My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I became a sales manager at Digital Equipment, promoted from within the sales team. My peers were less than excited that I had gotten the job, especially one of my male peers who said he just wasn't going to work for a woman.
My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt.
I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I was always a corporate Fortune 500 girl.
My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's.
My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.
I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby.
I worked as a secretary, a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school.
My first job was, like, McDonald's.
I went and worked at a TV station in Stillwater. I was actually account manager for commercial accounts, selling ad space and everything.