How did you/how do you make money?

[Range_This11]

"Ma, can I have some money?"

"You can use your credit card I gave you"

"Oh, ok thanks."

I find it immensely sad that parents will do this. No sense of earning at all.

[stevepole]

When I was in high school I harvested green peas during the summer and drive a huge combine. I also used to help my dad so I could just ask him for money if I really need like a $20 for gas or money for lunch. I also used to get dividends quarterly so that also helped as I would usually use that for gas money.

[TTanT]

Well, judging that I rarely want new things that I can possibly get, I don't need much money. I mean, I have $250-ish dollars, and my only income is about 20-40 dollars on Birthdays/Christmas.

 

But judging that I am now actually spending my money, due to elading a more active social life, I'm probably going to buy sodas 4 for $1 and candy bars for $0.40 each-ish and sell them for $1 each at school.

 

As long as no-one rats me out, I'll do fine. =p

[nine naked men]

I worked from about 14-16 at a Chinese restaurant, waitering and taking orders and stocking the buffet, two nights a week from 5-8pm, for about $20 for the whole 3 hours. I didn't mind the lack of cash, seeing as no one else was very interested in hiring a 14 year old, and it was crazy fun when a tonne of the tables got filled, since I was the only person trying to do everything at once. And I also got a free container of Chinese food when I finished each night, which was awesome.

 

Now I work at a service station along the highway, which is even more awesome. Great people, and there's always stuff happening.

 

One thing that comes to mind was these 3 people who had gotten fuel, then started trying to fill up softdrink bottles with the stuff. I went out and told them they couldn't, and they were like okay, and then when I went in, they drove off without paying, leaving one guy behind, who promptly sprinted off into the scrub. ._.

 

I was suspecting something, since it was a pretty [cabbage]ty car, they didn't look too rich, and they had gotten a full tank of petrol before, but there wasn't much I could do about it beforehand. D:

 

I called the cops, they took the details and stuff and were like 'okay'. And then the next day when I went to work, a friend of my boss comes in and said he heard about the drive off we had yesterday, and it turns out for some strange reason he has a police radio thingy in his car. At first I thought he was an undercover superhero, but he's like 70, overweight and balding... and he said he heard them pull up their car, which was reported stolen, and they had run off into the bush carrying like 3 jerrycans of petrol, and they still hadn't found them yet. Lol'd so hard. xD

[Maze]

My parents never buy me anything unless its my birthday or Christmas.

 

I'm only 13, I make money by doing some chores around the house like sweeping and mopping floors. I also sometimes clean the sinks.

 

$10 a week is a good income for me, because I only use my money to buy games, really, and usually one game will last me at least 6 weeks.

[Skull]

I saved up money from my birthday/holidays. I got allowance for a few months when I was like seven years old, but that didn't last long at all and was like 2 dollars a week. I've never really been someone who spends money because it's not something I've every really had a way to get. I started saving money to buy a car when I was about 10 so almost all my money has gone into that. I don't have even close to enough though.

[RSBDavid]

Right now I am trying to make money through you tube and Google ad sense. I am building a base of video views and subscribers so I can get partnership on my chatroutletteguy account.

[Lenticular_J]

I'm trying to get a job at the city's school district's tv station. I have a bunch of friends that work there, and apparently it's fairly easy, fun if you like to be around cameras, and pays really well. One of my friends filmed football games, and he could make more than a hundred dollars for a single two-hour game.

 

The station is mostly run by students, including monetary matters, so each student can have a block for whatever project they're working on, and sell ad space for that block, along with the mnimum-wage salary from the actual station (some folks make more than that).

 

Won't be able to work there until next school year, though.

[____]

At school I dealt with "black-market goods" which primarily consisted of cigarettes, dvd's, cd's and the occasional test results.

 

dvd's and cd's was the big money maker. $5 per disc.. I was selling 50 per week sometimes. Then the "public knowledge" of apps like Napster happened and it dried up very quickly. At which point I basically stopped dealing unless people really needed something they couldn't find or couldn't convert, etc on their own. I still got a good couple of years out of it :)

 

 

 

Now I make legitimate money - although I have been invited to some private poker games where the winnings could be over 30k .. tempting :)

[mcneilp]

Forgot about my student bursary and loan as well. Not really earning but it's the only income i've got at the minute (apart from saved money).

[Skeptical]

I did a similar thing only buying multipacks of cans and selling them on.

