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How many of you have jobs?

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Dhane
Posts: 3866 - Karma: 1,722
i searchbarred for this, and nothing came up, so i figured i would share my thoughts with the NS community. when i was 14 years old i got my first job at a fruit stand at the end of my road. i would work spring summer fall and they closed for the winter, letting me ski my lil heart away until spring again. i did this for 3 years, then worked as a lifeguard then park crew.

what i am getting at here is that i have had a job ever since i was old enough to work. now, looking back at all the high school and even college kids, many of them have never had a job. when i began tp drive, i had buy my own car, buy my own car insurance when i turned 18, and pay for gas.i have to buy all my ski gear, buy my pass, etc etc. however, as i look back, i just see parents forking over checks for this and credit cards for that. i am in no way jealous or angry, because the kids are the ones at a loss here seeing as they have no idea how to manage or earn money. but im just wondering, how many of you kids have a job, or dont, and how old are you?
Jun 20 2010 8:48AM
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Canadianfreeride
Posts: 281 - Karma: 227
Petsmart. 10.35 an hour. 16-24 hours a week
Jun 21 2010 3:30PM
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0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
19, assistant pro, stackin that paper working salary at 8.50/ hour...
Jun 21 2010 4:39PM
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Bar_Down
Posts: 5896 - Karma: 395
i work for some company called load surfer. basically, we offer a website-based service to trucking companies in Canada/USA. Our website is a freight-matching load board, it's kinda hard to explain it but basically, a freight broker posts his excess freight on the board (origin, where he wants it to go, what kind of load, etc) and then trucking companies that are looking for freight will match with these brokers through our website. its kinda gay and the company just started like 2 years ago and the management sucks so its probably gonna go under by the end of this year but whatever. anyways, I'm in charge of the Quebec side of our company pretty much, so i talk to our current customers in quebec and see if theyre happy, and i also call up other trucking companies in quebec and see if they wanna sign up.

wow this post is fuckin long
Jun 21 2010 4:54PM
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KC_Hoffwoman
Posts: 141 - Karma: 86
when i was 13 i worked as a paintball ref in exchange for the gear and supplies so i could compete on a team. i got to keep the tips tho :) then at 14 i worked at a shitty movie theater in our town for 2 years. at 16 i worked at a nike store for a year and also a haunted corn maze that i still work at during the fall. Now, at 17, I teach gymnastics and I just graduated bartending school so when I turn 18, I can bartend!
Jun 21 2010 5:28PM
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EC-Skier
Posts: 3899 - Karma: 668
i'm working at a day camp for little kids, and i am applied for a job at a hamburger and ice cream joint.
Jun 21 2010 5:47PM
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firstracks
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I'm 17 and have had a job since 13. My first job was at a boatyard in maine working 10 hour days for 6.25 an hour painting boat bottoms. My boss was the man and let me take peoples nice boats or the yard trucks to lunch and he'd buy me and the other kid I worked with lunch. He also taught us how to run the cranes and tractors, it was sick. Then at the end of the summer I gave him the finger as a joke, which he didnt like and I didn't get hired back. After that I worked at a rock climbing gym as a belay slave for a while which was okay. free membership, discounted gear, good tips. Now I work at a yacht club driving a launch which is pretty sick. I'm at work right now on my computer in the office with a fridge and internet. I just bought my first car, parents paying for insurance, boots, helmet. Pass is my only birthday present
Jun 21 2010 6:04PM
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JahJahBinks
Posts: 3567 - Karma: 461
15 no job.
Jun 21 2010 6:06PM
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HERCULES.
Posts: 664 - Karma: 211
mmmm im a lifeguard at a waterpark an today was my first day and i love it. i cheelll an get tan and give girls my number all for 8.50 an hour :)
Jun 21 2010 6:07PM
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Mac.
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I just turned 18, and I am going to college in the fall.

I work at a turkey farm/sandwich shop/farm. In the summer I work about 50-60 hours a week, and during the school year about 30 hours a week.
$9 an hour
I pay for half my insurance, all my gas, and anything I want. If I don't need it, I have to pay for it (all skiing stuff and most clothes)

I also umped in the spring and made $45 for a 1.5 hour game.
Luckily I won't have to pay for college at all, my parents have already saved for that.

I love my job, I get to work outside farming during the day in the summer, and my boss/coworkers are awesome.

