This post is a little random. I have been researching for some up coming projects that I am designing. One thing I am oh soo into right now is the new POP ART!! Check out these images. Some of these images were found at: ffffound.com. Plus check out this AMAZING video that I found at ragamuffinsoul.com. AMAZING. And it goes with the pop theme. OH!! -AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FRIST JOB WAS. Spill the beans.
Okay… so after looking over these beautiful images i want to hear what your first job was. i think its crazy, funny, surprising to see where we have come in life, and where we started. haha. Where did you start? I’ll go first… I worked at Zumiez for 2 years. hahaha.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I lucked out. My first job was designing and developing websites at a wedding video company. Sound absurd? I know. I sold the guy on hiring me…
September 17th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
starbucks coffee company, and the old age of 17!
September 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
MY first job was a janitor @ a church, followed by a year long stint as a dog walker, followed by a 2 year stint as a gourmet dog treat baker. I have had quite the road to success… or will have had when I finally get there.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I was a coke cart manager at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet in Tucson. We converted gold carts so we could hook up coca cola dispensers and drove around selling coca cola to the customers. Nothing better then an Iced cold coke and and shopping for fun, unique deals at a swap meet.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
WHAT??!?!!? a dog treat baker? thats awesome.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I started off working at my church when I was 14, I helped stuff programs and such…now I am shooting, editing, and brainstorming videos and creative elements!
September 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I, very ashamedly, acquired my first job at the age of 18 at Abercrombie & Fitch. I’m not proud of my past ways. However, it did afford some Christmas presents and I got to eat manchu wok Chinese food every day for a meal.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I worked for my neighbors out of their garage while I was in high school. They have their own bath & body company, Paige Meadows (http://www.paigemeadows.com). My sister & I would make gift sets, fill & label bottles of shower gel & lotion & send out orders. It was pretty sweet.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I worked at my grandparents’ bookstore, starting when I was so short that I needed a stool to stand on so I could see over the counter.
I remember answering one lady’s questions about something, and her not liking my answers. “Well. Don’t you think you should ASK someone?” she said, indignantly, and stormed off to find someone else. The best part of that story is when the person she found for a second opinion ended up asking me, in front of her.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Besides babysitting which I think every young girl does, I was a dishwasher for a little cafe. It didn’t last very long. Most bizarre would be I was a laundry room attendant, which included washing other peoples clothes.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
My first job was oh so glamorous! I was a waitress at a place called Xans Diner. It was a 50′s cafe. Amazing food, hideous mini skirts, and GREAT music! I don’t regret it!
September 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I was a co-op in the principles office of my high school
if you can call that a REAL job lol. otherwise my first job was a Photo Tech at Walgreens. Worst.Job.EVER! Quickly left there to be a Receptionist at a Salon. which i LOVED!
September 17th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Let’s see, my first job was teaching riding lessons to little kiddos
But I rode horses my entire life, so my next job that was different from that “life” was working at an Abercrombie when I was 17. Oh to be a young/skinny/wannabe-prep again……
September 17th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Surprised I’m the first one to say this… McDonald’s was my first job – made $3.10 / hr. CRAZY!
September 17th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
My first Real job was working sat & sun at a gym being there receptionist. I dont really count that usually! I worked at PacSun for a year after that then a coffee shop for 2 years now im working with a local magazine as there photographer and receptionist! Not only that but i have my own photography business as well! Life is good!
September 17th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Oh my…this takes me back! My first job was working for my local flower shop. It was pretty sweet. I got to help make sashes & flowers for Homecoming while I was in high school, and drive around on deliveries. Looking back, I’m surprised they let a 16 year old cheerleader drive the company mini-van! HAHA…Valentine’s day was the best, dealing with all the crazy farmers who forgot to get their wives flowers until the last minute. LOL! It beat flippin’ burgers like all my friends!
