it likely varies state-to-state) but you can legally work under the age of 14 in at least some U.S. states. The laws probably put stricter limits on working hours and working conditions at younger ages. Paper routes for weekly papers require only a few hours of work one day a week and your working environment is just a residential neighborhood.

The next job I had after that was at 16.
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12. A caddy at a local golf course.

Edit: Oops didn't read the OP properly. 14 at McDonald's I got a paycheque.
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I got paid to clean my church on the weekends when I was 15. I got my first part time at 18.
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MutantJohn posted...

Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

MutantJohn posted...

If your family isn't poor and you go to college, you pretty much wind up getting your first job at like 22 or 23.

I mean, I didn't necessarily *need* to work when I did, but holding down a part-time job during high school and college really helped with my work ethic.

Plus having any work experience makes finding a job post college that much easier.

Basically this. Just because mommy and daddy will pay your living doesn't mean you shouldn't be working. Most all my friends had jobs in college whether they needed em or not.

Also I wouldn't hire anyone if they had never had a job before. I'm not saying you need 10 years in a field but if you're looking for a job and just got your degree I wouldn't take someone who never worked before.

Other kids master instruments or an art. No need to be bitter about people enjoying their privilege via alternate means.

They can do whatever they want. Mastering an instrument is awesome.

It doesn't have to be relevant work experience. I just personally would never hire someone who hasn't worked a job. In my experience the older they get without a job the crappier they seem to be as employees. Learning how to work, how to be professional, how to own your shit, how to be responsible, how to be recognize your roll are important skills. Kids take to them quick. Older people who have never worked don't seem to.

I didn't have to work when I was a kid. My parents would have covered everything. I had a great youth and am glad I learned to be an adult.
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...

Basically this. Just because mommy and daddy will pay your living doesn't mean you shouldn't be working. Most all my friends had jobs in college whether they needed em or not.

This is dumb. If the parents don't see the support as a burden, then piss all. Do what makes you happy. That's what life is about.
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CE arguging dicking around with hobbies over learning life lessons? I mean it doesn't surprise me. But it's interesting to see the defense force as no one advocating a secular job is saying it's an either or situation.
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16
Hardees
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Depends if you count ChaCha as a job. Since I made something like $2k on it over a couple years, I will count that, so like 15 or 16 is when I started that.
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