https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 06:03:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college/page/2#post-1731695 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:55:58 +0000 spaniellove 1731695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked for a doctor at the end of high school and then worked 20 hours a week in a lab in college and full time over the summers. I pretty much had to in college because my parents thought it was enough to get into a good school and didn't help me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college/page/2#post-1731635 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:39:59 +0000 Greentea 1731635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. DH has been working since he was 6! He had to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college/page/2#post-1731545 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:17:02 +0000 snowjewelz 1731545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I babysat starting when I was in 8th grade already and also did some dog walking/sitting. At some point in HS I worked part time at a bakery till I graduated. Then I've worked summer jobs and also part time jobs in college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college/page/2#post-1726962 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:52:05 +0000 Smurfette 1726962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: wow! Y'all knew each other as teenagers? Small world! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726958 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:49:44 +0000 Boheme 1726958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. I worked as a lifeguard with @blackbird: haha! I also worked as a beach lifeguard in Texas, and I taught swim lessons and nannied in college during the school year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726948 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:47:47 +0000 pinkcupcake 1726948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I worked about 8 hours a week for my parents while I was in high school (they had a gas station). I worked off and on throughout college at various retail stores. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726930 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:42:50 +0000 BlueWolverine 1726930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got my first summer job at good ol' McDonalds when I was 17. Worked all through college. The only time I wasn't working was while I was in law school. I can't even imagine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726848 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:17:45 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1726848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I started at 15. In high school I would wake up at 6:00 and leave for school at 6:30. After school I would go to soccer practice and then straight to work from there. I'd get home around 10:30, eat, shower, and homework before bed. I don't know how I did that. </p> <p>I had two jobs through my junior year of college. I didn't work my senior year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726836 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:14:24 +0000 Honeygold89 1726836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 16 and during my 12 grade year I only had 2 classes and was out by 10am so I worked two jobs one from 10:30-6 and the from 6:30-10:30 it was fun because I had way mordant energy back then once I graduated I went back to just one job while in college </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726820 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:09:09 +0000 Ra 1726820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started working summers when I was 13. I worked at a farm taking care of the horses and taking people on trail rides in exchange for leasing one of their horses. At 15, I started working at Papa Johns ( through the school year and summer) and worked there until I turned 18. I worked at a payroll company through my early 20s and didn't go to college until I was 26. In college, I worked for a law firm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726802 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:00:12 +0000 PurplePumps 1726802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really, my parents didn't want me to get a job for fear it would interfere with school work. I had a job summer after junior and senior year in HS, then in college I did some work as a computer lab monitor during the year (but really I just sat there and did my homework). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726785 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:55:04 +0000 regberadaisy 1726785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brothers wouldn't let me work in high school because they thought school was more important. In college I worked PT for extra spending cash. I started full time immediately after graduation.</p> <p>@hotchildinthecity: DH was like that! Got his first PT job at 15, I think. Then started full time when he started college. The man worked 40 hours a week in a program that required us to stay up all night a lot along with going to school FT. He's my hero. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726780 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:53:58 +0000 Smurfette 1726780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Started working at 15 as a cashier at a grocery store. Then I worked stocking shelves at one when we moved. I worked two jobs in college. Then again 2 jobs (7 days a week) in the summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726771 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:52:34 +0000 cascademom 1726771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I rode my bike to my first job before I could drive. I started working at 14 years old when my mom made some comment about not getting a job. I rode my bike down the street to a restaurant and became a bus boy. After that restaurant, I worked at another couple of restaurants nearby throughout high school.</p> <p>During high school and college, I worked retail for a bit. One of my college summer was spent in class at a community college taking math and science courses for credit/not my GPA. Another summer was spent as an intern in Washington, DC. It was right around the time that Chandra Levy disappeared. My parents worried about me constantly that summer. Luckily, my brother was in Philadelphia that summer, so I visited him and my SIL. I think one summer was spent taking care of my mom post surgery.