[woudsma]

My first job at age 14 was being a paperboy. I was really happy that I could legally earn some money at that age. Got paid 50-60 euro's per month, but around Christmas / new year's eve I could go my round and collect tips of around ~100eu. My round was 200-300 houses from what I can remember.

My former self would be very jealous of the jobs that are available now for young people. Especially bike delivery jobs. Being a paperboy was pretty heavy work since I had to deliver papers _and_ ad magazines, which had to be folded into the paper and took hours of preparation. Once my bike flipped on it's back because of the weight and I couldn't get it back on it's wheels. I don't miss the heavy bags and ink stains on my hands, but I saved up enough money for a green iPod Mini! Jailbroken, it actually ran Doom in black and white :)