First fulltime job...

[Nasty]

my first job was a mica coder in a bank ... from there I could only go up!

[yod]

First job was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner
Completed that after 3 yrs
and now a Fireman
Best move I ever made
Currently on Light duties 3 hrs a day 3 days a week
on full pay

nice to see my tax dollars well spent ffs

[shafty]

Post Office Teller, Brookfield PO, $88 a week or fortnight, can't remember which - was soon able to pay cash for that shining blue GT125 "Ram Air"

[janno]

First full time job was as an ASME IX pipe welder in Taranaki. Looking back I'm amazed I had the balls to go and train for it and find a job, and be the only chick in the place on both occasions.

Pay was spectacular, job was quite fun for a while, but to be honest I wasted a lot of years NOT being a journalist. I wish I had started writing then.

I think you learn more from the jobs that aren't right for you, than from the jobs that you like.

[dino3310]

fisher vogue lighting- engineering workshop bum boy
$127 a week,fucken hated it but it paid for my licience
and first bike on the road

[Sketchy_Racer]

First full time job was laying carpet and Instaling kitchens for my brothers company.

6 months later, I got a Tool machinist apprenticeship.

Love the job when im doing whats on my job description, but it seems my boss is blind and doesn't understand that i came to this job to learn how to be a machinist.. Prick.

Been there just over 6 months.

[MotoGirl]

Finishing furniture (i.e. oiling and waxing it) for a measly $7 an hour

[Ms Piggy]

Mine was working at Whitestone Roading in Oamaru. I began by painting the wooden marker pegs (before they went fibre glass) and by the time I left (around 2 to 3 years later) I was part of the pot hole patching team. Didn't like the work much but I got to see loads of the surrounding countryside including staying up around Mt Cook, Twizel & Omarama several times.

[Her_C4]

In the real 'ole days (when Adam was in nappies ... no one had even thought of GST.....)

My first full time job was as a Receptionist / Telephonist for Hamilton Brushes in Durham Street ChCh. I earned the magnificient wage of $18.25 a week, of which I had to pay $11.00 a week in 'board and keep' to my parents.

[Grub]

First full-time job with Jacka Brown Adveryising in Auckers as the office junior whose job was to run stuff around (before there were couriers).

Delivering artwork and ad materials all over the city to newspapers, publishers, radio, television and clients was fun .... on the office NZeta scooter (thats not me, only photo on the neet) and then when that lunched its gearbox, on a brand new Yamaha 80 (I was soooo cool!). Oh yeah and it was that bike I was riding when the concrete truck got me.

Stayed in Advertising/Marketing/Media until last 7 yrs when I have been a Business Analyst, programmer and system designer.

[Solarwind]

First full time job was repairing computers... still repairing computers over 4 years later.

[klyong82]

My first fulltime job was a guarantee engineer for a major defence contracting company. Pay was ok but job was fun. Learned a lot like using machineries and building this and that. Saw lots of guns too....

Congrats on your first job. Will be a good learning curve for you.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Joined the Royal NZ Navy in 1985. Radar Operator (RP) stayed in for 7 years

[Lias]

First fulltime job was as a junior IT technician at age 17.. still working in IT 12 years later hehe

First ever regular job was cleaning a joinery after school, jacked up for me by the woodworking teacher.

[Animal]

Apprentice Aircraft Engineer. I was seduced by the glamour, excitement and earning potential within the industry, and quickly discovered it was neither glamourous, exciting or well-paid. After being retrenched four times, and after having left and returned to the trade twice, I finally gave the aircraft industry the arse - and haven't looked back.

Congratulations on your first big job!