Fall is nuts for me I worked about 45 hours a week (70 during thanksgiving week) mostly slaughtering and had high school full time.
Jun 21 2010 11:06PM
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GILLSKI
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 361
17 winery during the harvest season, grocery store all yr round and just quit a baseball tournement area thing
Jun 21 2010 11:09PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
17. ive been working maintenance since i was 15 for shit money
Jun 21 2010 11:12PM
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bnor
Posts: 286 - Karma: 12
no fucking way when i was six i had a kick ass party from mad science. thats rad.
Jun 21 2010 11:18PM
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mark.p
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This^

I'm 22, living in Chicago at the moment working as an accountant for an insurance company.  I have been working since the age of 12 mowing lawns/babysitting/lifeguarding/being a bus boy/serving at crappy restaurants all the way through university.  Although paying for your own stuff sucks, it teaches a rewarding and beneficial lesson
Jun 21 2010 11:22PM
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jeremy.g
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17, been working since i turned 15. right now i am working about three days a week doing construction type stuff for 15 an hour under the table. and i work 3 or 4 nights a week at a little mexican restaurant and get 7.50 an hour
Jun 21 2010 11:25PM
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8088
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 156
life guard, everyone knows how to swim, babes, tan. job = win
Jun 21 2010 11:26PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
16 and i work at my local tennis club

i teach tennis to kids and make 12.50 an hour.

this is my second year
Jun 21 2010 11:28PM
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I-Ski-AK
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welcome to the scatter zone.
Jun 21 2010 11:29PM
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2L208
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 308
20, build fences, septic company, and a cook at nights
Jun 21 2010 11:30PM
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Eli.D
Posts: 476 - Karma: 603
16, i work in a ware house durring the day then i mow lawns in the afternoon/night
Jun 21 2010 11:55PM
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Tasche
Posts: 5422 - Karma: 99
Every single, yes every single, person I know that got a good paying job in high school and didn't go to college regrets that decision now.

I worked during the summers when I was younger, but why work. Working is for old people, take every chance you can to learn and travel when you are young because the older you get the more shit you have to deal with.
Jun 22 2010 12:23AM
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sugarloaf
Posts: 7866 - Karma: 299

I babysat when i was 14-16. at 16 i got my first 'real' job working at a cafe in a deli. I still work at that job every summer/break from school. slowly climbed up the ladder and now make 11.50/hr. not too bad, considering most of my job is just me hanging out with peopel i now consider my good friends (aka old ladies and some middle age people, plus my legit best friend). Last summer I didn't make nearly as much as I would have liked to cause i was also working an unpaid internship 3 days a week. I have a work-study job (secretary job, aka I get paid to do my homework) at school too, but that pays mostly for weekly expenses. this summer at 21 I'm going to be a freelance journalist for my local paper (I will get paid to do the work I did for free at my internship last summer) as well as work for the deli for the 5th year in a row. I'm extremely grateful my boss takes me back every summer/break.

On a different note, I'm studying abroad right now on a student visa, which means prevents me from getting any type of job (although I'm sure if I really wanted to work I could've). it's been weird not going to work at all the past 6 months. it's a nice change, but at the same time it sucks relying on your parents. I can't imagine ever having to do that year-round. this is a special occasion and I'm really lucky that they have supported me these past few months.but I'm looking forward to getting back to work and making my own money in a few weeks.

Jun 22 2010 8:26AM
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1080ski
Posts: 4424 - Karma: 191
I am 20 years old, but have been working since I was about 15 or 16 (cant remember, but I was a sophomore in high school).

I worked as a lifeguard for 2 summers, worked in a bagel/sandwich shop during the school year for about 1/2 the year, worked at a newspaper last summer, and am working there part time this summer. I also interned at an architecture firm for a few months. During school (college now) have 2 jobs through the school and am *technically* over the max allowed working hours as a student, but they dont really care since i can keep my life in order and work with no issues.
Jun 22 2010 10:35AM
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kootenayklaus
Posts: 3914 - Karma: 2,179
15 and I scrub dental instruments at my mom's office for minimum. Actually quite dangerous considering Ive stuck myself twice with needles that are Hep and HIV positive.
Jun 22 2010 11:52AM
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wynnyk
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 555
15, and it's my second year being an assistant instructor teaching mountain biking throughout a bunch of places in my area, I work every Sunday in the Spring and Fall, and Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm at 8 bucks an hour. It's the best job ever.
Jun 22 2010 11:56AM
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feihlination
Posts: 8356 - Karma: 1,084
i did something similar, is it like really instructing or more guiding?
Jun 22 2010 12:03PM
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C.Wood
Posts: 2524 - Karma: 180
Ive been working for years since i was like 12 or so

-when i was 12 i looked after my neighbors house doing leave ans shoveling snow while she was in Florida for 6 months. still doing the job every winter

-Marina for spring time this year getting ready for the summer season,me and my cousin built 12 boat slips  in a few weekends or so, fully covered.