September 17th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
my first REAL job was working retail at Banana Republic for two years. Overlapping that I have a (kinda job/intern/volunteer) job at a medium sized church doing graphics and video for 5 pastors. I also have a work study job mixing the chemicals for the dark room at UofMich-Flint. It’s really nice to be able to have 24/7 access to traditional photography work room, when there aren’t that many left…
September 17th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
My first job was at the age of fifteen and I worked at a place called ‘Castle Park’ in Riverside, CA. For those who have not seen it, the Castle was like ‘Castle’s and Coasters’ and my job title was ‘Golf Lead’ on the miniature golf course. I would pick up balls, fix lights, help people with the holes, and clean up messes. However, it was one of the most fun jobs as well. Each hole set you could go in. So we would explore things, hang out and play games, and do teenage stuff. The Castle is one of the places i used to see my current wife. Come talk with me if you want to hear more stories.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
My first job was retail clerk at Fashion Bug, which I now even 12 yrs late call the fashion slug!
September 17th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
My first job was when I was 15 as a “courtesy clerk” (aka do-all-the-gross-jobs-in-the-back-and-be-nice-to-people-in-the-front person) at a small local grocery store. Yep, good ol’ Jim’s Market…good times.
September 17th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
My first job was working at Bill Miller’s BBQ in San Antonio, Texas as a front line maker. The funny thing is I was a very strict vegetarian at the time.
September 17th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
My first job was working at a paint your own pottery shop. It was called “Paint Cafe.” That job revealed a creative part of myself that I didn’t realize I had!
September 17th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I haven’t thought about this place in a while! my first “real” job was as a telemarketer when i was 15. I did it for about a year, which is longer than a lot of other people lasted. There was a steady stream of characters flowing in and out of that place who worked like a day or two and then we never saw them again. We didn’t sell stuff, just collected donations for shriners and places like that, but boy did I get hung up on and yelled at a lot! lots of funny stories from that place…
September 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
i worked as a dish washer in a college cafeteria. i was 15. the best part was during the summer when they had high school sport camps. the ladies loved the dishwashers.
oh wait…no, that’s backwards.
September 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
In typical redneck fashion, I worked at the DQ, or Dairy Queen, for those not in the know, in the mid-80s. Even now I can still do the DQ swirl, but alas, I was fired for calling out sick when I had the flu.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Aside from the babysitting, my first legit job was as a hostess at a local mexican restaurant. It was like being paid to eat food. Awesome. Gradually I managed to be an intern at my church, which was a total win. Then i got paid to play music.
September 18th, 2009 at 11:32 am
i was a preschool assistant. i worked with kids for more than 10 years! i started when i was 14
: ) i love kids!
September 18th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I worked at a tomato nursery and picked tomatoes all summer. Haha.
September 18th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
My first job was at Micheal’s Arts and Crafts for a year, followed by 5 years at a small, non-chain art store while in college.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Portrait studio photographer at JCPenny at 16 haha
i did get some great experience!
September 18th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
My first job was actually the Event Coordinator and Graphic Designer for the youth department at the Illinois District Office of the Assemblies of God. I was 18 and had no idea what I was doing but I absolutely LOVED it. If God hadn’t called me there I probably wouldn’t have gotten into graphic design, which is definitely my passion now.
September 18th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
My very first job was at Thompson’s Strawberry Farm in Bristol WI. I picked strawberries and filled up baskets for people to purchase off the side of the highway….haha I was like 14. Good times!
September 18th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
At 15, my first job was working at a bead store. I helped customers and also made lots of jewelry. I helped to design and I also ran birthday bead parties for little girls. I worked at that job for 3 1/2 years all through high school.
September 18th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
i started working at subway when i was 16 and i stayed there for 3 years. i worked there with two of my best friends and my younger sister and we had the time of our lives! subway sandwiches for lunch and dinner, quality time with friends and not to mention, the cute flower guy who worked next door. ah highschool.
September 29th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
OMGosh! that video was too cool! Those are all fans who learned the dance?!?!
My first job was Froglander’s Frozen Yogurt in San Diego. I was 15.
October 6th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Hey Promise, I love following your work and seeing the new and creative ideas you come up with from photo shoots to t-shirt designs. It’s great and inspiring for any artist or designer! Anyway, props out of the way, I wanted to share about my first job. How about milking cows? 300 of them! Not all by hand of course… messy, messy, messy!