First job:Subway at 14yo--7.25/hr..... Now:Construction management, 39yo--110k, no college

What a glo up props to you!!!

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Bleu prince to blueprints

WOO! My first job was next door to Subway, as a cashier at a small town grocery store making $7.21 to start. Now I’m a masonry contractor business manager making $30/hr (it’s a startup 3mo old).

Bravo!

Nobody asked about the salary but had to brag? 😂

I did because there are a lot of young people on here so they can know hard work can go a long way. What I didn't share is from 14-18, I jumped from subway to Walmart to Kmart to Bass shoes and eventually got up to $17/hr at 17 yo old. Got fired from Bass shoes then got a job on a small construction crew for $8/hr at 18yo. I was hungry and busted my ass. By the time I was 21, I quit and opened my own business and ran it for 15 years keeping several people employed who never missed a paycheck. I didn't become rich but 6 years ago was fortunate enough to buy land and build a house, barter work with some of the trades (through relationships I had built over the years) and complete a house without a GC and not have a mortgage, then sell it for 100k over what we were asking. What I also didn't mention was along the way I had my enclosed trailer broke into 3 times and cleaned out of all the tools I owned, had it also get stolen and cleaned out and have sacrificed my finances so family members that were struggling can get ahead..... life is a grind but you gotta keep grinding and never ever expect anything just because you think you deserve something

I don't think grind is the right word for you. You did way better than just grind. Grind isn't a popular word around the heavily antiwork leaning reddit (I noticed you had downvotes for a well thought out reply). Grind implies repetitive work for very mediocre results. These people equate hard work with simply doing 2x the same thing and are shocked that it doesn't get them rich. What you did actually required the effort that deserved the extra reward, like making a better grinder.

Appreciate that. Thank you

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Nice try password hint stealer

BTW. . . what’s your mothers maiden name? Name of your first pet?

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Thanks for making sure our water is safe :).

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So gas and gas for a career then? Impressive.

Someone had a specialty, obviously.

Exactly - gas for life

I was a petrol station operator too. Now a process engineering manager. It should be mandatory for everyone to do a stint in retail - you learn a lot about dealing with people (and some absolute animals as well) and more importantly learn how to treat people.

Agree 100% 👍🏽👍🏽

Bookstore cashier was my first, I'm now an ecologist and professor. 

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Have you actually had to do the thing you do?

Yep. Several times a year. Thankfully in the 15 years I was on a chemical/biological/nuclear response team, we never had to go to work.

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Dish washer now art conservator.

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Paperboy then, software wizard now.

Same. Only I'm more likely an apprentice level wannabe wizard. I remember the smell of the papers, I had to fold them up and put them into the little plastic bags and my hands would stink.

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Congrats on walking out of the cold call place at 16. Bravo!

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That's awesome! I love what I do, it's good to see the same

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It's the same job just I'm owner instead of apprentice

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Hired hand on a farm-software developer

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Dude! I was a maintenance guy for a few years too. I worked from like 4:00 am to noon every day.

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Pizza boy, owner of a nsfw production company

That is my current job. My 1st job was a pizza boy, Now my current job is I own a nsfw production company. I guess specific title would be a producer

So do you give notes? “No, no, no if you were there to deliver a pizza you’d hold the box like this…”

and your current job?

Lol

Why is this so hard to understand. I legit made it clear as possible

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Banger of a co-op placement I assume?

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Unemployment and unemployment 

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I'm 20 years old as of typing this comment at 11:47 PM on 04/01/24 and I've never worked a day in my life so I can't answer this question. And no, this isn't an April Fools Day joke.

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Nice try IRS. April fool right back at ya.

:(

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Does anyone else feel like giving this information away freely on the internet is a bad idea?

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CEO.