Successful People Are Sharing Their #First7Jobs & It Proves The Hustle Has Been Real

What were your first seven jobs? It’s a simple question, but the #first7jobs hashtag has dominated Twitter over the weekend.

Twitter users from all walks of life, including really successful people, joined in to share their wage-earning gigs. It really shows that success doesn’t happen overnight, and even celebs paid bills in various ways when they were starting out.

Who knew?!

Singer Marian Call started out as a babysitter and got the ball rolling for the rest of the world..

What were your first 7 jobs?

Babysitting, janitorial, slinging coffee, yard work, writing radio news, voice-overs, data entry/secretarial

— Marian Call (@mariancall) August 5, 2016

Some jokers also had a field day, of course.. LOL!

My #first7jobs were all hand 😞

— Christian Zamora (@Christian_Zamo) August 7, 2016

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who is a self-proclaimed “Global Space Statesman,” shared his #first7jobs..

#firstsevenjobs
Dish washer
Camp counselor
Fighter pilot
Astronaut
Commandant
Speaker
Author

Now Global Space Statesman!

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) August 7, 2016

One of actress Constance Wu’s first jobs included folding T-shirts at Gap:

Bread baker, shirt folder at the Gap, singer at Kings Dominion, counter at Blockbuster Video, waitress, assistant, babysitter #first7jobs

— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) August 7, 2016

Regina Spektor shared her first jobs..

Babysitter
Med office temp
Piano tech’s assist
Office assist
Page turner
Butterfly farm
Social worker assist(💔 & ❤️) https://t.co/EtiArqxdqL

— regina spektor (@respektor) August 6, 2016

.. As well as Tegan and Sara who had first jobs together and alone..

Robins Donuts. GrabbaJabba. Tegan and Sara. #firstsevenjobs

— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) August 6, 2016

Tegan, I also worked in the botanical gardens at the @calgaryzoo and as a cashier at A&B Sound. 🙏🏻 https://t.co/UaDOMhI5wU

— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) August 6, 2016

Christina Perri was once a shampoo girl.. Wow!

1. babysitter
2. shampoo girl
3. waitress
4. bartender
5. music video producer
6. waitress
7. recording artist #firstsevenjobs

— christina perri (@christinaperri) August 7, 2016

How enlightening? Lesson of the day: Don’t stop hustling, everyone! 😉

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