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scott-skis
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i'm 18 and i need to save for college next year. any good summer jobs to make good money?
Mar 22 2011 6:37PM
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Montville57
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Make yourself a little lawn mowing service. It pays good I work with my dad landscaping and it pretty good money
Mar 22 2011 6:38PM
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belden...
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Find a nice golf club and caddy. I do it and make 120 a round (usually 4 hours) yeah thats right i get paid 30$ an hour. I'm not even the highest level caddy either they make around 180 or 200.
Mar 22 2011 6:46PM
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blah..
Posts: 534 - Karma: 13
I'm going to try and hook up a job with a brand new ice cream parlor opening in my town. Not sure if you have an ice cream parlor to work at, but it should be sweeet.
Mar 22 2011 6:46PM
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Tasche
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If you want to have fun go be a lifeguard. Pay sucks but it is literally the greatest job ever.

If you want to make a lot of money, and there is oil and gas in your state go get a job on a drilling rig.

If you want to make a lot of money deal drugs or do gay porn.
Mar 22 2011 6:48PM
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AWALLRUS.
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Mar 22 2011 6:48PM
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.jersey
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Currently I walk door to door trying to get people to sign up for a free estimate for painting. Thats only temporary so it looks like ill be a janitor again this summer. There are no fucking jobs anymore. just take what you can find man
Mar 22 2011 6:50PM
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dunkaroos
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try to avoid grocery stores. they suck
Mar 22 2011 6:51PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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solicit yourself for sex on craigs list
pros: have sex
cons:itll be bad sex with
a) lots of gross old men
b) maybe 1 or 2 overweight 50 year old women
c) one of the people may turn you into a lampshade possibly

Mar 22 2011 6:51PM
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Mr.Luke
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yeah, that's a really good job. You make a ton of money from tips alone.
Mar 22 2011 6:51PM
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notadoctor
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I'm not sure about where you live or what you are interested in doing but where I live there are loads of better jobs than lawn mowing for an 18y.o (no offense to whoever suggested it still a legit job)

Check you local classifieds for job postings, apply to lots of places, get a dope ass resume ready and act professional and interested in the company and you'll be sure to land a sick job.

Remember, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. If you find a place you wanna work apply even if they aren't hiring because you never know.

I can personally vouch for this as I just got a call for an interview with a company that wasn't hiring but I really wanted to work for. I was persistent with emails to the company and explained my situation in a professional manner. They explained that they weren't hiring but would keep me in mind. I stayed in contact and today they called. Opening a new office nearby and needed help.
Mar 22 2011 6:53PM
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hoodSlayer
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Be weary though, this is HARD work. They'll haze you too.
Mar 22 2011 6:55PM
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AC_breezy
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work at an easy place, like dairy queen, thats where im working
Mar 22 2011 7:59PM
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2_fadez
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Yard Service Company - Lawn mowing, trimming trees, cleaning gutters. easy shit.

Work at a summer camp - almost always hiring and depending on where you work, you can get awesome tips
Mar 22 2011 8:18PM
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11..11
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Defienetly do a lawn mowing buiseness you can charge like 25-50$ for cutting and like 120 for edging and other stuff
Mar 22 2011 8:46PM
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CAPITA-DEVOURS
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alot of jobs at golf courses pay alot. maybe not this much but still good pay.
Mar 22 2011 8:48PM
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.AR6rider.
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Find the closest hospital and get a job as a patient transporter. Easy as shit. All you do is pick up patients at their rooms, push them to whatever procedure they need to get done in a wheelchair, sit outside, push them back. You have to push around stretchers sometimes too. You don't need any medical experience and all you have to do is be nice and personable.
Mar 22 2011 9:05PM
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Fluttershy
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idk if youre being sarcastic, but ice cream truck drivers that do it in the right neighborhood actually make good money. get a stop done in 5 mins and sell a box of 15 ice cream bars for $1 each when you bought the box for like $4. thats 11 bucks in 5 mins
Mar 22 2011 9:08PM
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EAST~COAST
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yard man for a boat marina! landed that job back in 9th grade. Making $13.50 half on the books/ half off (for workermans comp in case i get hurt). If anyone know's anything about boats you'll know what I'm saying when I say I paint bottoms, replace props and outdrives, oil changes, move cinderblocks around cause that's what boats get stored on, and work with my boy anthon who's hookin me up with a sweet system this summer! love black people

