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onepinoyboy8 Starting Rotation
Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 797
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: Jobs for someone under 16 |
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is there anything you can reccomend to me. I want to work part time and i am 15 years old that lives in so. cal |
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TNLakersFanInLA Star Player
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 9657 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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mow yards? _________________ Monta Ellis: "Kobe is #1, I'm #2, LeBron is #3." |
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LaLakers999 Star Player
Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1103
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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sell lemonade? |
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ArrOhBee Star Player
Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 2344 Location: Long Beach
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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grocery store as a bag boy _________________ Mmmm Mmmm Mitch! |
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ocho Retired Number
Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 53796
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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when i was 16 i worked in a movie theatre and it was great. i got into movies for free and its an easy gig. |
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Muad'Dib Star Player
Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 3903
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Mow/edge lawns, get paper routes, buy/sell baseball cards (do kids still do that???), tell your neighbors that you're down to do some odd jobs for a little bit of cash (eg moving things, sweeping, weeding, washing their car, whatever), etc.
Something else that we used to do to make some bread when we were young was to look for bikes that were in pretty good shape at garage sales or in the Recycler or whatever, buy them, and then paint them, put new pedals and grips on, etc., and resell them.
Try to think of things like that, I'd suggest. When I turned 16, I had already saved up enough doing little stuff like that to buy an old truck off of our neighbor, which made getting a jobby job that much easier. |
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Muad'Dib Star Player
Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 3903
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe offer to help your older or less-computer-savvy neighbors with simple problems they may be having on their systems. Go and get all of the spyware, viruses, etc., off their system for $20 or something. |
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F Snaq Star Player
Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1094 Location: Somewhere in The Khyber Pass
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:12 am Post subject: |
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When I was in high school, I worked part-time at the local YMCA. It was easy as hell. You should call them and find out if they have part-time openings. _________________ NBA referees are a detriment to the integrity and essence of the game of basketball. It is our duty, as fans of this sacred game, to eviscerate each and every one of these treacherous maggots, if ever we cross paths with any of them in our lives. |
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Dorray Star Player
Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 3494 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:29 am Post subject: |
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When I was 16 I worked in a high school library over summer break. I also taught bass guitar lessions out of my house. 8) |
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beastmaster Sixth Man
Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 77
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:33 am Post subject: |
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any job that pays you cash will work. do you know any friends who work in a restaurant? maybe a job as a bus boy? _________________ "You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." |
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The Dagger Star Player
Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 7276 Location: Sovngarde
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:04 am Post subject: |
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drug dealer. |
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frijolero01 Franchise Player
Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 13324
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:57 am Post subject: |
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wow!!...teenagers actually want to work??. anyways, busboy at a restaurant is good. thats how i started off. the waiters tip out to the busboys/girls at the end of the night. great way to be multi-tasked also. _________________ Thank you, Kobe. We love you. |
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uberzev Franchise Player
Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Posts: 19120 Location: SDSU
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm 24 and I still haven't figured out what to do. _________________ Lakers Gonna Lake |
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LaLakers999 Star Player
Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1103
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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uberzev wrote: | I'm 24 and I still haven't figured out what to do. |
LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHHA HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA
lol you should be
LakersGround.net whore for life!!!!!! they should be paying you
but seriously ubrezev if you need a job... give me a call..... im in the hotel business.... i can give you a counter position or something |
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ShadyG Star Player
Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 3100 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:40 am Post subject: |
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Have you tried acting/modeling? 50% to the govt, 10% to an agent and 15% to a blocked trust still probably leaves you some good cash and a jump on a college fund (can tap the trust when you turn 18). There are upfront costs for headshots and SAG initiation fees, but if you can get signed by a reputable agent, you may get 2-3 auditions per week and fairly steady, part-time work. The catch of course is that you cannot dictate or predict the times you'll be working. Have to have a flexible schedule.
Another option is software engineering. It's the kind of thing where you can just hole up, study, and write software until you know what you need to know. Then find off-site work via the internet (CraigsList is great), using the portfolio of work you developed. No one ever has to know how old you are, and you can make ~$50/hr to start for the right languages and problem domains. Again, this is the kind of thing that leans toward the future, rather than just earning gas money in an unskilled job and having to figure out a new career later.
