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So, I am curious to see what other high schoolers do for a job. Most of my friends don't work and they don't understand why I do...

I work at a gym as a fitness instructor, make $8.50 an hour but get commission which is about 40-70 every week. I don't really do much, just talk with the members, make sure they're do everything right, energize them, do my homework, study for tests... whatever, really. I work 8-12 hrs a week but cut down during the holidays.

So:

What's your job:
What do you make:
How many hours do you work a week:
What made you want the job:

By Anarchy245 (Anarchy245) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 05:59 pm: Edit

Job: Dunkin' Donuts
Functions: Clerk, maintenance, and donut 'finishing'
How many hours?: average 25 /wk
Why do I want the job?: I dont, but my city sucks and its the only place to work at

Job: Hyperpipe Webhosting
Functions: Technical Consultant (I am the former founder/owner of this company)
How many hours: about 10 /wk
Why do the job?: Free web hosting, and its fun

Job: commercial website design
Functions: I design websites for money
How many hours: when I have one to work on, sometimes more than 40 hours a week (this being done after school and after my other jobs are done)
Why want the job?: I am good at website design, and it makes some extra money, and its fun at times

Im strange, so dont assume having all this to do is normal

By Magoo112 (Magoo112) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 10:34 pm: Edit

Job: "Media Design"
Functions: Co-founder (me and my bro)
How Many hrs: All the hours between HW, eating, and sleeping.
Why I want the job: It's fun not working for anyone else. My brother does all the legal aspects and handles money and such, while I handle the actual design and talk with clients and such. It can be quite a hassle sometimes because, for example, I live in NJ and I have a client in NY and they want to talk about a design @ 10AM. So, I have to leave school and go (which is pretty damn cool, if you ask me). Funny thing is I got into this so I can put it as my main EC, and now I <3 it. BTW, I put media design cause it's not only websites; services include, but not limited to: hosting, design, development (back-end coding), video design/editing (3D as well as actual footage), audio editing/design (my brother goes to Berklee College of Music, so he handles this). That's about it. Best thing is I have a staff and I could tell them to do w/e ^_^. (Yea, it's an actual company, it's not @ my own house even if I do most of my work from home. We have the entire 1st floor of a building (thanks to my dad buying the building :D). Life's pretty darn good in the business/money area. But this college things a drag.

By Yugekorb (Yugekorb) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 05:53 am: Edit

Job: Movie Theatre
Fuctions: concessionist
Hrs: I think about 20-25 a week, I just started.
Why?: Need the money or else I can't drive.

By Anovice (Anovice) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:12 am: Edit

No one else works? ... fairly pathetic!

Magoo- are you sure you don't live in Washington DC? I know this kid who has done nearly the same thing as you only I believe he started it with his father not brother. He just bought a 2001 911 Carerra... I am so jealous of him(I had a restored '77 911 until some moron stole it and tore it apart!)(just for clarification, he didn't buy it with the money he makes, with his parents, but I am still jealous!)

For me, I don't work for the money but I work to get away from the rest of my life. I do alot of other "jobs" which I don't get paid for (or minimal) with the state association of student council and the community. No one understands why I work, especially at a min wage job(a little over, but not much)...

By Fendergirl (Fendergirl) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:57 am: Edit

when i was in high school, I didn't know anyone that didn't work. we all had jobs. i started working when i was 14... im 21 now

By Celebrian23 (Celebrian23) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 04:53 pm: Edit

i'm applying for a job, becuase i want/think i need money

By Asianalto (Asianalto) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 06:42 pm: Edit

I work at a coffeeshop for $5.40/hr plus tips.
9-15 hours a week, depending on if anyone needs a sub.
I wanted the job because the atmosphere is awesome, the work isn't hard, it smells good, I get free coffee (and soup, and drinks, and bagels, and whatever else), and having money is always fun.

By Arangatan (Arangatan) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 06:49 pm: Edit

work at a hospital, $10/hr... filing/copying/faxing etc.

By Songbird88 (Songbird88) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:49 pm: Edit

Job: Work at Barnes and Nobles for $7.80/hour
Functions: Shelving (it sucks), sales clerk
Hours: Work about 15 hrs/wk
Why I needed this job: Uh, It aight I guess, but I just wanted money in my wallet.

By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 09:42 am: Edit

Web site design

i do it b/c i'm good at it and also b/c i can earn a lot of money

By Drake (Drake) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 09:04 pm: Edit

Job: Work at a high-end automobile dealership in Miami selling porsches, jags, ferrari and aston martins----no lambos or benz though)

Functions: Cleaning the cars (good) and sometimes cleaning the facility (bad)

Hours: 10 hrs/week

Why: Because I like sitting in $100K+ vechiles and pretending that they're mine.

By Fighterpilot (Fighterpilot) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 02:25 am: Edit

Job: Proshop and golf cart attendant, I service the bay area millionaires at a Golf and country club

What i do: Prepare the carts driving range etc. At a top 50 nation golf course.

18 hrs a week, last year it was 24. 6.75 per hour min wage. But at cost discount on anything for golf, buy for friends make a lot. And free golf, take a kid out for golf one day, charge him 20 bucks, i play and he/ she plays what normally is a $90 to $130 dollar day.

Why i work: Pretty huge EC, a reason to stay always bussy,