Guide (they called us 'explainers') at the Exploratorium, a science museum in San Francisco. I was paid minimum wage - then about $5.50 an hour, I think.
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#12Data entry. Ten hour shifts. At night.
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#13Cook at Hardee's - it wasn't that bad, lots of free food. Definitely didn't do anything to contribute to my current career (Sr. Developer).
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#1417, I worked for a local family owned ice cream shop of course! $6.75/hr.
16 and I worked for at an ice cream shop too! Corporate chain type though. $5.25/hr (1998 dollars).
edit: birthday paradox in action?
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#15Bagger at Albertsons ("courtesy clerk") at $5.15/hr, during high school. I've never had so much financial freedom in my life.
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#1615 y.o., life guard at a pool. Minimum wage @ $5.00/hr. Ouch!
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#1716, doing Telephone surveys. Lasted for 2.5 years through high-school. Minimum wage, but I was pretty good so I could get the volume bonuses a lot of time. Hated the work. Loved the schedule.
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#18A summertime gig doing FoxPro database programming for $17.50/hour.
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#19Around 9 years old, I was weighing people for money (~5 cents converted to USD in that time) on local markets.
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#20Picking dandelions, $0.01 for each stem, $0.02 if it included the root.
I was 4 at the time.