It started with a question, tweeted Aug. 4 by a Twitter user named @mariancall: “What were your first 7 jobs?”
It’s simple enough, and she went first: “Babysitting, janitorial, slinging coffee, yard work, writing radio news, voice-overs, data entry/secretarial.” Fast forward a few days and it rocketed into a hashtag (#firstsevenjobs) that began to trend (also see #first7jobs), finding a much larger audience and scooping up some celebrities in the process, like talk-show host Stephen Colbert and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Oh, and Buzz Aldrin.
A lot of people joked about internships and even futuristic endeavors (“President of Mars”). Others who joined include ‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, singers Christina Perri and Regina Spektor, comedian W. Kamau Bell and even Monica Lewinsky:
#firstsevenjobs construction, bus boy, cafeteria server, library data entry, futon frame maker, futon salesman, waiter
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) August 7, 2016
#firstsevenjobs
Dish washer
Camp counselor
Fighter pilot
Astronaut
Commandant
Speaker
AuthorNow Global Space Statesman!
— Dr. Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) August 7, 2016
#first7jobs
Slushee machine at my aunt's store
Intern for WNET
McD's…register
Data entry
Drawing 1 model
Community paper writer
Teacher— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) August 7, 2016
Expanding on this briefly, he replied to a Twitter user who remarked about the “Drawing 1 model” gig, writing “best paying job at Wesleyan. Got nekkid for 14 bucks an hour, real tasteful like.”
#firstsevenjobs
art dealer (age 8)
lemonade stand
toy-o-rama
knot shop (LA)
knot shop (OR)@WhiteHouse @ThePentagon— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) August 6, 2016
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
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
#firstsevenjobs
Babysitter
ESL teacher in Beijing
Copy editor
Waitress
Script reader
Bartender
Chinese tutor— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) August 7, 2016
#firstsevenjobs
Newspaper stand
Janitor, my high school
college work study
Michael Jordan retail store
Condom Shop
Ben & Jerry's
Video Store— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) August 7, 2016
This article originally appeared on Time.com
