How Old Were You When You Had Your First Real Job?

I was 16 and I worked the counter at McDonalds. Worst job EVER. The plus side is, now I can empathize (somewhat) with those other poor souls stuck in "Would you like fries with that?" land...

About 10. An elder brother of my friend used to own a small car wash joint. Once my friend broke his brother's walkman or something, so he (the brother) made him wash cars after school to pay for it. I would go with him and wait for his "job" to finish so that we could go play soccer. Few days after that, The Brother sugested that maybe I could also help him around and he would pay me. Sounded pretty good then. He paid about 2 ringgit (about 50cents USD) every day. For kids my age, 2 ringgit was equal to about 50 ringgit then. I was rich for a while. Lasted for a few months. I don't remember why or when I actually stopped working there.

i was 12, but least said about that the better. When i finally escaped i worked as a shop assistant, so in reality i was 16. I have a lot of sympathy for shop assistants dealing with rude members of the general public blessed be

I was about 5 I took weeds of pototoe row as momma picked up the taters or spuds as we called them got paid 2 cents a row

i was around 9 at the time. my older sister told me if i wanted to earn my own money and i said yes, she bought me a pack of candies and told me to sell it to my classmates in school. i started off with 1 pack which has 20 pieces of sweets inside. after a month, i was like selling 4packs of sweets. i continued my small business until i was 11.

I was around seventeen when I first had a job, and it's only as a part-time for me because I am also a student the same time. I was a service crew back then, I worked on one of our local fastfood chains here in the Philippines. I learned so much from that experience, as it helped me in making wise decisions in life and in sharing some of my earnings to my parents. The fun and joys of helping people and meeting new friends also benefited me in boosting my self-confidence, and I got more familiar on how things are done in the food business.

I was 18 when I had my first real job, I did have paper rounds and gardening jobs beforehand but my first 'proper' full time job was at 18, I was a secretary for a small friendly firm, I even had my own office, not bad at such a young age, the wage wasn't that good then but I didn't care it was my first ever proper wage!

I was twelve when I worked on the farm that was the first job

My first real job was as a waitress. I think I was 19 at the time. I found out quick that it wasn't for me either. I was a terrible waitress. I had trouble remembering what went where. My next job was as a nursing assistant in a nursing home. I was much more suited for that.

I was 15 .. I worked in a little tiny Liptons grocery store as a packer, filler, and anything else they wanted me for on saturdays .. I hated the job but was so glad to get away from home for a whole day .. BLISS !! Here in the UK you have to be 14 to do any job although it may have been younger perhaps 12 when I was a kid ..

i had a regular babysitting job at 13, for a set of twins (6 months old, a 6 year old, and a 10 year old),, i watched them everyday after school.. their parents were dairy farmers, and needed someone to watch them while they did chores, and milked cows. i loved the babies,. but the 6 year old, and the 10 year old were out to get me from the first day there. They would bring in their mean dog, who bites, and threaten me that if i didn't let them eat all the cookies or whatever they were not allowed to have, they would sic this dog on me! i hated that job.. i told their mom, and she just kind of laughed it off. i was never so glad to be done with them!!

I was 15 when I had my first real job. It was working at a summer day camp.

I was in standard 8 when I was asked to write for a biweekly magazine.They read my article in the school annual magazine and contacted me.The pay wasn't big but I was thrilled because it was a great source of pocketmoney and was recurring.That was my first job.I was 12 years old at that time.

I had my first real job when i was 13 doing a paper round also. I didn't enjoy it though. After the 2nd day I got my dad to drive me to peoples doors (I know its bad), but I hated it Thankfully the manager was a nice guy and paid me for a whole week even though I only worked 3 days in the end. I wasn't ready for work though. However in them days I only got paid £10 for a week, awful really but it seemed alot then. I then moved onto a part time cleaning job whilst studying at college and recently got a full time job as an IT engineer.

Well I had my first one at the age of 10 the same as you Paper Round and yes I had the same Problems collecting the Money which was a Pain in the Winter when I had to go back again and again.

My first work was at the summer when I was 8.We went to live at an island for 2 months.At ground floor of the home was a green grocer's shop.I work there afternoon and they pay me with vegetables lol: The problem was I had allergy in okra and when need I touch them all my hand turn to be red and I had itching....

I was about 5 or 6 and I would get a penny for every egg I gathered. Needless to say, I was always pointing out what other people were doing wrong with "my" chickens. Especially when they were not laying more than a dollars worth of eggs a week!

I was 17 when I started to work. Nothing special during my stay at my employer, I was studying then as as well (night schooling), I need to work to assist my educational finances, that's it.

i had my first job when i was 17 years old. i worked as a packer in the mall for 1 month and worked as a waiter for couple of days. by the way, you are very when you had a first job, i'm really impressed. so what are you doing now?

Woah!!!! you really are a cool person....You started working when you were 8?????? lovely!!! Your experiences regarding your first job is a real eyeopener. How much do you earn in mylot now and how much did you earn back then???? What do you do at present???? My first paying job was when i was 15yrs old. I used to draw banners and stuff like that since i was good at artwork and get paid for that