What part-time jobs did you have as a teenager, and what job do you now have?

[CP.AR]

1st job (only for the summer): construction-ish job. got hookups with the boss so it was chill-time most of the time
2nd job: Passport Production Clerk (baller job for when you are 18 lol)
3rd (now): Admin/Office Assistant/"the IT guy" at a smalltime firm

[ConCho]

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Coach where? I'm interested in coaching now but I need some info or past experiences
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Coached for my old school. Junior coaching other juniors and seniors.

[importantLS]

still a teen
first job mcdonalds
second job home depot
now first year apprentice carpenter

[Veleno]

Door-to-door sales of long distance plans
Dishwasher at Earls
Waiter at Nagasaki-Ya Japanese Restaurant in Coq
Lab research assistant
Teaching assistant and private tutor while back in school at SFU
Management consultant
And starting next week as an independent consultant!

[Preemo]

First: Coast Spas building hot tubs.

Now: Web Dev

[K_rave]

still a teenager but
First job : NCiX part-time

[PJ]

Teen: PNE sweeper (summer)
Nat Bailey Stadium concession (summer)
Safeway stock boy
Buy Low Foods deli
Earls line cook
American Eagle (winter)
Hollister
Warehouse guy for Ogio products (summer)

Recent:
Engineer at Four Seasons Hotel (Still a teen.. I was 18 here)
Engineer at Electronic Arts

Current: Engineering Manager at an investment company (I'm 21 now..)

Also, some income from my side career with music production/writing

[instantneedles]

Originally Posted by Impulse_x

Current: Engineering Manager at an investment company (I'm 21 now..)

you boss. $$$$$

[PJ]

Haha thanks. I just started this position a couple months ago.

Oddly enough, it's about 70% finance/accounting/management and 30% engineering.. even though I have little to no experience in the finance area. But really it's just simple paper work and budgeting..

[Jeremy617]

then(18): IGA produce dept.
now(24): Network administrator/Cisco unified communications engineer for versacold canada

[The_AK]

First job: mcdanks in the back where the action took place (man'd the grill)

Real job: marketing assistant

Finishing degree now though

[shawnly]

Originally Posted by Impulse_x

Haha thanks. I just started this position a couple months ago.

Oddly enough, it's about 70% finance/accounting/management and 30% engineering.. even though I have little to no experience in the finance area. But really it's just simple paper work and budgeting..

What's your educational background, UBC? Degree?

[PJ]

No degree, no UBC. If I did Engineering at UBC I wouldn't be graduated until I'm 23-26.

Originally I wanted to work in the music industry, but my mom being Chinese, and my dad being half Chinese, you could imagine how that went over.

So basically I just researched the highest salary with the most available job market, and found a 2-year Engineering program at BCIT. They had a waitlist, so I spent a year at SFU studying general math and physics and transferred my credits to BCIT. After finishing the program, I ended up with a couple Certificates, a Diploma, and a job with great pay.

I really did not care what the program was or what I was doing. I just needed a high-paying job to put myself through music school and fund this expensive hobby. Then when I graduated, one thing led to another.. And after some negotiations with the company, I fell into this position.

It is kind of odd, because ~80% of graduates from this program end up doing shift work at mills, power plants, oil refineries, etc. But I ended up with an office day job. Given that, the people working in those environments probably make more than me.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about the program as I don't wanna clutter this thread.

[JSALES]

as a teen

first job: waiter/busboy
second job: photolab clerk/cashier/merchanise clerk
third job: customer service representative at panago
fourth job: customer service staff at nasco, beverage server at pne, cashier at aramark, SSA at the airport (i worked all these 4 jobs at the same time) haha

currently: unemployed cause of school

[Alby]

1st job: mcdonalds (3 years)
2nd job: coast mountain bus (8 years and going) - current
part time: starbucks (3 years and going) - current

did a one time summer job with bc ferries but that didn't last long as it was an on call job. had to wait for their phone call everyday for work.

[Santofu]

^ Are you a bus driver or mechanic?

[terryjai]

1st job = mcd
2nd job = bodyshop
current = insurance adjuster

[instantneedles]

Originally Posted by Impulse_x

No degree, no UBC. If I did Engineering at UBC I wouldn't be graduated until I'm 23-26.

Originally I wanted to work in the music industry, but my mom being Chinese, and my dad being half Chinese, you could imagine how that went over.

So basically I just researched the highest salary with the most available job market, and found a 2-year Engineering program at BCIT. They had a waitlist, so I spent a year at SFU studying general math and physics and transferred my credits to BCIT. After finishing the program, I ended up with a couple Certificates, a Diploma, and a job with great pay.

I really did not care what the program was or what I was doing. I just needed a high-paying job to put myself through music school and fund this expensive hobby. Then when I graduated, one thing led to another.. And after some negotiations with the company, I fell into this position.

It is kind of odd, because ~80% of graduates from this program end up doing shift work at mills, power plants, oil refineries, etc. But I ended up with an office day job. Given that, the people working in those environments probably make more than me.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about the program as I don't wanna clutter this thread.

Wow, impressive I must say. Props to u for finding such a higher-end position with so little schooling and without a degree even at a such an age. This just comes to show how people with degrees dont always dominate in the market. You must be one heck of an outgoing fellow. I am inspired.

[impulseX]

first (15): technician (summer) and chuck e cheese
then : save on foods (cashier/grocery clerk)
now (21): cook at seasons in the park (lvl 2 apprentice), and the keg steakhouse and bar

[josel_atr]

very first job summer job - fish processor. good pay, lots of hours and ot but it stunk.
pt jobs while in hs - tim hortons, mcdonalds then superstore
summer before bcit - auto parts driver -good pay and it was fun
after bcit diploma - im in accounting

it was hard for me to find pt work because we were immigrants. but when i started meeting ppl in hs, thats where it began.

[604nguyen]

highschool-car wash boy
while at sfu-production line worker at a bottling plant
bcit-journeyman electrician
currently-facilities management for RBC

[W2K]

First: GIS Technician (coop) in a BC Ministry.
Now: GIS Specialist in a federal department.
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[Sentinel]

First: A&W - cashier(18yrs old)
Then: Cactus Club - dishwasher > line cook > shift leader(18-23)
Now: Hyatt Regency Vancouver - cook(25)

[Meowjin]

cafe (12)
mcdonalds (14-17)
warehouse (17-current)
Nightclub (20-current)

now I'm 24 and im a full time student. Still working both jobs :/

[RFlush]

Originally Posted by MajinHurricane

cafe (12)
mcdonalds (14-17)
warehouse (17-current)
Nightclub (20-current)

now I'm 24 and im a full time student. Still working both jobs :/

How did you work at McDonalds under the age of 15?