-Ski instructor in the winter for past 2 seasons

-this summer I'm working at my dads work. doing like maintenance or working in one of the shops. but that's Monday - Friday 730- i don't know when and i get like 10.25 an hour. so I'm pretty happy for that
Jun 22 2010 12:32PM
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Sufferboy
Posts: 4241 - Karma: 122
14 and 15 i worked summers at a dog groomer. 14-18 i worked as a ski instructor in the winter. now at 19 i am working 3 jobs and taking a lot of college classes
Jun 22 2010 12:38PM
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1080ski
Posts: 4424 - Karma: 191
^forgot to add that this past year at school i worked 3 jobs during the first semester, not 2. i dropped the third due to time constraints.
Jun 22 2010 1:21PM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
15, and i tutor two kids in math and english. 20 bucks an hour, 3 hours a week. its not a job really, just an easy way to get extra cash
Jun 22 2010 1:40PM
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omnomnom
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im 16 and theres a little thing going on right now called unemployment in my town. i have applied at about 12 places in town. i havent gotten a call back from anywhere. yes, i followed up. yes, i also dropped off a resume in addition to the application. its too fucking tough right now. when there are twice as many adults as teenagers looking for jobs, who do you think they'll take? the adults. therefore, i babysit. and it sucks. oh well.
Jun 22 2010 1:44PM
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i0z
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18 and concession stand and dunkin doughnuts.
how ever my friend is 18 gets full benefits and $35 an hour doing roofing. he is a lucky asshole
Jun 22 2010 2:27PM
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mmallender.
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19, this summer i am a shipper, silk screener, pattern cutter, wetsuit gluer, wetsuit assembly, and basically office bitch.

i make $14 an hour, 45 hours a week

last summer i did construction cleanup bitch work for $19 an hour, which basically turned into $12 after taxes and union fees, 50 hours a week

before that, worked in a tiny ass boardshop working for a douchebag owner who fired me after he gave me the weekend off, after two weeks notice to ask for it, and then being 4 hours away and being asked to come work. $8 an hour 30 hours a week

canadian dollars by the way
Jun 22 2010 2:55PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
19 I cut steaks for a wholesale meat company. We sell to most of the nice restaurants in Oregon. I love my job but hate the horrible hours (4:30 am to 12:30. I take a lunch break at 8 am haha)
Jun 22 2010 4:16PM
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.Ben
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19 and had plenty of jobs in the past but am having a really hard time finding one this summer. Sucks I hate my life right now.
Jun 22 2010 4:20PM
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cornholio
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$54k/year would work out to almost $26/hr for a 40 hour week

with the hours I've been working lately it's more like $17/hr which blows
Jun 22 2010 5:27PM
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IanAdams
Posts: 281 - Karma: 89
almost 20, work full time at an aerospace manufacturing company that makes parts for jet aircraft , tanks, and APC's. I work with blueprints, make machining drawings , and fill out random paperwork and other things that bore me to tears. only make 9 an hour because im young. i should be making double that but oh well all my bills are paid(ish) haha
Jun 22 2010 6:17PM
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jibbinc.
Posts: 3355 - Karma: 2,497
16 dont work. yet.
Jun 22 2010 6:21PM
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.Blake.
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23. work at an ad agency in LA
Jun 22 2010 6:21PM
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Ski..4..Life
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19, been working since 16.
This summer i got the hookups, work mon-fri 8-4:30 making $660 a week or $17.60 an hour!!!
might not have to take a loan for 2nd year !! hells yeah
Jun 22 2010 6:28PM
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GratefulDead
Posts: 3554 - Karma: 84
dude let me tell you, from a smoking standpoint, which i know you can relate to, it suits me well to work.
Jun 22 2010 9:43PM
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gstaff
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15-random neighborhood jobs
16- Maintenance crew on a golf course (funnest job ever)$8.50/hour
17-Currently working in the kitchen at the same golf course $10.00/hour
Jun 22 2010 10:22PM
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oreopancake.
Posts: 2596 - Karma: 21
16, working at restaurant for second straight summer, dishwashing/prepping/cooking.
Jun 22 2010 10:33PM
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Dylan_
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got a new job today as a white water guide.

walked in filled out the app, and they called me within 15 mins asking me to start tmr.. SOOOO STOKED!
Jun 22 2010 11:52PM
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EastCoast315
Posts: 3136 - Karma: 137
lol que?
Jun 23 2010 11:01AM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Well starting at 13, I mowed lawns in the summer, and shoveled snow in the winter for 2 years.

But right after I turned 15, I got a somewhat real job bussing tables, and that's what I'm doing now (my 15th birthday was in may).

Jun 23 2010 11:07AM
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Crack.
Posts: 6020 - Karma: 84
16, work in a pharmacy as a Tech. 9.50 an hour yoo
Jun 23 2010 11:41AM
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JStrathern
Posts: 8747 - Karma: 1,536
16 and work at like a grocery store/marketplace
Jun 23 2010 11:44AM
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SteezyasPie
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17, work at a mountain, a pharmacy, and a summer camp. I've been working since I was 14 too.
Jun 23 2010 11:53AM
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powday
Posts: 3055 - Karma: 326
19, work at PF Changs as a Host/Takeout/Back Waiter. Pays decent + tips, chill co-workers.
Jun 23 2010 12:16PM
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