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Old 07-15-05, 10:07 AM   #13
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Don't really work for anyone now, but here is what I did when I was off during the summer in high school / college:

My first job ever was at a Harry's Farmer's Market or something like that pushing shopping carts in from the parking lot in the middle of summer. That lasted 2 weeks. Sucks working out in 90+ degree heat running around collecting the carts. After that, got a job making sandwiches at Schlotzsky's Deli that lasted for the rest of the summer. That wasn't that bad... not really much work except during the lunch hour rush.

Then the next summer job was working in a warehouse for a temp agency. Spent all day repacking extension cords into boxes. Boring as hell. Also had to unload boxes from the back of tractor trailers. Those tin cans got pretty hot in the summer too. Some of the guys that started the first day I did didn't bother coming back after lunch. They were smart. One time there was a trailer that was half full of thousands of little boxes that were like 3x3x6 inches in dimensions stacked all the way to the ceiling. I was like WTF! That job lasted a month and I didn't bother doing anything for the rest of the summer.

Next job was an "unpaid" internship for a dotcom. Best job to date where I was working for someone. I knew what I was doing, so I got through the work fast and spent the rest of the time surfing the web. Built a site that took leads and sent them to salespeople that paid hundreds of dollars a month to be on the site. We put in a setup fee of $150 for each salesperson, which I got to keep for coding the site. Site eventually shut down because it was like 2001 and all the salespeople in that industry were being laid off. Still good friends with the boss.
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