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116. Excellent post, Aristus. My late FIL was a Marine lifer. The family moved around alot but had excellent money and

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 11:56 AM

Mar 2024

moved around alot but they were still buying things at the Military store way after he retired. PS Thank you for your service.

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What was your first job as an adult? After 18 I worked 20-30 hours a- weeks in a work study at Penn State cleaning [View all] debm55 Mar 2024 OP

Claims Rep for Social Security CanonRay Mar 2024 #1

Thank you CanonRay, debm55 Mar 2024 #2

Photographer for a small daily newspaper, Dover Delaware. Walleye Mar 2024 #3

Thank you, Walleye. debm55 Mar 2024 #4

Copy reader for a newspaper. It sucked. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #5

TY Ocelot II, glad you moved on. debm55 Mar 2024 #9

I lasted only a few months; it was a terrible job. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #20

Thank you Ocelot II Did you ever find a good job. I was too afraid to move on, and but up with the bullshit. debm55 Mar 2024 #25

Yes. A couple of pretty good careers, actually. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #27

At 18 or 21? 2naSalit Mar 2024 #6

Thank you 2naSalit. You had a lot of varied jobs. debm55 Mar 2024 #10

Sure did. 2naSalit Mar 2024 #12

My first job was as a machinist in high school, after two years in tech school. House of Roberts Mar 2024 #7

Ty House of Roberts. You were very good at the trade to have lasted that long. debm55 Mar 2024 #11

Planned Parenthood Rebl2 Mar 2024 #8

thank you Rebl2. did the job last long? debm55 Mar 2024 #13

I started as Rebl2 Mar 2024 #24

Thank you Rebl2. The stress could have added to your condition. debm55 Mar 2024 #91

Probably so Rebl2 Mar 2024 #98

US Air Force anciano Mar 2024 #14

Thank you anciano and thank you for your service. debm55 Mar 2024 #16

Architectural designer grumpyduck Mar 2024 #15

Thank you grumpyduck. Was it a life long career? debm55 Mar 2024 #17

Pretty much. grumpyduck Mar 2024 #71

Grew up in Walpole..moved to Framingham MA I know Digital Equip Co.. asiliveandbreathe Mar 2024 #66

Thank you, asiliveandbreathe. debm55 Mar 2024 #92

Textile mill. Stripping bobbins. Started the Monday after hs graduation. keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #18

Thank you keithbvadu2 and thank you for serving our country. debm55 Mar 2024 #21

Depends on what is considered "adult". As a youngster, some tutoring and this place: usonian Mar 2024 #19

Thank you usonian and thank you for serving our country. debm55 Mar 2024 #22

"Over 1 million served," lol. n/t malthaussen Mar 2024 #34

Probably a claim some attorneys would like to make. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2024 #80

hahaha debm55 Mar 2024 #94

Teletype operator Basic LA Mar 2024 #23

Wouldn't the military service count first? niyad Mar 2024 #79

Now that you mention it. Basic LA Mar 2024 #82

Thank you Basic LA debm55 Mar 2024 #95

Thank you for the job and the service to our country. debm55 Mar 2024 #122

Thank you, debm! Basic LA Mar 2024 #123

First job out of high school Rastapopoulos Mar 2024 #26

Thank you Rastapopoulos. debm55 Mar 2024 #96

Worked in medical records at University Hospital while attending school. walkingman Mar 2024 #28

Ty walkingman .did you go into the medical field. debm55 Mar 2024 #43

No, I am an electrical engineer but after graduating I considered going to Med School walkingman Mar 2024 #50

Me, too mnhtnbb Mar 2024 #56

TY mntnbb debm55 Mar 2024 #97

Key Punch and Card Sorter operator at 21. Multiple things prior to that. Worked in small privately owned sinkingfeeling Mar 2024 #29

TY sinkingfeeling, That's a shame what happened to you when you were pregnant. Did you have a Union? Or was it done to debm55 Mar 2024 #42

Perfectly legal in Ohio in 1969. sinkingfeeling Mar 2024 #59

Yup, I wasn't even PG; Backseat Driver Mar 2024 #81

TY Backseat Driver. Congratulations to you and your hubby. debm55 Mar 2024 #100

US Army Sailingdiver Mar 2024 #30

Ty Salingdiver. did you carry that over to a full time job? Thank you for your service. debm55 Mar 2024 #40

Vaccinating chickens at Decoster egg farms in Maine jpak Mar 2024 #31

Wow, did you have any time for you? TY jpak. debm55 Mar 2024 #37

Nope only whatever sleep we couldn't get jpak Mar 2024 #44

I guess you'd have to define "adult." malthaussen Mar 2024 #32

Thank you Mal. Did you pix the paints? Yes, anything over 18 would be an adult. debm55 Mar 2024 #36

