What was your first job?

You mean other than chores to earn my allowance, I assume. That would have been cutting apricots to dry. I was still bedridden, but they would put the tray over my bed so I could reach the cots, cut them, and spread them. Because it was cumbersome, I was slow, and it was paid piece rate so I got all the squish over-ripe ones that slowed down the other workers. As I recall it was something like 50 cents a tray for like a 4' x 8' drying tray.

When I was healthier, I got to pick cotton. That was $1 for 100 pounds as I recall.