My first seven jobs

A little fun for the day. Fred Wilson had his Fun Friday blog post today about the #firstsevenjobs a person has had. I got a kick out of writing my story so I thought I’d post mine here as well. Lol. Enjoy.

My first seven jobs are as follows;

1) Parking lot cleaner (4–5 yrs old) for my grandfather’s Subaru dealership. Highlight: Stapled my finger to some paper.

2) Entrepreneur (8) wove friendship bracelets and sold them on the counter of my uncles gas stations throughout the city I grew up in. Highlight: had 3 friends who were better and faster weavers than I, create the bracelets for me and I’d pay them.

3) Regina Sun paper route (12) delivering a short route every Sunday. Highlight: I was legally allowed to work for the first time. Received my Canadian SSN. Still have that card

4) Leader Post paper route (13–15) while still keeping my Sunday route I got the opportunity to deliver the daily in my city as well. It was a large route. Highlight: made $250 every two. Saved and bought a used pool table and thousands of hockey cards. The basement was now mine.

5) 2nd Leader Post paper route (13–15) finally could let go of my $16 per week Sunday route as I took on a second smaller daily route. Highlight: was making $300–350 bi-weekly. Was saving like a madman

6) Parking lot attendant (15–17) at the large stadium where WHL hockey stars were born. Regina Pats junior hockey. Highlight: worked outside in -60°C weather. Coldest day I’ve witnessed.

7) Salmon bloodline (16–18) worked the bloodline making $20/hr 5 days per week 11hr days cleaning salmon. Highlight: standing beside a bucket of guts all day has its downsides..