Meanwhile, I've had 9 since I was 11 years old (am in my 40s) and I only ever got that first job via networking, which subsequently paid me under the table at l

Meanwhile, I've had 9 since I was 11 years old (am in my 40s) and I only ever got that first job via networking, which subsequently paid me under the table at less than minimum wage (but nothing that an early-morning-while-nobody-is-around fibbing on the timesheet couldn't fix). I make it a point to NOT go to places I know that I have friends and colleagues at, because I don't want the dynamic to be weird.