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How old were you when you got your first paying job?
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:16 pm
I started cutting grass in the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Worked for an old WWII vet who was having some health issues. Paid me 3 or 4 dollars a lawn, cut 3 or 4 a day. Started at 6am, done by 9 or 10. Big bucks for a 12 year old in the late 70s. Plus the guy was a hoot to be around.
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Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:16 pm to HECM62
Babysitting at 14
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:17 pm to HECM62
16 for an official paycheck.
Working for my paw paw on his land? 9-10
Working for my paw paw on his land? 9-10
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:17 pm to HECM62
Yard work at 14 or so.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:17 pm to HECM62
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Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:18 pm to HECM62
I had some local yards until I got my license. Then started framing houses.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:18 pm to HECM62
Babysitting at 12-13. I made $2 an hour, maybe $3 if there was more than one kid.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:19 pm to HECM62
14 years old bussing tables part time.
By 16, I was waiting tables year round and working in a warehouse during summers as a second job.
By 16, I was waiting tables year round and working in a warehouse during summers as a second job.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:19 pm to HECM62
13. Worked at a local motorcross park on the weekends. Mainly flagging for the races and weed eating around the tracks. Eventually learned how to run an excavator and a trackhoe because of that job.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:19 pm to HECM62
I started cutting grass at 8-9. First "real job" at 16.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:19 pm to fallguy_1978
My social security statement says in 1971 I made 141 dollars . That meant I worked 141 hours on a farm. I was 14
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:20 pm to HECM62
15. Worked at a golf course over the summer
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:22 pm to HECM62
Cut grass at age 10 in 1968, $5 per yard with a push mower. I did that until about age 15, then I was a fry cook at Jacks Hamburgers.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:23 pm to HECM62
Started cutting grass in Destrehan in 6th grade, and kept doing so with other various part time jobs interspersed. My first real paycheck that had everything taken out was freshman year at LSU in 2000. I worked in a warehouse.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:24 pm to HECM62
My first was 16 at Kinney Shoes at Parkdale Mall in Beaumont 
This post was edited on 6/4/18 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:24 pm to HECM62
Worked for my dad in middle school. Got paid $50 cash a week.
Got a real check at 19 and been going ever since.
Got a real check at 19 and been going ever since.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:24 pm to HECM62
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Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:25 pm to HECM62
I had a lemonade stand at 7 I'm pretty sure.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:26 pm to HECM62
Got a job at the local grocery store when I turned 16. Saved enough to buy a truck.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 10:30 pm to HECM62
Started working at Exxon at 12 after graduating in chemical engineering at LSU
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