# What year did you get your first job, what did you do, and how much did you earn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-you-get-your-first-job-what-did-you-do-and-how-much-did-you-earn/982210 "2023-04-05T16:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-you-get-your-first-job-what-did-you-do-and-how-much-did-you-earn/982210/48 "2023-04-05T21:29:07Z")
Your story of the carpet cleaning then the carwash put me in mind of somebody’s post I read awhile ago about a really shitty summer job he once had. So I searched it up. Good gosh it was from 2007 = 16 years ago! Anyhow, for your reading pleasure: > [@What jobs have the highest turnover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-have-the-highest-turnover/401942/13): > > I worked at an ice factory in Texas for a summer about 12 years or so ago. I remember going in for a jog inquiry/interview. Without hardly even looking at my app or even me really they said sure we will hire you just stick around in shouting distance for a bit. About 15 min later they called me in for work. WOW!! That was a tough job. There were 6 people in the bagging area and all of them had been there for quite some time. The 7th persons job was to stack bags of ice on the pallet. This on… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-you-get-your-first-job-what-did-you-do-and-how-much-did-you-earn/982210)._