What was your first job?

Rocky Mountain News paperboy at 13.

I never had a job.

Joe Brody said:

Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant dishwasher at 15.

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Didn't they serve roadkill or deer there???

I noteced that a lot of people here started working around the age of 15.
Isn't child labour against the law in your country?

qwerty said:

I noteced that a lot of people here started working around the age of 15.
Isn't child labour against the law in your country?

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I started at the trap club when I was 13, and no child labor laws, if they paid cash, you never really worked!

qwerty said:

I noteced that a lot of people here started working around the age of 15.
Isn't child labour against the law in your country?

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Actually, I've got my first at 17. I decided getting good grades was more important than getting a job and parents had also agreed with this. As for legal age in working, you only have to be 14 years and 9 months down here and as young as 12 or 13 as long as one has parental consent.

temple of john said:

Theatre floor cleaner at "Vinny's XXX Multi-Plex"

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And all the salt water taffy you could eat came with the job.

qwerty said:

I never had a job.

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Me neither, just some crappy little projects like cutting grass, helping with computers, carrying kayaks etc.

My first paid job was working in a rug factory where I vacuumed and rolled up rugs all day. It was no fun when you had a cold and dust went up your nose and everything. I've done other babysitting jobs before that though.

When I was 16 I got my first job at Tops Markets. I worked in the bulk food section. My favorite pasttime was tasting for "bad dates" in the baking section. Of course, once I was assured they were okay, I made sure to put them back in the bin for everyone to enjoy.

No sense in repeating another "dead monkey" scene.

When I was 14 I volunteered at the SPCA. My first paying gig was at a movie theater which I got suspended from for threatening fellow employees. After that I was a damn grocery store cashier and then I landed a pizza delivery job, definitely the most fun and best paying job I've had. At the same time I had that job I got a job being a waiter at a Thai restaurant, which would have been my favourite job if it wasn't so chaotic during dinner. They had very good food though and they kept me fed. Now I'm working at a sub place called Firehouse and I hate it. My last day is Sunday whether I have a new job lined up or not. So I've really gone nowhere. I also used to mow lawns when I was about 14-15 if that counts.

I'm confident things will pick up after I've made my first student film.

My first paid job was at McDonald's when I was 15.
In our country you can get a sideline once you're 12 though it is subject to a lot of rules and regulations. I do think, however, the rules were a bit more strict when I was that young but the Dutch seem to think it's part of a child's upbringing to learn to deal with their own money and time.

I only worked at McD for a few weeks because I hated it there.

I did some silly programming for a statistics firm in high school.. before that I did chemistry research in fiber optics when I was 15, but only for a stipend
at the moment i'm working for a large bank doing quantitative research but my fulltime job is university