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Internet Celebrates Unlikely Beginnings With #FirstSevenJobs Hashtag
Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda was a Slushie slinger. How about you?
08.12.16
Paper route Camp counselor Mailroom Pizza delivery Movie usher Cashier Psychiatric Hospital Model #firstsevenjobs https://t.co/bv1EVmo7LI— Mo Rocca (@Mo Rocca)1470580866.0
Trending hashtags on Twitter tend to be good for a few quick laughs or a burst of heated political discourse. But the #firstsevenjobs tag falls somewhere inbetween, shedding light on users’ backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and unusual opportunities they’ve found along the way.
<p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="69JT1J1564674744" id="e98f2"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="763073464530001924"><div style="margin:1em 0">#FirstSevenJobs
Sold fitness equipment
Grocery stocker
Gas station clerk
Directv support
Programmer / Sysadmin
Web dev
Founded @Twitpic</div> — ⚡️ Noah (@⚡️ Noah)<a href="https://twitter.com/noaheverett/statuses/763073464530001924">1470765865.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><p>If you’ve spent any time on Twitter this week, you might be wondering whether any successful businesspeople <em>didn’t </em>start out as <a href="https://twitter.com/noaheverett/status/763073464530001924">gas station clerks</a>—or, given how much you probably have in common with <a href="https://twitter.com/AstroTerry/status/762409458920140801">astronaut Terry Virts</a>, perhaps you’re trying to pinpoint the moment your life went astray. </p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="P5SL0N1564674744" id="fa63d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="762409458920140801"><div style="margin:1em 0">My #firstsevenjobs 1) paperboy, 2) orchard laborer 3) sneaker salesman 4) #USAFA student 5) fighter pilot 6) test pilot 7) astronaut 8)?</div> — Terry Virts (@Terry Virts)<a href="https://twitter.com/AstroTerry/statuses/762409458920140801">1470607554.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Men and women, it would appear, have tended to fall along stereotypical gender lines, with the former taking on a lot of the <a href="https://twitter.com/yegCopywriter/status/763779608944582657">heavy lifting</a> (until they didn’t anymore). </p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="KEE2SG1564674744" id="cc375"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="762829975632302080"><div style="margin:1em 0">Farm hand, hoagie maker, ice cream scooper, gas station attendant, pipeline surveyor, waiter, actor #firstsevenjobs</div> — Tony Goldwyn (@Tony Goldwyn)<a href="https://twitter.com/tonygoldwyn/statuses/762829975632302080">1470707813.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7FNFZ71564674744" id="3643a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="763415882533974016"><div style="margin:1em 0">#firstsevenjobs
Ice cream salesman (age 10, at the lake)
Farmhand
Glass factory custodian
Hardware sales
Baker
Tank driver
Personal trainer</div> — Arnold (@Arnold)<a href="https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/statuses/763415882533974016">1470847504.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="JZH4NP1564674744" id="8de72"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="762722748019855361"><div style="margin:1em 0">Paperboy
Stock boy
Dishwasher
Bellhop
Waiter
Secretary
Writer for Golden Girls
#firstsevenjobs (I like that last jump)</div> — David Goodman (@David Goodman)<a href="https://twitter.com/DavidAGoodman/statuses/762722748019855361">1470682248.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>The latter, of course, has had plenty of experience dealing with employment’s <a href="https://twitter.com/itsgariele/status/763763346466275328">softer side</a>—even if they’ve gone on to shatter a glass ceiling or two. </p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="HSZTIA1564674744" id="10490"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="763763346466275328"><div style="margin:1em 0">#FirstSevenJobs: housekeeper, grocery store cashier, hallmark cards, virgin mobile, proactiv, surf shop, blogger 🎉</div> — Gariele Wright (@Gariele Wright)<a href="https://twitter.com/itsgariele/statuses/763763346466275328">1470930346.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="L6A2871564674744" id="6e9c0"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="762411056060731393"><div style="margin:1em 0">#firstsevenjobs
Babysitter
Stirrup pants expert
Cashier
Cashier-Marshall's
Denim expert at gap
Research Assistant
White house/senate intern</div> — Kathryn Finney (@Kathryn Finney)<a href="https://twitter.com/KathrynFinney/statuses/762411056060731393">1470607935.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0K90FV1564674745" id="0239d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="763017079154958336"><div style="margin:1em 0">#firstsevenjobs #first7jobs @sherylsandberg https://t.co/Qu8Y8n6qKX</div> — Kelly (with a y) (@Kelly (with a y))<a href="https://twitter.com/KellywithaY/statuses/763017079154958336">1470752422.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>The war between millennials and pretty much anyone who came of age before the 2008 recession has been fierce. The winner? Probably the people who are paid for their work.</p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="HPAKQ81564674745" id="82278"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="761918981649362944"><div style="margin:1em 0">#FirstSevenJobs
Unpaid internship.
Unpaid internship.
Unpaid internship.
Unpaid internship.
Unpaid internship.
Unpaid internship.
Death.</div> — taha (@taha)<a href="https://twitter.com/KhanStopMe/statuses/761918981649362944">1470490615.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7B7ZUK1564674745" id="e90aa"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="761876895013015552"><div style="margin:1em 0">#firstsevenjobs
- nothing ❌
- pls employ me 🙋🏻
- i need money 💸💰💵
- help 🗣
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-</div> — kristina ⭕️ (@kristina ⭕️)<a href="https://twitter.com/bubblyphil/statuses/761876895013015552">1470480581.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9D8KVG1564674746" id="66580"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="762076958100484096"><div style="margin:1em 0">#first7jobs
Slushee machine at my aunt's store
Intern for WNET
McD's...register
Data entry
Drawing 1 model
Community paper writer
Teacher</div> — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin-Manuel Miranda)<a href="https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/statuses/762076958100484096">1470528280.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>It turns out that <a href="http://www.marketplace.org/2016/08/08/world/firstsevenjobs-twitter-meme-began-song">hashtag started</a> with a <a href="https://twitter.com/mariancall/status/761366330511544320">songwriter</a> looking for inspiration. Now, it’s turned into an anthropological study of American ambition.</p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="TSICLF1564674746" id="1c854"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="761955533083455492"><div style="margin:1em 0">The #FirstSevenJobs trend is really great, especially for those of us who are still in our first couple and are struggling to see the future</div> — Hawkietta (@Hawkietta)<a href="https://twitter.com/Hawkietta/statuses/761955533083455492">1470499330.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>(Well, that—and an opportunity to mock a certain orange politician and his privileged upbringing.)</p><p dir="ltr"></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OUTSRM1564674746" id="4e598"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="762061993448607744"><div style="margin:1em 0">#firstsevenjobs
Spoiled rich punk
Bankruptcy goer into of
Meat salesman
"University"
Some reality TV B.S.
Candidate for Prez
Walmart greeter</div> — George Patrick Dovel (@George Patrick Dovel)<a href="https://twitter.com/georgedovel/statuses/762061993448607744">1470524712.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p>
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