Used to be about £1 for a full pack of 6, split them into singles and sell them for 30p+.

Buy one get one frees used to be awesome as well as PE days where you could easily get rid of 3 or 4 multipacks in a matter of minutes.

Best of all the supermarket was literally opposite the school so it was easy money and the only hard bit was getting to the supermarket to restock as they weren't too keen on letting the pupils out. But some fake slips always worked (just needed 1 real slip at the start of the year then it was a case of photocopying it and carefully overwriting the signature and handwriting to make it look real).

 

I was kinda the kid at school how always had a stash of drinks, sweets and some change which I could lend (for interest of course).

Made a fair bit of cash per week.

 

I didn't do anything nearly as interesting as that; I just delivered papers. Actually, I found it to be a rather meditative activity, so I quite rarely refer to it as a job. Unlike the landscaping that I am currently employed in.

[VEGHATERMEATLOVER]

Mums purse.

[Lenticular_J]

Me and my brother are starting a baby landscaping company (baby describes the fact that it's me and him. we don't landscape babies. yet.) when he moves back. He did it with his friend when he was my age, but here a lot of people do it, so I'll need his help. Plus, none of my friends would probably do it ... Actually, that's a complete lie. It just might be better to do it with my brother. Bonding and all that [cabbage].

 

Seeing as he made 5 digits the very first summer he did it, I'm very much down down down down down (dooooooowwwwn, dooooowwwwwn).

[ilya]

A simple one day a week job to cover my drug dealing. Be able to go out every night, saying I have work (and having the money to prove it at the end of the week) looool.

[Saru Inc]

A simple one day a week job to cover my drug dealing. Be able to go out every night, saying I have work (and having the money to prove it at the end of the week) looool.

 

 

 

hardcore.

 

 

 

I'm looking for a new job atm, right now I'm making roughly ~$950 a month, with $500 in bills per month, (not including groceries\gas, simply car bills, insurance, phone, etc) which leaves me $450 a month for gas, groceries, and well a social life. (Though I've found plenty of ways to chill with friends for free.) And as soon as my dang mom gets her 2008 w-2 from her bookie I can *try( and squeeze in some fafsa for 2009 (if it's not too late) then do some 2010 fafsa.

[lizzywizzy666]

Between the ages of 13 and 17 I used to work in a pub cleaning dishes, making puddings, cleaning the pub, general jobs if they needed doing.

 

From 17 to now (24) I have worked full time in a supermarket counting stock, working on home shopping, helping on checkouts and other bits and pieces that need doing.

 

+ I work part time in a cinema either taking tickets and cleaning screens between showings or I am serving food, drinks and tickets. its not too bad but the pay is a little pants.

 

The second job, the money is going straight to savings in hopes that sometime next year I can move to wales.... it wont be enough for a deposit on a house, but it will be enough to buy all furniture and stuff for a unfurnished rented flat.

[EarthySun]

Shoveling snow in the winter. In the rest of the year I either work or make bets that I know I can't pay. :)

[Pkmastachaos]

When I was younger, mostly asking parents for money, birthdays/holidays & chores around home. These days I have my own job, working full time in a warehouse. Pay is pretty good, hours are steady and work well with my social life (7am-3:30pm), and I love the people I work with. Lots of benefits too. Grossing about $2700CAN(~£1,962) a month, not too shabby for a first job.

 

 

 

Love having the freedom to do what I want with my own money. B)

[tortilliachp]

I'm 18. I've coached younger kids in tennis since 14. At 14 through 17 i made about $37 an hour. After turning 18, it's closer to $58 an hour. being good at your interests can really pay off :D

[geekdude]

I get around $250.00 a week for teaching older people how to use basic computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and basic internet usage. I also work full-time at Best Buy as a network installer (running cable, terminating ends, setting up server systems,etc) making $35 an hour.

[dusky]

I deliver papers, not a bad job. Can do it on my own hours and fairly stress free. The only draw back is the low pay :angry: , $10 a week base pay, but maybe as high as 15 with tips

[demby123]

I took out the trash for the neighbors for 1 dollar every day as a first job. For about a month in high school I couldn't afford bus fare, I bought various chips from a dollar store for 25 cents, then sold them in school for 50. Then my backpack got stolen. <_<

[l0rd]

THE INTERNET.

 

I make mucho dinero.

[1230abcz]

Off the streets. I was a thug back in the day. Kickin' [wagon] and takin' names, son.