real job- how old

DalekBrittany

First paid job was working as a stock girl at JCPenneys. ****ty pay, ****ty hours, ****ty managers. When it was Christmas season we were all told we would be working every day, and they instead cut me back to 2 days per week. When I put in my two weeks, they completely took me off the schedule, never even gave me hours, and then blacklisted me from the company because I put in my two weeks and then never came back... :huh:

Sharonks

I had babysitting/fast food/cashier/waitress jobs in high school. My first real job was at 17, I became a file clerk and worked my way up in the admin world. I guess in a way you could say I still do office work so I'm still in the same field. At 47 I'm also a senior getting my accounting degree and currently work full-time as an accountant/business manager for a trucking company. I have been on my own since I was 15 years old.

czardastx

15 years old worked for 7 years in a conveniece store.

22 years old worked for 6 years in the microfilm / microfiche field

28 years old to now (17 years) working in law enforcement

ThoseLittleCats

15 as a cashier, an no

traceytwink

18 and still working in the same field

2stepscloser

Started working when I was 15... Worked at Subway and in retail up until college, then got a more professional job. Different field now.

3dogsrunning

I was 12 when I got the type of job that required a Social Insurance Number - serving meals in a retirement home. Before that was babysitting. I didn't have to pay tax or anything because I didn't make enough.
I had many more jobs through the following years that weren't student jobs (I never got fired, just moved around, some overlapped). Most I don't think I had to pay tax on (student jobs here are summer positions funded through government)
I started my career at 25. Tax sucks.

rml_16

I started working in a department store when I was 18 and pretty much had a steady job ever since. I went from that to working in a bookstore to bartending to working as a grocery store cashier/bakery clerk to working in a place for wayward teen girls. Then I finished college, worked as an AA for a friend of my aunt's, then medical records in a neurologist's office, then a very short stint for a foreclosure attorney (that was hell) then journalism. I worked for two newspapers over five years and then got a job with the state when I've been for six years.

TheBaileyHunter

Started babysitting for money at age 9

My first real job was at age 12 as a taxi cab dispatcher.
At 14 I was a hotel desk clerk for two hotels
Then at 15 I was doing both those jobs plus waitressing and babysitting...and school.

After I moved out at 16 I worked as a waitress, then in a market research firm. Ended up going from a telephone surveyor to head of western operations with that one by time I was 19

Only time I haven't worked full time outside the home is when I was raising my kids.

Work is just what I do.

ETA: I still work in the marketing field, but have moved to different areas of it over the years.

SMarie10

I worked all thru high school (beginning at age 16) Thru my college years as a cashier at a grocery store. It was a great job and when I left (in the early 80's) I was making $8.00 and hour, which wasn't chump change in those days. Today I work as a business analyst, but have been at my profession at the same company for 20+ years.

eastonna

Had many jobs from the time I was 12 until I graduated college at 21. My first real job was as a Junior Interior Designer (what I went to school for) in Grand Cayman. Moved back to Canada and have had many jobs in that field and have now settled as an Interior Designer with a concentration on kitchens and baths.

craigmandu

My daddy told me when I turned 17..."Son, I hope you think real hard about what you want to do. Because we have no money and you are on your own when you turn 18."

I joined the military, got into an technological field, stayed in the military for 10ish years, then continued in the same field.

whierd

I have worked fulltime+ since I was 18. Back then I had two jobs, a fulltime job at Subway and worked the weekends at a local liquor store. When I turned 22, I started working in a factory and was promoted about 13 months later to my current position.

Sawjer

12(ish) paperboy and no haha.

If that doesnt count as real job, it was in the bread department in the co-op, once again, no.

smwooley

I was 14 and started working (for pay) as a veterinarian assistant. Did all kinds of things from lab work to cleaning cages. I liked it but realized I didn't want to be a vet when I got older haha. Too boring! But I also had started babysitting at 12.

3dogsrunning

Had many jobs from the time I was 12 until I graduated college at 21. My first real job was as a Junior Interior Designer (what I went to school for) in Grand Cayman. Moved back to Canada and have had many jobs in that field and have now settled as an Interior Designer with a concentration on kitchens and baths.

Hi! Kitchen design you say???? ( we just renovated the bathroom)

Hbazzell

I got my first job at 15 working for my church, then 16 at a smoothie place, little jobs for a few years after. My first "real" job was loss prevention. I say it is a real job because when you move up you can totally make a great career of it in managment etc. I was about to turn 21. Now I am 26 and I am in the Coast Guard and getting my Masters....been in since 23.