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Ask HN: What was your first job and salary?
- leed25d 5y ago$1.88 / hr as a window washer for a paper company. This was in 1963, the company had five mills and a window washing crew of 6 high school students on summer break.
- thescribbblr 5y agoI wasn't born then. But really inspiring atleast to me to work hard. Thanks for answering.
- saasgod 5y agoAn unpaid intern at a hot tech startup with a great free lunch menu
- thescribbblr 5y agoBingo. I too had a unpaid internship.
- saasgod 5y agoWas a great learning experience for me. Looking back, I would've paid to do the job as well
- ranguski 5y agoI was earning 250$ a month as an average programmer. I was working with some Java, Commute was 40miles everyday. Since I wasn't able to afford an apartment. I had signed contract with them that I won't quit... yeah 24 year old me was an idiot.
- thescribbblr 5y agoHope that contract proved to be beneficial to you.
- p1esk 5y ago$7/hr as a dishwasher in 2000
- thescribbblr 5y agoAmazing! What lessons you learnt about saving money?
- p1esk 5y agoWho said anything about saving money?
- thescribbblr 5y agoJust want to know
- byoung2 5y ago$10/hr as a teaching assistant at Sylvan Learning Center in 1998...my first job as a high school grad the summer before college.
- thescribbblr 5y agoWow. How much a total you had made? Does you still teach students or landed up in other profession?
- byoung2 5y agoThat was just my first summer job...I taught test preparation classes at Kaplan during college and became a manager before switching careers to software engineering
- thescribbblr 5y agoAwesome.
- f0e4c2f7 5y agoWhen I was 13 or so I started a computer repair company for people in my town and local businesses. I didn't keep very good track of how much I made but I would guess it was around $2k a month. Couldn't beat the money and freedom as a kid.
- thescribbblr 5y agoWow mind-blowing. My first earning was around 1$ when I was 10 or 12 years old. Inspiring though.