If you do go for the immediate cash (bank teller, retail sales, etc), read Robert Kiyosaki's books so that you can learn how to roll the money into investments that do your working for you, rather than getting stuck in a work/spend cycle. _________________ Nerd rock in progress.
http://briangraymusic.com/?toptab=1 |
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Flight Star Player
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 4740 Location: The OC
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: |
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The Dagger wrote: | drug dealer. |
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Laker_Town Retired Number
Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 25604
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:32 am Post subject: |
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my first was at MCdonalds
DONT DO IT MAN!!! |
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mbloves L.A. Star Player
Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 3886 Location: Hollywood
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Mine was cleaning yards. Weeding sucks ass. _________________ Where's Cokie the Clown when you need him? |
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NoMoreGame7s Star Player
Joined: 12 Apr 2001 Posts: 3818 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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My first real job (age 15 - this was 1987) was as a bagger at Alpha Beta on the corner of Walnut and Redhill in Tustin. I was not real experienced in what it meant to have a job, and what rights I had, so I worked 2 weeks of 4 to 10 shifts bent over bagging people's groceries without one break. I couldn't take anymore. I quit and got a job working for a family friend at the deli they owned that was on the corner of Walnut and Jeffrey in Irvine. I rode my bike there. I lived in Tustin Meadows (Walnut and Redhill.) That was a decent job, but the best teenage jobs I had were as a telemarketer (Olan Mills, anybody?) and as an employee of Miller's Outpost and Miller's for Kids in the shopping Center at Walnut and Culver. The best jobs are jobs you can find where you can work with cool people. Great co-workers can make a bad job tolerable, and crappy co-workers can make a great job miserable. _________________ I got a fever....and the only prescription is more cowbell.
Thanks for the avatar, Hybrid27. |
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Muad'Dib Star Player
Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 3903
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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ShadyG--is that a space ship or a reel in your avatar? |
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Addicus Star Player
Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 9642 Location: Dave's Pimp Palace
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:04 am Post subject: |
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I was a lifeguard during the summers of high school. Decent pay, very little output of energy. I swooped up everyone's hours cause it's summer and they wanted to party.
I would suggest finding someone in the real estate industry (loans) who will let you be a jr processor. It's basically a gopher job, but you'll learn the language and southern california is great for real estate.
I also used to have a pool cleaning service during high school. _________________ Stop crying and start doing.
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The_Lakers_Show Star Player
Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 2085 Location: Orange County, Ca
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:34 am Post subject: |
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Wild Rivers if you live near Irvine _________________ Go Lakers
Go Packers
Go Angels
Go Trojans
Buck Foston |
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Money$hot! Star Player
Joined: 18 Dec 2002 Posts: 5911
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:29 am Post subject: |
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You can find plenty of under the table jobs at craigslist.org under the gigs section. You can also buy/sell stuff there with no fees, but you should probably ask your folks about that before you start. |
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ShadyG Star Player
Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 3100 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Muad'Dib wrote: | ShadyG--is that a space ship or a reel in your avatar? |
That's Serenity. From Wikipedia:
Quote: | The ship, which is designated a 03 Firefly-class, fits the profile of a light freighter, having a cargo area equivalent to about six or nine semis. The photon-reaction drive in the bulbous rear section of the ship lights up when accelerating, resembling a firefly and, thus, the class moniker. The engine nacelles rotate down like a VTOL aircraft. Whenever the ship lands, her wings fold down like the wings of a bird coming to rest. The aft of the ship is outfitted with extenders beside and below the photon-reaction drive to ease the turbulence of lift-off and atmospheric re-entry. As she is a run-of-the-mill civilian cargo vessel, Serenity has no weapons or defenses beyond the guile and skill of her crew. |
Full article _________________ Nerd rock in progress.
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JerryMagicKobe Moderator
Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 15100
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:35 am Post subject: |
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If you really want to W O R K and have a job that will kick your butt this summer, but give you good skills for later in life and could blossom into a career that would result in earing more money than you could ever think it would then try construction.
It is hard, hot, dirty, back-breaking awful work. But if you know how to throw a hammer, and pour concrete, lay tile, light electrical, plumbing, roofing, carpentry or finish work, not only will you have a job for life, but if you are smart and driven, you can certianly get your license and open your own business. Then, as a General, you can hire subs to do all of the work, and you just bid the jobs and collect the money. In So-Cal, you might notice that many new homes go for over a Mil, and if you know how to build them, you can make a nice living.
I know it doesn't sound like fun, but if you spend 2-3 summers doing it, you could be on your way.
Either that, or go work in the mall like the rest of your classmates. |
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