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In high school I worked for my father doing construction. Later on I took a job working at McDonalds, and then at an auto part store in between working for my dad. I'm 33.... been working since I was 12 years old.
In high school I worked at McDonalds mostly. After high school, I didn't go to college right away and worked at a bunch of places for minimum wage. When I finally decided to go to college, I went to a Community College and worked in their student resource center tutoring other students (mostly in math). When I went to a 4-year college/university, I had a couple of work-study positions, I worked at a grocery store and Walmart, I worked at a kennel.
I was never able to get any experience with my degree before graduating and I thought that would hurt my chances, but I got lucky and was able to get a job in my field right before graduation.
In high school, Boy Scouts during the year so that limited work and Cub Scout day camp for paid experience and residence camp on a voulenteer basis.
In college, did the Disney College Program, Campus Represented for the Disney College Program and worked as an RA.
My first two years I worked on a yard service crew during the summer. Then I worked two internships, the second of which turned into a full time job with the company I am still with many years later.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I worked the first two years of college as a fry-cook, then the last two and graduate school 40+ hours a week in a liquor store. My first job after college was in customer service at a utility and surprisingly the experience helped, then thanks in large part to the degree, I had 5 promotions over the next 17 years.
I worked at UPS, part-time (20 hours a week) at night. It was a tough place to work, but I earned enough $, to help pay bills. After a stint at UPS, I got offered a part-time position at a bank data center (doing part-time technical support, working evenings) which paid a lot better. I learned about IT and networking this way, which started my career. It was the best break of my life.
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