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tacticaltomahawk45 said:
Thats a really great idea, I've helped my uncles do there roof and I am sure I can find jobs in the summer, thanks I will do stuff like that in the summer. Thanks for your ideas, anyone else?
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Uncles are a great way to get work...you know any one who does construction, landscaping, lumberyard etc..any where they just need some extra hands and muscle? Get them to ask around, everyone knows someone!
 
Sullie said:
Ya, that's what I mean, many of us started as roofing helpers. There is a lot of grunt work involved with running shingles up and down a ladder....perfect for a young buck with no experience and decent pay to keep em going. It's a pretty common introduction into construction around these parts. Roofers are always looking for helpers and hopefully in time you can find a good one who will teach you a few things and then you can go from there.
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Yeah, my uncle started out as a roofing grunt and worked his way up to being a foreman of a large commercial outfit that specialized in industrial sized roofing jobs and made a lot of money doing it. My cousin (the uncle's son) did the same and is now a foreman for a large construction firm out west.
 
mcrow said:
Yeah, my uncle started out as a roofing grunt and worked his way up to being a foreman of a large commercial outfit that specialized in industrial sized roofing jobs and made a lot of money doing it. My cousin (the uncle's son) did the same and is now a foreman for a large construction firm out west.
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Awesome, Hard work always pays off!
Get one of them to hire tacticaltomahawk :thumbup:
 
Sullie said:
Uncles are a great way to get work...you know any one who does construction, landscaping, lumberyard etc..any where they just need some extra hands and muscle? Get them to ask around, everyone knows someone!
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I have at least 4 uncles that are in construction and my dad could get me jobs too, do either of you have an estimate of what that would pay?
 
Probably better than any other starting job I can think of?
The actual amount depends on where you live and what you will be doing and responsibilities.
Just remember that what you start out at is the beginning and once you start working prove to them that not only are you worth it, you're worth more! Then your pay will go up with increased responsibilities and ability.
Ask them, they are family man, you gotta trust them! The pay will be whatever they are offering. Just remember it's not always easy starting out but everyone's gotta pay their dues and just grind it out. Work hard and learn as much as possible and people will notice.

My one piece of advice for construction(or work in general) is to never stand around waiting for someone to tell you to do something. Just keep working and get it done.

Good luck!
 
I didn't collect as a kid but I worked summer jobs doing stuff like cutting grass and walking dogs, I had 2 SAKs that I wanted because of MacGuyver (duh)...


As an adult, I pay for my collection by screwing people...I'm a lawyer! (Just kidding! I didn't really get into knives until about a year ago, it was the next logical extension out from guns).
 
Nobody had any money when I was a kid. We would pick up glass Coke bottles out of the ditches and turn them in for two cents each.
 
Sullie said:
Probably better than any other starting job I can think of?
The actual amount depends on where you live and what you will be doing and responsibilities.
Just remember that what you start out at is the beginning and once you start working prove to them that not only are you worth it, you're worth more! Then your pay will go up with increased responsibilities and ability.
Ask them, they are family man, you gotta trust them! The pay will be whatever they are offering. Just remember it's not always easy starting out but everyone's gotta pay their dues and just grind it out. Work hard and learn as much as possible and people will notice.

My one piece of advice for construction(or work in general) is to never stand around waiting for someone to tell you to do something. Just keep working and get it done.

Good luck!
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Alright thanks it's a big help, I will start looking around this weekend!
 
John_0917 said:
I didn't collect as a kid but I worked summer jobs doing stuff like cutting grass and walking dogs, I had 2 SAKs that I wanted because of MacGuyver (duh)...


As an adult, I pay for my collection by screwing people...I'm a lawyer! (Just kidding! I didn't really get into knives until about a year ago, it was the next logical extension out from guns).
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For me it will be the other way around and I will start collecting guns when I am old enough. Guns seems like the next logical thing after knives
 
If you do lawn mowing or snow shoveling or any kind of work where you find your own work, you need to market yourself and you can find a lot more work that way if you live in a decently populated area.

Marketing is key!!! Invest a little money I'm making some flyers, get your name out there so that your client base has the potential to expand.

If you have your friends work with you, then if you market whatever you think people need in your area well, (we'll use lawn care for example), then you can take the reigns and send your friends to to jobs for said amount of money and then keep the rest, whatever is fair for everyone but in that situation you are the one that makes that decision.
at this point you'll be the manager of your own small company!

I didn't do this myself, but once worked with a guy who accomplished just that at a very young age, doing law care, so much that he booked himself up the third summer her did it and was paying his friends ten dollars and hour and were turning people down because he was so busy.

