First job was sweeping and mopping floors.(age 13)
Second job was stocking shelves and unloading trucks at a food store.
Third job was unloading trucks at a beer and beverage store. (Better job!)
Fourth Job: Short order cook
Fifth Job: Stock shelves, unload trucks, watch out for shoplifters, run cash register, audit end of day receipts at a chain drug store. (High school job)
Sixth job was of and on while earning an Engineering Degree: most summers spend working for a moving company (pianos are a
no matter what size) when I wasn't doing summer training with the Navy.
One fine spring day I flew my first solo, a landing pattern solo, in a civil fixed wing. Lived to tell the tale!
Commissioned Ensign.
Pilot Training was second assignment as a Naval Officer.
Finally got my wings! Was finally a pilot! Worth every step taken.