Yeah, among other things. There was a large binder with all the recipies... malthaussen Mar 2024 #46

In my younger years, True Dough Mar 2024 #33

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHa, Ty True Dough, debm55 Mar 2024 #35

Oh my coffee! Niagara Mar 2024 #67

I won't quit True Dough Mar 2024 #73

Hahaha! Niagara Mar 2024 #74

Self-delete. Duplicate post. Niagara Mar 2024 #75

A somewhat primitive version of the same job I have now DFW Mar 2024 #38

Congratulations to you DFW, To last at a job for 49 years is great. debm55 Mar 2024 #48

Not a typical situation, I'm well aware DFW Mar 2024 #53

Congratulations to you and the wife. debm55 Mar 2024 #99

Congratulations especially to me DFW Mar 2024 #115

First after high school, DoD office staff. First after college, legal editor niyad Mar 2024 #39

Thank you niyad your jobs sound very outstanding. debm55 Mar 2024 #49

Those were not even the really interesting ones! niyad Mar 2024 #78

Long distance Operator for AT&T. Had other jobs but stayed with AT&T for 30+ years Deuxcents Mar 2024 #41

Ty you Deuxcents. Thirty years with AT & T is a long time. I taught for 42 years. Many times wanted to quit , Mostly debm55 Mar 2024 #51

bank teller in Cambridge MA yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #45

Ty, yellowdogintexas. Have you looked for a different job? debm55 Mar 2024 #138

That was in 1969-71!! I ended up in the medical insurance business, as a claims analyst yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #144

Thank you, yellowdogintexas, debm55 Mar 2024 #146

A&R executive at a music firm PJMcK Mar 2024 #47

TY, PJMcK. What a great post. debm55 Mar 2024 #153

deb, you pose such interesting queries! (N/t) PJMcK Mar 2024 #163

Thank you. PJMcK. debm55 Mar 2024 #168

Edie's enid602 Mar 2024 #52

Thank you, enid602 debm55 Mar 2024 #147

Program director at university in health education, WheelWalker Mar 2024 #54

WheelWalker, Ty debm55 Mar 2024 #148

Worked at a brand new department store TexasBushwhacker Mar 2024 #55

Ty TexasBushwhacker. That's a shame that that happened to you. debm55 Mar 2024 #150

It all worked out for the best TexasBushwhacker Mar 2024 #164

My first full time job would have been as a disc jockey and music director at a top 40 FM station. rsdsharp Mar 2024 #57

Thank you rsdsharp. What a change of career. debm55 Mar 2024 #154

Well, after that I sold jewelry, then went to law school, and practiced law for 33 years. rsdsharp Mar 2024 #173

Accounting Clerk at Fairchild Aerial Surveys for $1.65 per hour. LoisB Mar 2024 #58

Thank you , LoisB, How long did you last. I thought mine was bad at 2,40 debm55 Mar 2024 #61

I lasted a year. For me at that time, $1.65 was like a gift from heaven. I think that was minimum wage. LoisB Mar 2024 #63

Seems a crime they got away with paying people so little back then. brush Mar 2024 #70

True however, LoisB Mar 2024 #84

The summer after I graduated high school mnhtnbb Mar 2024 #60

TY mnhtnbb. That was alot to expect from someone your age. You must have been very good at your job. debm55 Mar 2024 #62

I had a record number of volunteer hours mnhtnbb Mar 2024 #111

Congratu;ations. mnhtnbb. debm55 Mar 2024 #113

After high school, Bayard Mar 2024 #64

Ty Bayard. At the time, we thought it as alot , but we worked alot for that 2.50 an hour. debm55 Mar 2024 #157

My senior year in HS..started as telephone operator, New England Telco.. asiliveandbreathe Mar 2024 #65

TY asiliveand breathe. You had alot of varied jobs. debm55 Mar 2024 #161

determined the sex of (dead) mosquitoes umroman Mar 2024 #68

Thank you umroman. That's a different job. debm55 Mar 2024 #90

I'm going to give several answers due to the fact that I paid for my own car at 16 years old. Niagara Mar 2024 #69

Thank you, Niagara. My teaching job wasn't Union either. Twelve years was long in the manufacturing business. debm55 Mar 2024 #89

carrying heavy things mike_c Mar 2024 #72

TY mike_c debm55 Mar 2024 #88

Landscape laborer during summer breaks from college and law school. First real job after law school county prosecutor Pepsidog Mar 2024 #76

