Comments on: What was your first job? http://www.bluntmoney.com/what-was-your-first-job/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corporate Barbarian http://www.bluntmoney.com/what-was-your-first-job/comment-page-1/#comment-56587 Corporate Barbarian Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:57:50 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/what-was-your-first-job/#comment-56587 My first job was as a paperboy at age 14. I had to deliver the papers on my bike, and collect from the customers once a week. Some people made ducking me on collection day an art form. I would never stiff a kid out of the $1.50/week fee. Next, I moved on to landscaping, which allowed me to get an early tan each Spring. I've also worked at a miniature golf course and a batting range/go-kart track. I learned many things from my first jobs, like patience, how to treat people, and a good work ethic. Some of my best bosses were the ones that I had early on, before my "real" career even started. My first job was as a paperboy at age 14. I had to deliver the papers on my bike, and collect from the customers once a week. Some people made ducking me on collection day an art form. I would never stiff a kid out of the $1.50/week fee. Next, I moved on to landscaping, which allowed me to get an early tan each Spring. I’ve also worked at a miniature golf course and a batting range/go-kart track. I learned many things from my first jobs, like patience, how to treat people, and a good work ethic. Some of my best bosses were the ones that I had early on, before my “real” career even started.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.bluntmoney.com/what-was-your-first-job/comment-page-1/#comment-56434 Sebastian Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:12:04 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/what-was-your-first-job/#comment-56434 I've had so many different temp jobs while I was in high school and college, I've lost count. My first paid summer job was as a greens maintenance person for our township. That pretty much mowing lawns and weeding the public areas in our township. What I learned from that is that having people pick up after their pets should have been mandatory a long time ago... Another thing I learned, and witnessed many times since, is that it is important to look busy, even though you're not doing anything. These people who did this as their job were pretty expert in this. At 18, I became a part time mailman, every Saturday morning I got up at 5:20 and got home at 2pm. I did this during holidays as well, as my saummer job, etc. It paid well, and it taught me that people love their mail, and always have the same jokes ('you can keep those bills!' ha ha ha...). My college jobs ranged from mixing dry soup ingredients (this place loved me, they would call the temp agency specifically asking for me) to stuffing envelopes at the college I attended. No matter what I did, including assembling school furniture and grinding bouillon, I learned something new at every job, and that also meant learning about people and how some people take pride in their work, no matter how trivial, while others just try and make it through the day, look at the clock, and wait for their paycheck. I am not one to make judgments on this one way or the other, it's just something I learned. Once I started my working career, I've seen this in some form everywhere I went. I was able to turn my hobby into a career, without formal education in the field in which I am now employed, but I've always given my everything no matter where I worked. I can't bring myself to do anything else. I’ve had so many different temp jobs while I was in high school and college, I’ve lost count. My first paid summer job was as a greens maintenance person for our township. That pretty much mowing lawns and weeding the public areas in our township. What I learned from that is that having people pick up after their pets should have been mandatory a long time ago… Another thing I learned, and witnessed many times since, is that it is important to look busy, even though you’re not doing anything. These people who did this as their job were pretty expert in this.
At 18, I became a part time mailman, every Saturday morning I got up at 5:20 and got home at 2pm. I did this during holidays as well, as my saummer job, etc. It paid well, and it taught me that people love their mail, and always have the same jokes (‘you can keep those bills!’ ha ha ha…).
My college jobs ranged from mixing dry soup ingredients (this place loved me, they would call the temp agency specifically asking for me) to stuffing envelopes at the college I attended.

No matter what I did, including assembling school furniture and grinding bouillon, I learned something new at every job, and that also meant learning about people and how some people take pride in their work, no matter how trivial, while others just try and make it through the day, look at the clock, and wait for their paycheck. I am not one to make judgments on this one way or the other, it’s just something I learned. Once I started my working career, I’ve seen this in some form everywhere I went. I was able to turn my hobby into a career, without formal education in the field in which I am now employed, but I’ve always given my everything no matter where I worked. I can’t bring myself to do anything else.

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