semipoll: First Jobs

[geese]

Well my first job was fueling helicopters for a company called Bristow. It was a fun job.

My first IT job was working in a school's Computer Lab. It was a small school and I was the IT department, so I did whatever I wanted.

At present I work for a software company in their engineering err services department. Its fun yet challenging. I really enjoy my job.

[MikeTbob]

MY first job was a mechanic at a small engine repair shop, (lawnmowers, chainsaws, etc) I was only 12 Yrs old at the time. I gotta tell ya, being 12 yrs old and working with spinning blades, chainsaws and GO-Karts was pretty exciting stuff, because you had to test the equipment before the customer could come get it.
After that, I spent a lot of time in construction work, building McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell. We built 95% of them in Texas from 1985-2000
I have never worked in any IT field, besides fixing stuff for everyone I know.

[techieMoe]

After that, I spent a lot of time in construction work, building McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell. We built 95% of them in Texas from 1985-2000

And from what I can tell, your business was booming. There's rarely a city or town in my part of Texas that doesn't have at least one, two, or all three.

[Thrillhouse]

My first real job (I used to mow people's lawns, umpire Little League baseball and have a paper route) was selling electronics at an Office Max. That's where I first really started learning about computers. Some of the other salesman there were very knowledgeable and I was always picking their brains. Still, I voluntarily moved to the stock room after about 6 months. The commission for salesman was minimal. You only got it if you sold "Max Assurance" (which is basically an extended warranty plan) and even then you only got 10% of however much the Max Assurance cost, which was usually about 3 or 4 bucks.

But I really liked that job. I got along really well with the people I worked with and stayed there for almost 2 years (which is an eternity when you're in high school). I definitely had some bad jobs after it that made me miss it.

My first IT job is the one I currently have, a Systems Engineer for a government contractor. Eventually, I'd like to drift towards the Information/Network Security area which is why I'm now working on my Masters in InfoSec.

[GraphicFrenzy]

My first real job was as a verifier for brochures.
I basically checked the spelling and a whole bunch of other things.
Human spellchecker, woohoo!

[carlosponti]

my first job was working for a school system in their print shop and bindery. did mostly bindery work but actually got to run one of the older AB Dick 360 printers for a week.

[valan]

My first job was at McDonalds. I never had any sort of IT job. Currently, I'm in the Army and working towards a degree in Computer Science.