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Yep, i started to work at age 14 at the Dairy Queen in town, and in summers I was also a lifeguard at the local pool once I hit 16. (such a small town Midwestern cliche)

I was a cashier at a grocery store my last year in HS.

I worked for my aunt and uncle in their business they owned as a secretary starting when I was 15. I staying there until I was 22! and I got my first real job

I didn't ever work during the actual school year. But during the summers starting when I was 16, I would work as a receptionist at my dad's dermatology office. I enjoyed it! It taught me a lot about customer service

I worked at a minor league baseball stadium. It was very flexible, I could say yes or no to working a game depending on if I had to study, write a paper, etc.

I started working at about 12, cleaning the local newspaper office 2 days a week and teaching ballet lessons 2 days a week. I kept both of those jobs until my senior year in high school, and I also did a few other things for shorter periods of time during middle school/high school: babysitting/full-time nannying, working at a sub shop, editing newpaper articles, and cleaning the post office.

I did. I started at a local pizza/sub shop in town when I was 15 and worked there for over 3 years all through high school. I wanted a car and new clothes and so, I had to get a job to get what I wanted! I also taught private violin lessons to younger kids on the weekends.

I only worked during the summers. I started at a movie theater the summer before 11th grade and worked there each summer until the middle of college.

@sarbear: Awesome story!

I worked in a surf shop from sophomore - senior year. I loved my job and it is still the best job I've ever had. Mostly due to my coworkers. I've gained lifelong friends from that job, and seriously had way more fun than anyone should at work. But everyone stated leaving at the same time for various reasons, and the new people sucked. So I quit halfway through senior year and just had fun before college instead.

I babysat A LOT and worked at my dad’s office doing clerical things during the summers. During the school year I was very involved in extra-curricular activities and didn’t have a lot of free time.

I worked at Staples one summer and Macy's during another. I worked at the Limited one summer after my freshman year of college.

I babysat every once in a while. The summer before my senior year in high school I was a nanny for 2 small boys. But I didn't have a regular/formal job during the school year.

I babysat occasionally. School kept me pretty busy and I didn't have a car. A job wasn't much of an option.

My parents owned a dry cleaners so i spent all of my summers working at the front counter from when i was 14. There was one summer, however, where i decided i wanted an "office job" telemarketing and ended up making less than i would at my parents' store!

@Rubies: do all koreans teach piano at one point??

@Rubies: i must have been the only one who didnt finish RCM before 16! haha

@Rubies: hahaha omg, my parents would kill me! I just went up to grade 9, and then my teacher told me he doesnt think i'm committed enough to continue onto grade 10. Diss...but i was in university by then so i was actually relieved!

Yep - i worked the concession stands at a baseball stadium. And I also held a job in retail one summer.

I started working when I was a sophomore (my mom had to drop me off until I got my license) at a learning center. They tutored kids on reading, math, etc. I got paid $12 an hour and I remember feeling RICH.