Merritt Watts hated her first job as a telemarketer. But it taught her something.

ESPN's Rece Davis didn't start out interviewing athletes on air.

Author Jess Walter takes us back to his first real job in the working world. Checkered tablecloths and all.

A Marketplace listener talks about her first job at a local restaurant and drive-thru.

A listener recalls why she was let go from her first job at the neighborhood grocery store.

Rancher Ken Lenox looks back at his first paid job on the farm.

A Marketplace listener tells us about the first — and last — day of work at her first paid job.

Writer and filmmaker dream hampton on the job that honed her interviewing skills.

Now a truck driver, Don Holzschuh talks about his first job in Minnesota.

Michael Price, writer and co-executive producer of "The Simpsons," talks about his first job.