£10 a day in a cafe in Blackburn market aged 15. Shifting the chairs to mop the floors gave me guns
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And it seems my other daughter is likely to get an apprenticeship with one of the multinationals here, as a lab. technician. Starting January 2015, first year she'll get about £500 a month. Second year, up to £2000 a month.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Age 15, assembly line of boilers for coffee makers.
With the money I bought my first electric guitar, which I still have. My precious..Comment
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A paper round when I was a young teen. When I was 18 I got a summer job as a cashier in a 24hour petrol station - horrible job with many horrible people. Got threatened at gun point twice and got loads of hassle from the manager when I refused to give someone a free car wash until she explained she was the area manager.Comment
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Making dinner in old people's home. It was lovely.
Washing up in the Berni Inn & Happy eater wasn't so much fun.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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McDonalds when I was at college. I turned up once or twice a month to work when I needed money, hated it. They moved me from making burgers to doing the French fries, I didn't have what it takes to do the burgers.Comment
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At 16 I worked for Sandfords (big DIY stores that were taken over by Texas Homecare) Friday after school and Saturday. Which wasn't a bad job really. Can't remember how much for.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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My first paid work was handing out leaflets for a touristy shop in Cornwall during the summer at around 15 (I guess). I also worked on the tills at Tesco one summer and as a barman in the local pub the next during the long university holidays... not because I really wanted the money but because my parents were of the opinion that long holidays were bad for you
My first proper job was a games developer right out of university and I've been in software - the career I planned since before starting university - ever since.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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