Thank you Pepsidog. debm55 Mar 2024 #87

I worked for a title company recording real estate transactions kimbutgar Mar 2024 #77

Thank you kimbutgar. Wow, your career had a great ending. debm55 Mar 2024 #86

Cafeteria worker in college dorm, hotel housekeeper, Demovictory9 Mar 2024 #83

Thank you Demovictory9 debm55 Mar 2024 #85

My first job when I was 18 was one that Mr.Bill Mar 2024 #93

Ty Mr. Bill great post. It's a shame you made so little for all the work you did. debm55 Mar 2024 #140

Well, I was only a high school kid living at home. Mr.Bill Mar 2024 #142

A sales clerk Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #101

Please! Tell us about it! Aristus Mar 2024 #106

About the cigar store? Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #107

No! Nightclub singer in Morocco! How has no one ever done a movie about that? Aristus Mar 2024 #108

It was 1968. Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #109

I'm looking forward to it. Aristus Mar 2024 #110

Since you asked. . . Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #117

I would watch the HELL out of that movie! Aristus Mar 2024 #119

Merci! Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #134

Graduated high school in 1966, started working at AT&T for $2.10 an hour in Arlington Va in doc03 Mar 2024 #102

Thank you doc03, I lived near a steel mill ,too. They paid much better. Congratulations on your 40 years. debm55 Mar 2024 #158

My first job as an adult was in Army Intelligence jmowreader Mar 2024 #103

First of all, thank you for your service to our country, jmowreader. You have had a varied and unique career. debm55 Mar 2024 #171

My First Job dai13sy Mar 2024 #104

TY dai13sy. did you get freebies? debm55 Mar 2024 #169

I joined the Army at age seventeen. So, the Army. Aristus Mar 2024 #105

Excellent post, Aristus. My late FIL was a Marine lifer. The family moved around alot but had excellent money and debm55 Mar 2024 #116

With regard to your work experience in the private sector - Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #118

I've never danced backwards in high heels. But I'm willing to give it a try, if you want me to. Aristus Mar 2024 #135

Okay, so I lied Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #136

I knew what you meant, and I'm sorry you experienced that. Aristus Mar 2024 #139

Like you, Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #141

US Navy as an adult. Emile Mar 2024 #112

Thank you Emile. You are a very hard worker. thank you for your service in the military. debm55 Mar 2024 #114

Technically, I was paid as a musician before working some regular jobs in college. LudwigPastorius Mar 2024 #120

Thank you Ludwig, you had a varued of jobs. debm55 Mar 2024 #121

I did, and they each taught me a very important lesson. LudwigPastorius Mar 2024 #124

Worked making mobile homes Old Crank Mar 2024 #125

Thank you Old Crank. We had a mobile home plant near to us that made Scottie Trailers. debm55 Mar 2024 #159

Ma Bell- as a directory assistant. FalloutShelter Mar 2024 #126

Ty FalloutShelter, that would have made me go bonkers. debm55 Mar 2024 #170

At 18 my first job was with UPS. They offer tuition reimbursement that paid from my college tuition. MenloParque Mar 2024 #127

Dictaphone typist for a credit bureau SARose Mar 2024 #129

SaRose, Ty . Yes, pay was very low. I worked the summers at the local Penn State branch campus. It was 2.40 per hour. I debm55 Mar 2024 #133

Great post, MeniolPerque. TY. debm55 Mar 2024 #137

As an adult...US Army -misanthroptimist Mar 2024 #128

Thank you for your service, -misanthroptismist. You also have a long time. debm55 Mar 2024 #132

Graduated high school age 16. The summer after graduation PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #130

PoindexterOglethorpe, you have a long and varied work experience. TY debm55 Mar 2024 #131

I also was an airline ticket agent for ten years, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #143

PoindexterOglethorpe.. Thank you, and yes, you did have a bunch of stuff. debm55 Mar 2024 #167

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #172

The Lost Colony. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2024 #145

Ty OldBaldy1701E. It sounds wounderful debm55 Mar 2024 #149

Biochem/Mol Bio lab flunkie limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #151

Ty limbicuminousity, That was a lot of work you did. debm55 Mar 2024 #156

Wilderness Trail Crew pfitz59 Mar 2024 #152

Ty, pfitz, What a wonderful job. debm55 Mar 2024 #155

After I dropped out of school and before I enlisted DemMedic Mar 2024 #160

Ty you DemMedic and thank you for your service to our country. debm55 Mar 2024 #166

Dining hall at Rutgers-Livingston College Wicked Blue Mar 2024 #162

TY Wicked Blue. Dining Hall work was crappy. I worked in the Dishwashing area. debm55 Mar 2024 #165