No, I didn't have one. - Rochelle

No. Babysitting and berry picking were my income sources. Well, wait, I may have started my PT receptionist job a the Real Estate office before I turned 18. Soooooo long ago... - vicster is...

I had a job programming a database in dBaseIV the summer of my junior year in high school. I got paid like $0.25/hr more than minimum wage. It was a good experience because it was my first real programming job and basically set the tone for the rest of my career. I was invited to come back the next summer and redo everything I'd done in FoxPro 3.5 for Windows (and got an extra $1/hr). - Fa La La La Lindsay

Yes. I started working a month after my 16th birthday. I worked at a daycare center, which was good because I got to have my sister with me there; otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get a job. I only made minimum wage, which at the atime was $3.25 I think? Hard to remember. - pea

Yes, no, yes, until minimum wage was raised (so not much more than minimum). - Alix Whitmire

No. My first real job was after my senior year in high school working in the textbook warehouse for the Board of Education - Alan Simpson

I worked for the Arlington County Public Library for a period while I was in high school, but I don't think the income was significant enough to be reportable by anyone. - John E. Bredehoft

Yes...several...they were ok...Paper boy, bicycle mechanic, fast food worker, network wiring guy, Air Force grunt...Yes, I got paid more than minimum wage and had to do tax returns. - Alex Scoble

Burger Flipper at Hardee's, making $0.05 over the minimum. Good times. - The Letter M

Nope. - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

If you can call Gamestop a real job. I got it when I was 17. I did like it in the beginning but after about a year got tired of it because of the pay and lack of hours, so then I went to Best Buy. Made minimum in the beginning ($5.15 at the time) and got a $0.10 raise after the first of the year. I still filed taxes however and got back a nice amount of money. - Mathew™ one of a kind

If you call library page (person who puts away books) a real job, I think I did that when I was 16 or 17. I think I got paid minimum wage (can't fully remember). I don't remember filing taxes. - Kamilah Gill

Yes. At 12 I cleaned the churches windows and helped with janitorial duties. This was a real job as I has to file a tax return and got a little over minimum wage. At 15 I was hired by the school district to help with the computers on campus then also hired to work in the schools theatre where my brother and I ran it for the years we over laped. I continued in the school district after High School with other parts of the district and other schools. Although they were part time I consider them real enough. I was pulled out of class many times to fix issues either in a lab or in the theatre. All through this time in my life I also volunteered in the schools (Jr High and High School's) library helping catalog books, check out and installing the computer system that would eventually capture all the books for checkouts. During summers I would work for the County doing data entry as well but that was minimum wage. - Uncle CW™

I made a little over minimum wage for a couple of years working for the NJ State DMV. I worked part time after school Mon-Fri during my freshman and sophomore years of HS. I kinda remember filling out the EZ form... I think. I did not like the job but the people I worked with were okay. - Jim in Real Time

Yes, I worked for a summer at Knott's Berry Farm. I served food at one of the little eateries inside the park in Ghost Town. It was minimum wage and fun then but as an adult now, looking back, there were some MAJOR issues ranging from inappropriate male conduct (getting girls into the freezer to kiss them, smacking them on the asses) to theft and an overall lack of care for the employees. We were kids being managed by kids. - Katie is Frittering

Waffle House, I did earn more than minimum wage with tips and yes, I filed taxes. - Heather Solos

I worked, but nothing that would have supported me as an independent entity. And part of that is because when you're that age people refuse to pay you the same for a job that they would pay an adult to do it. - Spidra Webster

I've had real jobs since I was 14, complete with paycheck. First one was at local drycleaners. McDonalds, assistant to a ferrier and a couple of modeling gigs all before I was 18. I loved them all, it taught me independence and discipline. - jcunwired

Good point, Spidra! - Micah Wittman from iPhone

Would love to hear more about the ferrier's asst job! - Spidra Webster

Hah! Spelling booboo, that should have been "farrier". The job rocked. Not only did we trim and shoe horses' hooves, but provided all sorts of veterinary services to local farmers. My boss and his brother, two beer-swilling ex-rodeo stars, were great. - jcunwired

I worked a commission sales job from 16-18. I got paid $11.75 and a % of my sales. I'm also pretty sure the company violated some teen labor laws in terms of hours per day/hours per week...but I didn't complain because it was a lot of $. - Alexis Hope

Barely, only by a month. Desk staff at the dorm I was in. Minimum and had to file taxes. - Amber, Random Time Lord

Yep. I started working at 14 as a cashier at a hamburger stand in Yosemite. At the time, California had some sort of modified work permit for 14 year olds. The grill was off-limits! Minimum wage then and the same for the next three jobs up until I was 17. Then I started working for salary plus commission in a telemarketing job selling gift baskets for The House of Almonds. - Christopher Harley

