24. "I used to do yard work starting about 1984. Rate was $2/hr, but I was 12..." In response to In response to 0
Also babysat for $2/hr.
My dad still has the business card I made in 7th grade print shop. Pretty funny. Didn't even need the area code on the phone #.
Mowed lawns but charged a flat rate for that depending on lawn size.First customer negotiated his price at $6/hr, with me pushing my mower a half mile to his house and using my mower and gas. jeeze.
Shoveling snow was where the big cash was... snowy day my brother and I could make $200 each easy, count on that 3-4 times a season and we made out alright for the non-yard work season.
Worked at an overnight summer camp summers 93 and 94, way I recall it I netted about $2k for the 8 week season with one day off/week. Comes to under $2/hr since we lived there, but that includes sleeping time, plus of course they fed us. And the work was basically taking little kids hiking and camping and teaching them to canoe. So overall I wasn't too unhappy with the pay.
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