What was your very first job with a non-family member (even extended family) ?

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92. Yard work around the neighborhood... a couple of paper routes (starting at age 10)

I did stuff for assorted relatives way before then, but decided to take my energy and drive and recruit assorted regular customers during the spring-through-fall mowing season... i had maybe a half-dozen folks for whom i would mow (thank goodness for a mower that was self-bagging), trim hedges, edge the driveways and sidewalks, etc... raked leaves in the late fall, too.

Along with that, i had a 50-customer route for the Charlotte News (afternoon daily paper) and a 200-house route for the misnamed, twice-a-week freebie 'Charlotte Weekly - East'.

I did both of those, plus picked up babysitting jobs here and there until i was 16, and could get a job at one of the fast-food joints down the road. Wendy's hired me on the spot, and i worked at that same location for about 3-4 yrs.