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How much did you make when you were 16?

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  • D Diagon Alley

    "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

    If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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    Nish Nishant
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    If you ask Justin Bieber, he'll say a few million dollars I guess. :rolleyes:

    Regards, Nish


    Blog: blog.voidnish.com

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      At 16 I was making great money - $1.75/hour! At that time, gasoline was $0.27/gal, my insurance was $80/year, and life was good! At 55, my standard of living has dropped considerably... :sigh:

      "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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      Dalek Dave
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      Roger, My first weeks pay is about the same as my hourly rate now.

      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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      • D Diagon Alley

        "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

        If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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        Chris Meech
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        At 16, I bagged groceries for $1.25/hr and worked a second job at a machine shop at $1.50/hr. Beer was only 25¢ and a game of snooker only cost 50¢, so I was pretty happy when I wasn't working. :)

        Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]

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          If you ask Justin Bieber, he'll say a few million dollars I guess. :rolleyes:

          Regards, Nish


          Blog: blog.voidnish.com

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          Dalek Dave
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          Shirley Temple had made $3Million by 10 years of age, and that was back when $3Million was a lot of money!

          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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            If you ask Justin Bieber, he'll say a few million dollars I guess. :rolleyes:

            Regards, Nish


            Blog: blog.voidnish.com

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            leckey 0
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            He bought his mom a house, yet I heard that she puts him on an allowance of $50 a day. Still seems overprivledged to me.

            Yeah, I need to update this. Darn Judge Judy reruns! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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              He bought his mom a house, yet I heard that she puts him on an allowance of $50 a day. Still seems overprivledged to me.

              Yeah, I need to update this. Darn Judge Judy reruns! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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              Nish Nishant
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              leckey wrote:

              He bought his mom a house, yet I heard that she puts him on an allowance of $50 a day. Still seems overprivledged to me.

              The day he turns 18, she's in trouble :-)

              Regards, Nish


              Blog: blog.voidnish.com

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              • D Diagon Alley

                "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                peterchen
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                There's just a little misconception here: He didn't work ten thousand times harder and more determined and more driven than the guy who made $100.

                Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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                • D Diagon Alley

                  "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                  If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                  Richard Blythe
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                  Sorry to be a wet blanket but was that sales or profit? There's a big difference. (A business success none the less)

                  The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                  • D Diagon Alley

                    "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                    If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                    Lost User
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                    Eeesh. When I was 16 I was a high school dropout, working in restaurants. Hitchhiked all over the country, lived in Denver for 6 months or so... eventually made my way back to Vermont, completed high school, went to college... and sure as hell wasn't making a million a year. :laugh:

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Rise Early Work Hard Strike Oil

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                      Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                      Rise late Dont Work Marry Money has worked for many starlet

                      You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

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                      • D Diagon Alley

                        "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                        If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                        phannon86
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                        Trying to think what my wages were then (8 years ago), just worked in the local pub/restaurant. Was a nice enough place and got me the cash I needed 'til I finished uni. It was always somewhere in the region of £5 an hour. But yeah... jealous :/

                        He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                          There's just a little misconception here: He didn't work ten thousand times harder and more determined and more driven than the guy who made $100.

                          Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
                          | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                          Richard Blythe
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                          :thumbsup::thumbsup:

                          The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                          • D Diagon Alley

                            "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                            If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                            Unfortunately, I blew it all on drugs, gambling, and hookers. Just kidding of course. We all know rich teenagers wisely invest.

                            Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                            • D Diagon Alley

                              "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                              If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                              Sandeep Mewara
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                              None! I was studying then. In India, we don't have this culture of working at early age.

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                              • D Diagon Alley

                                "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                                If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                                AspDotNetDev
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                                I didn't get my first computer until high school, so I suppose there wasn't much hope for me to go down that path. By 16, let me see... I *might* have been making $5/week allowance at that point.

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                                • S Sandeep Mewara

                                  None! I was studying then. In India, we don't have this culture of working at early age.

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                                  Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                  w/e, maybe for the proletariat.

                                  Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                                  • D Diagon Alley

                                    "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                                    If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                                    J4amieC
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                                    "It was a simple site that some of you may now: Mac Bundle Box" Great grammar.

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                                    • D Diagon Alley

                                      "There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great."[^] :thumbsup::cool::rose:

                                      If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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                                      Henry Minute
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                                      When I was 16 I didn't really make that much. The year before though was something else. I made a pair of book-ends, a table lamp, a shoe cleaning kit box/footrest, a wrought-iron poker and a cold chisel. A very good making year, I think you'll agree.

                                      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                      • S Sandeep Mewara

                                        None! I was studying then. In India, we don't have this culture of working at early age.

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                                        Diagon Alley
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                                        Yeah it was road side pani puri[^] in front of the school for us :) But I do remember winning a small time programming competition organized by VITM, Bangalore[^]. 2nd Prize 500 rupees for 3 of us and a course in "Internet Basics" by one of the sponsors. Life was good :)

                                        If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols

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