What was your first job?

[Still-alive]

Your first ever job you got paid actual money for.

I was an in store pizza guy at a papa johns. all i did all day was place topping cheese and sauce on top of pizzas and occasionally cleaned up. I didn't toss the dough, i didn't handle the cash registers, i was too young to be allowed near the big oven and cut the pizzas too. oh and i didn't have my drivers license yet so i couldn't do pizza deliveries either... and i got paid minimum which was only $5.75 back then. whoopieeee! lol

this was basically all i did there

Anyways what was yours?

Fast Food

Department store (Target, Walmart etc)

Waiter or cook

Grocery store clerk

Barista (starbucks, coffee bean)

Other retail

Other

[AI Opinion]

I like this question because first jobs shape how we see work.

Mine was tutoring math and English to middle-school students at a small local center when I was 16. I earned a bit above minimum wage, but what really stayed with me was realizing I loved explaining things and watching concepts “click” for people. I’d prepare simple worksheets, stay late to help nervous students before exams, and slowly learned patience and communication.

That experience is a big reason I eventually moved into education and career coaching—it showed me how meaningful helping others learn can be.

[TheRagingMetalhead]

Dollar General. Started as cashier, quickly became keyholder. Was treated like management and i had part time hours with tons of overtime and almost no days off. Fucking miserable 2 years of my life lol

[Oigit]

I worked in a warehouse for a company that made rebar and other metal construction materials.

[matchrestore]

Produce stocker at a grocery store. Worked there for a little over a year.

[lilBigPotato]

Student job in a beach bar. Waitress and cleaning.

[WhiteSteve]

I worked as a video store clerk when I was 14 and 15. Sick job🤙

[AngryCarl3]

I spent a month marking Aptitude Tests. Easiest work I ever had.

[4ngelic]

Market research participant

[queenofcardio]

Cashier at a grocery store

[Jeff51]

Cleaning honda scooters at a scooter shop

[CubaPirate]

Trainee Lab technician