Twelve, paper route. I lasted a week. After that, 17 and working at Shell Oil's geology offices, looking for oil. Other than meeting a very pretty girl who put up with my epic swooning around her, did not like. I made one dollar above minimum wage in that job. - Steven Perez

I had an agricultural job when I was very young (picking strawberries), and a paper route after that. When I turned 16 I started working full time. - Sparky

I worked part-time in the computer center at a local bank when I was 16. I worked there for two years, then I worked at another bank computer center through college. I also worked part-time in an on-campus computer lab while I was in college. - ha3rvey (business time)

My first job was working as a security guard during public skating at the local rink. it did not pay more than minimum wage. - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

Age 8-16: My sister and I were members of the Screen Extras Guild. Once every couple months we'd get a phone call from our agent and spend one or two days on the set of a TV show or movie, complete with a studio teacher to make sure we did busywork in the classroom trailer. They paid the same for kids and adults, which meant about $120 a day! Our credits include 'Scarecrow & Mrs. King', 'Emerald Point N.A.S.', 'The Bad Seed (TV)', 'Explorers' and 'Airwolf'. - Kevin Fox

Camp counselor between high school and college. I turned 18 at the end of the summer. I made enough to buy a pair of dressy shoes, some clothes, and a purse, I think. (ETA: my Social Security report says I made $177 for 3 months' work, but then it was 1963). - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

I worked at Discovery Zone (a giant kids playground) and an optometric group while under 18. I liked both of them but the optometric group much more (stayed there for 11 years). The job at DZ I was paid $0.25 more than minimum wage and the optometric group started at $0.50 more than minimum wage - Tamara

I worked as a groom / stablehand at a thoroughbred farm every summer and every weekend from my sophomore through senior year in high-school. I was paid more than minimum wage, but not sure how much more. It was a good job that kept me active, fit and better paid than most of the kids I went to school with. However, it was outdoors (Florida summers are killer) and I definitely did not smell the best afterwards. Kept me humble though... - JA Castillo

I worked as a dish hand at a French restaurant and a Shell service station - Johnny Worthington

Nope. My mom forbade me having a full time job in High School so I could focus on studies. The summer after HS I got a crappy part-time office assistant job, which I hated. - veo

I worked as a page at the local library throughout high school. It was a great job. I think I got a bit more than minimum wage but the hours were flexible, the work was easy, and the people were really nice. Plus I got to check anything out I wanted for pretty much as long as I wanted. Most days I would finish all the work and just sit around and read - Benjamin Golub

worked at the Beach House down in Mattituck the summer of 66 I will never forget it best summer of my life - VAL D. Zone

When I 16, a week after finishing my GCSEs, I did a week of work for the guy my brother worked for. When I mentioned money, he said: "Don't worry, I'll see you right." At the end of the week he paid me £50 for 40 hours work. I didn't work for him again! - Timothy Griffin

I had my first job when I was 14, grounds keeping and maintenance during the summer at a vocational high school. It was on the books, minimum wage, transportation provided. Got the job through CETA. Didn't have to pay taxes because we were low income. (one of the qualifications to get the job) Half the kids that were working there were unpaid, juvenile delinquents, doing community service. - April Russo (app103)

I started work at a rollerskating rink on my 15th birthday. I was a Centre Assistant. Taking money at the door, handing out and putting away skates, working the snack bar, teaching, hosting birthday parties, cleaning, making people stop making out (bwahahahaha!), etc etc. We don't have minimum wage here, we have award wages, and if you're under 18 you don't have to fill in a tax return unless you earn over $6000 in the financial year. - Mellissa

Starting at 16 I had a summer jobs with Green Giant driving tractors as part of a pea-harvesting crew. I didn't eat peas for *years* after that. The pay was well over minimum wage, pretty decent for a summer job. - Fred Yankowski

Yes. - Mona Nomura

Do you mean a full time job? Because I got my part time job at oles when I was 15-and-a-half and filled in my first ever tax return this July and got a $51 refund. - Bryce Roney

I worked for my parents starting when I was about 12 or 13 (they had a print shop). Then, I started working as a security guard at the Nissan Pavilion (a local amphitheatre) when it opened. I think I was 15 at the time. I also worked full-time the summer before I graduated high school (I was 16 at the time) and part-time during school. I continued at that job off and on for about 12 years. - Curtiss Grymala

Weekend engineer at a Long Island, NY radio station. Cool 1st job (17). Automation system was a huge wall of reel-to-reel tape machines. Old? Me? Naaah. - Charlie Anzman

Nope, got first job at 18, outbound call calls for surveys, and warm calls for taste tests (@$50/pop!!) - Tsali, The Native of FF