</p> <p>Yep, I've been working for a long time. I remember feeling that office jobs were the place to be because I hated retail and restaurants after some time. Now, they're just okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726707 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:34:05 +0000 MrsTal 1726707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, started working part-time when I was 14 up until my last year of college. At that point I was trying to work, go to school, and complete student teaching and it drained me so much. So I quit my job my last year of college and didn't get a job until 7 months after graduation, it was a little stressful after graduation but I loved the break and being able to focus on school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726682 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:29:09 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1726682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I had a job in HS and on and off during college, but I always worked in the summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726607 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:11:04 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 1726607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I started working at 16 and haven't stopped since. I paid for college myself and worked through it. It took me 4 years to get a 2 year degree, but I got it!</p> <p>I tried to convince my younger cousins to not start working at 16, but they didn't listen to me LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726588 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:07:51 +0000 Anagram 1726588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I started working in a restaurant at 16 and continued to work through college and grad school and still working.</p> <p>But I got in all my travel after I started teaching. I would sublet my apartment and travel for 6 weeks -2 months for 5 years straight, it was amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726543 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:59:00 +0000 autumnlove 1726543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked my senior year of high school and throughout college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726533 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:56:10 +0000 jedeve 1726533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: No. My mom was kind of like you - worked through high school and was adamant she didn't want us to do that. So we did things like educational summer camps and other things to supplement my high school's really crappy education. </p> <p>In college I worked here and there, but only full time one summer. I volunteered two other summers and studied abroad another. </p> <p>I did babysit regularly during both. </p> <p>I worked part time in grad school. </p> <p>Actually, I've never had a full time/full paying job. I did two years in a volunteer corps after college. Then after grad school I was pregnant and took a part time job so I could stay home with the kiddos some too. Sometimes I wish I had had a fine in my life where I was just working and not doing school or kids so that I could have made a little money! And not spent it on tuition or diapers... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726474 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:44:18 +0000 looch 1726474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: yep, us as well. It's so hard to imagine what we'll be doing next month, let alone in 15 years, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726471 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:43:16 +0000 Alivoo01 1726471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked one day a week in HS and two days in College. I worked more days during the summer when school was out and I wasn't taking summer courses. My parents wanted me to focus on school and school only and didn't want me working. Once I graduated from college, I've been working FT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726417 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:33:27 +0000 lawbee11 1726417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I worked during the summers starting when I was 16. Then when I was in college I worked 2 jobs. I did not work during law school (except for the summers). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726408 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:32:02 +0000 alohaorchid 1726408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked part time from 15-18, and have worked full time ever since. I worked full time and was also a full time student at the same time.... now at 30 I'm so ready for a break but things aren't slowing down any time soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726295 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:08:38 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1726295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: i totally agree working in the summer is fun and teaches responsibility. I hope i can make it so my little dude doesnt have to work during the school year, or can just work a handful of hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726292 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:07:18 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1726292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first "real job" towards the end of my Sr. year in HS. In college, I only worked during the summers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726290 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:07:05 +0000 doodlepoodle 1726290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started working 'under the table' when I was 14 and have only taken 3 months off since then...including my college years. </p> <p>I want J to have a sense of responsibility but I also want him to have fun. I know I'll struggle to find that balance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726288 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:06:36 +0000 lamariniere 1726288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. First job at 16 and I was the only one of my friends who worked throughout HS. I interned every semester of college except one, and always held summer jobs as a student. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726287 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:06:24 +0000 looch 1726287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't mind kids working in the summers during the school year, beginning at age 15. It's what I did and it taught me a lot of valuable life lessons. I am not really on board with working during the school year, I tried it for a short time and there was really no time for it, given homework and activities.</p> <p>eta: my summer job was lifeguarding, it was a good job because it was also relatively relaxed in terms of responsibilities. I worked with a lot of my friends over the years.</p> <p>I also did my masters while working full time, I took advantage of tuition reimbursement and I am kicking myself for not starting that sooner, actually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-as-a-teenager-and-in-college#post-1726279 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:04:25 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1726279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: the summer going into college I worked three part time jobs. It didn't phase me! It was one of the most fun summers I've ever had.</p> <p>I'm weird and LIKE to work and be busy 24/7. </p>