#firstsummerjob

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It’s a very proud day when you can give your 14 year old his first summer job #hardware #rockler #bessyclamps #irwinclamps #ilovewhatido #firstsummerjob #europeankitcheninstallation #smallbusinessowner#feestool #festoolsystainer #3rdhand#nyc #instagood #architecture #atx #remodel #ilovemyjob#makeitbeautiful #nyc #carpanter #festoolusa #austin #work #remodeling #makitatools#interiordesign #carpentrylife #architecture (at Sunset Valley, Texas)

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I was 14-15 in the refugee camp in Nongkhai. My family came to America in 1980. We landed in Hawaii, and my mom worked as a farmer so I helped her in the field. That was my first summer job.

Desary, Seattle

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I came to America in 2005, my first job was a cash job, working with my friends, cutting wood. It wasn't hard, it wasn't easy. It was just work.

Thong, South Philly

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I came to America in 2003. My first job was in Borman Texas, at a Thai restaurant. It was hard at first, I didn't know how to cook, so I just cleaned, I did everything, I did any kind of job. I just didn't talk to the customers.

Adam, South Philly

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My first summer job, i was making pliers, dental pliers. I was probably like 16. It was alright, $7 an hour, I was a kid.

Michael, 32, South Philly

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My first summer job? Picking blueberries in Hammonton, New Jersey. It's a hard job, out in the sun, from 7AM to 3:30PM. Sometimes we only made $42 for the day. That was back in 1984-85.

Ang, South Philly

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My first summer job I worked as a waitress in a Thai restaurant. It was my mom's family friend's. My mom was always like "you have to work to learn the value of money", I didn't come from a rich family so very young I had to work. I waited tables, I did everything. And I actually got better at speaking Thai too.

Aleena, Springfield, VA

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My first summer job? Working at a summer art program in Pratt Park in Seattle, Washington doing drop-in programming for inner city youth, anywhere from 5- to 18-year-olds. I was a teaching artist teaching spoken word and creative writing. It was mostly African American, but we served people from different ethnic backgrounds as well.

What did you learn from your experience?

I learned a lot, that areas are definitely getting gentrified everyday, that black would turn white.

Tony, Seattle