solid job, work outside all summer, get ripped up
Mar 22 2011 9:36PM
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50in07
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Threads
Mar 22 2011 9:39PM
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soulskier
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as mentioned above, oil and gas is good money, plus a really good workout
Mar 22 2011 10:01PM
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Piste.Off
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If you live in or near a big city bike a pedicab around the city for a local company. This summer I'll be biking people to and from Coors Field every game. For those who don't know what a pedicab is its this.
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Mar 22 2011 10:08PM
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pinhead_larry
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Range ballz at golf course!!
Mar 22 2011 10:12PM
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ISellMeth
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Umpiring little kid baseball games. I get twenty bucks a game with like 4 games a week for 12 weeks.
Mar 22 2011 10:12PM
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soulskier
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that was my absolute favorite job, until umping an all star game. normally had a pretty good rapport with the kids until i made a good call but an upsetting one against the home team. couldnt take the pressure anymore, lol
Mar 22 2011 10:14PM
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Z-Juice
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it's REALLY good money actually
Mar 22 2011 10:20PM
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.nasty
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oh no way you do that! I always see them at rockies games. personally I never felt the need to pay someone to take me a couple hundred feet but old and fat people eat that shit up.
Mar 22 2011 10:20PM
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SkiThe603
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Mar 22 2011 10:21PM
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Piste.Off
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Yea I've only just started though. You rent the bike for $125 a week and keep all fare and tips tax free. Basically you get free range to ride anywhere in Denver, with no set hours at all. $2 a block is the norm plus a few bucks tip. Old people and young families can't get enough of the pedicab.
Mar 22 2011 10:29PM
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.nasty
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have you done it yet? how much can you make with this?
Mar 22 2011 10:37PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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Pretty much any hard labor job, yes its going to suck but theres a reason they get paid well. Sack up and earn your pay.
Mar 22 2011 10:38PM
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Blurst
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SCOTT OBVIOUSLY WORK AT WEBBERS YOU IDIOT BEST JOB IN THE WORLD
Mar 22 2011 10:43PM
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SPskier543
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If you live by the water, be a launch operator at a yacht club or marina. The boats you drive are badass and you can do all the sick maneuvers in them. The pay is decent, like $13 an hour but the tips you get are awesome. One night I made $250 in tips alone (4th of July, very busy)
Mar 22 2011 10:44PM
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monkatizer
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dont do this if u live where there are lots of hills!
Mar 22 2011 10:48PM
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BenWest
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Is this for Student Works Painting or another student run painting company? Cause for anyone even thinking of getting a job with one... GTFO NOW, I worked for SWP two summers ago, and having a student as a manager was terrible. He was horrible at getting business for us, despite the hours of door to door marketing that I did, and then every other day he'd say "oh the forecast says its gonna rain... we can't paint... oh the forecast says its going to be really hot... we can't paint... today is going to be perfect, lets start work at 11:00 (and then work till 8 or 9)" In the end I didn't get properly paid either.

Now, tree planting, there's an awesome job, has the potential for a LOT of money, but its VERY hard work, planting thousands of trees a day, climbing through swamps and slash in the pouring rain and sweltering heat. One month till I return!
Mar 22 2011 10:49PM
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scott-skis
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hahah i tried that and i barely lasted a month. but oh yes i agree!
Mar 22 2011 10:49PM
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Piste.Off
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I got to ride just one week at the end of last summer. I'm starting again in a few weeks after schools out. The most I made was 110ish a day, riding for like 4 hours. You easily pay for the bike riding 2-3 days a week.
The key is to hit up concerts, games, and other big events. Supposedly people riding during the DNC a few years ago made thousands during it.
It keeps you in shape and you meet a ton of people, its great.
Mar 22 2011 10:52PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
college works painting. But yeah. Im not painting, I just sign people up. My boss knows whatsup and gets me my money so i have no complaints with him.
Mar 22 2011 10:54PM
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C-Ski
Posts: 429 - Karma: 20
Agreed, I worked for College Pro and it was complete hell. Havent seen a pay stub yet or a T4 to do my taxes. Wouldnt reccomend these student painting jobs to anyone
Mar 22 2011 11:25PM
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KellyK
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temp agency. not gonna get the best gigs, but you make bank.
Mar 22 2011 11:26PM
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pigglywiggly
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threads. I need a job
Mar 22 2011 11:32PM
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n_b
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lawn mowing 4 sure!
Mar 22 2011 11:45PM
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pow314
Posts: 424 - Karma: 111
go to alaska, find a fishing job. I made 45,000 before taxes in 3 months of work at age 16. it can be hard work, but its an awesome adventure.
Mar 22 2011 11:46PM
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ReignMan
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selling vienersnitsal out the back of a golf cart at a soccer place. pretty gurls, food, warm summerness golf cart yay.
Mar 22 2011 11:48PM
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deleted5
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make fake passports and sell them for 10,000$ each
Mar 22 2011 11:49PM
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2_fadez
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oh you!
Mar 25 2011 8:45AM
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TonKwon
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Get your name out there for the hardlabor. Last season i moved haybails and also did side jobs roofing with my uncle. Both payed $15 dollars an hour and i would come out with at least $90.00 dollars a day. Now that its winter, i make $8.50
Mar 25 2011 8:48AM
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monkatizer
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threads, i need a job
Mar 25 2011 11:22AM
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dbstar
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if you want to party like a fool with degenerately amazing people then go treeplanting, you will also make money
Mar 25 2011 11:24AM
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derpina
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UPS!!!! I heard they pay a shit ton. Also do a lot of night shifts there so you can have your days.
Mar 25 2011 11:27AM
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I.B
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New page. My summer job. WAL-Mart
Mar 25 2011 11:33AM
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