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I certainly got checks at internships in 1999-2000 and at a job I briefly held in 2001. I guess my first real-real job was 2006 and for sure I got checks for at

I certainly got checks at internships in 1999-2000 and at a job I briefly held in 2001. I guess my first real-real job was 2006 and for sure I got checks for at least the first few months. It was a mild pain to do the (literal) paperwork for direct deposit, and a mild pain to receive checks (I'd categorize it as a major pain now, but you were running errands more often then and even at the bank for other crap), so laziness won for a while.

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We're approximately the same age, and the first time I held job at which I had the option for direct deposit was 2003. I remember it particularly because I thought it was cool, and evangelized it to co-workers, many of whom did not trust it and opted to continue receiving paper checks.