At 17 I worked in the kitchen at a mid-range priced restaurant, where I was a forno chef ~ we cooked pizzas, amongst other things) in a wood burning oven/kiln thing. - sofarsoShawn

I picked raspberries for my aunt during the summer at 10. Then for my dad in the strawberry fields during the summers 11-13. Then everyday doing computer stuff until 16. Then data entry until I graduated. - Rodfather from Android

Strawberry fields forever, Rod. - Curtiss Grymala

Sometimes I feel I should have been a farmer. My cousin took over - Rodfather from Android

I bagged groceries every weekend starting at 12 for a year. It was for tips. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com from iPhone

I started a programming business doing reporting for medical offices. That was when I was 17. Before that, I worked minimum wage jobs (Howard's Grocery Store and Wendy's). - Jason Huebel

Yep. Started working at age 12. Had a W-2 ever since. - SAM

I was working weekends at a gas station/discount store (it was the 70's, when we actually PUMPED the gas and washed your windows!) During the week I did a work study job at college 40 miles away... the good news was that I got to study at a dormitory reception desk, and after 2 AM I could sleep in the lobby in a sleeping bag and let the female residents into the dorm when they rang a buzzer. (I usually couldn't hear the buzzer, so they just came in through the men's side of the dorm and walked through the lobby! NOT the greatest security!) - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

The summer I was 16 I played the bagpipes at Edinburgh Castle in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and was paid a musician's honourarium (plus room, board and transport). The following summer, I taught bagpipes at an Army Camp for pretty good cash (again, with room and board). yes, it was more than minimum wage and, yes, my parents claimed my income. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant

I've been working since I was like 14. I had to get a permit. I began at Wendy's literally flipping burgers. Min wage was like 4.75 or so and that's what I was making. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

oh, hell... forgot about my 5-month stint at Mother's Pizzeria and 4-month stint at Burger King... lol - T. Brent, technopeasant

No, I didn't have one - ★ Soner Gönül

Worked the Electronics Dept. at Target. Got paid $7.50/hr - Danny Minick

dishwasher at a BBQ joint, stocker at an import furniture store, and tech support for Gateway and Dell were all pre-career jobs for me - Nathan Chase

Yes I had a real job, a clerk at a book store. Yes I got paid a little more than min. wage. And yes, I filed taxes. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

I had jobs where I had to report income tax from 16 on up, and I made a little bit more than minimum wage - RAPatton

Yes, programmer starting at 14 (the first day I was eligible to work), liked it, got paid more than minimum wage, filed taxes. - Ruchira S. Datta

nope. never really occurred to me that I should get a job until a friend brought an application over to me. - Liana Shanes

Nope. Didn't have a real job 'til after college. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I worked at a computer repair / sales shop for a summer when I was 16. I worked 40 hours per week and I made 11% more than minimum wage. I liked it pretty well - it was neat being fairly good at a job I had no formal training for. - Daniel J. Pritchett

I was an estimator at a paving company. I took blueprints of a job site, traced contour lines into a computer, then calculated the volume of different materials we would need to do the job. Paid $9.25 an hour, in 1999. Had my own office, a computer, and a plotter (a printer big enough to print blueprints). It was awesome. - Alex Scrivener

Before 18 I worked as a grocery store cashier, a receptionist at a tax prep office, and a retail sales clerk at The Children's Place. Edit: all of these at or near minimum wage. - Ladybug Heather

Yes. I worked in retail for a while. There was no minimum wage then. - Ian May

I fried chicken in a grocery store for a while and worked as a hotel housekeeper during the summer. - tab thinks you're awesome

Yep, I was a waitress from ages 16-18 (Bob's Big Boy - yikes) and I worked the third shift in a factory one summer. I did file taxes, but I'm not sure how much of my tips I reported. :) - Cassandra

Nope, first job I had was after leaving college - games tester - and I've gone all the way back to the start after 15 years. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Yep. Burger flipper. - Kevin Pedraja

Yup, had several real jobs before I turned 18, the most notable being a cashier at Burger King (min wage $4.25) when I was 16 and then manager of a hot dog ($6.00/hr) stand when I was 17. All of my jobs required income tax reporting; I loved filing my taxes, BTW. Not sure why, but ever since that first 1040EZ at 14, I was hooked. :) - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

First job of any kind was a paper route at the age of 13. I soon quit that, because I've always hated early mornings, and I got a job after school at a greengrocers. I had a bike with a big basket on to ride around the neighborhood delivering the orders. I always earned my tips that wages. Never had to file taxes in England with only one job in any case, but that was cash in hand anyways, NO minimum wage then, and doesn't apply to under sixteens even now as far as I am aware. - Ian May