It may seem like a lot. Because it is and you may not be ready to take that on but I sure wasn't ready in my first steps of management/ownership but if you are motivated enough by money then you can do anything. Anything is possible with the right motivation.

if you pursue something like that and have questions feel free to PM me or shoot me an email. Good luck on your summer endeavors!!!
 
As a kid, I mostly did yard work. This included pulling weeds, raking, planting rose bushes, mowing the occasional lawn, and cleaning up dog kennel areas. It taught me to really appreciate the things I bought. As I got older, I worked doing roofing as well, helped sand and mask cars at a local auto body shop, washing motorcycles by hand, and repairing coolers in summer. Coincidentally, I had a Delica, Buck 110, and a Buck fixed blade.
 
mrdabble said:
If you do lawn mowing or snow shoveling or any kind of work where you find your own work, you need to market yourself and you can find a lot more work that way if you live in a decently populated area.

Marketing is key!!! Invest a little money I'm making some flyers, get your name out there so that your client base has the potential to expand.

If you have your friends work with you, then if you market whatever you think people need in your area well, (we'll use lawn care for example), then you can take the reigns and send your friends to to jobs for said amount of money and then keep the rest, whatever is fair for everyone but in that situation you are the one that makes that decision.
at this point you'll be the manager of your own small company!

I didn't do this myself, but once worked with a guy who accomplished just that at a very young age, doing law care, so much that he booked himself up the third summer her did it and was paying his friends ten dollars and hour and were turning people down because he was so busy.

It may seem like a lot. Because it is and you may not be ready to take that on but I sure wasn't ready in my first steps of management/ownership but if you are motivated enough by money then you can do anything. Anything is possible with the right motivation.

if you pursue something like that and have questions feel free to PM me or shoot me an email. Good luck on your summer endeavors!!!
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Thanks for your input, I will keep that In mind, I was thinking I could try peat control with people's gardens, I could pay my friends to check on stuff when I am not there and i talked to a friend from a different town tonight and he said that he earned a lot of money from that and he's doing that same type of thing but with controlling the chipmunk and rabbit population
 
Not my first knife, but my first quality knife. I still have it almost 20 years later. Don't know the model, but it's a SAK that Marlboro offered at the time as part of their "Miles" program.
Unfortunately, people litter. Fortunately for me, they'd typically forget to take their Miles from the empty pack. To and from school or anytime I was biking or walking for nearly a year I collected them and had my father send in the paperwork with the collected "points". 4-6 weeks later I had my knife.
 
My uncle owns a construction company, so when I was 11 I asked if I could do things around the sites for under-the-table cash. I got paid $5/hr to inspect and carry framing studs around the sites. Waking up at 4 am all summer and going to bed while it was still light outside made me appreciate those "paychecks" a bit more. A knife wasn't just a knife, it was a month of not hanging out with friends at the lake.

Added bonus of being the most tan and ripped kid in junior high the following school year.
 
trevitrace said:
Not my first knife, but my first quality knife. I still have it almost 20 years later. Don't know the model, but it's a SAK that Marlboro offered at the time as part of their "Miles" program.
Unfortunately, people litter. Fortunately for me, they'd typically forget to take their Miles from the empty pack. To and from school or anytime I was biking or walking for nearly a year I collected them and had my father send in the paperwork with the collected "points". 4-6 weeks later I had my knife.
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Cool story, and very resourceful I must say. :thumbup:
 
tacticaltomahawk45 said:
Thanks for the help! My dad is in the townhomes so there is plenty of old people to help out here, and I could also mow lawns but that will have to wait till summer because I am busy with stuff after school until then, I will keep all those ideas in mind. Has anyone gotten rid of garden pests as a kid and has ideas on how to start that?
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Just bear in mind that for every heart of gold elderly person out there, there are equally as many cheapskates (and a sprinkling of perverts). It can often be hard to discern at the time, but there is a very big difference between doing a good dead for an elderly person (read: working for cheap/free) and getting just plain exploited.

Guess I should probably put the Nomex on now...
 
Me being a teen, I personally sharpen other kids CCC knives, do of jobs for people, and sell things at school (i.e. Gum, sodas, PAPER AND PENCILS). It's not hard, you just have to look for where to make it.
 
I mowed lawns and did other yard work, but that was back in the early `90s when gas for the mower cost a lot less! Then again, the few knives I did own were a far cry from Benchmade or any of the brands I like now. More like United Cutlery, if a name brand at all. I still have most of my knives from back then, and none could have cost more than $20.

Something to keep in mind is that, unfortunately, your age may work against you. A lot of jobs will simply not be attainable to you at 14, whether because of legal reasons, the nature of the work or simple factors like not being able to drive. By the time I was old enough to be earning steady income around 15-16, my interest in knives had been put on the back burner so that I could save up for my first car, and I didn't buy a knife again until I was well into my 30s. My first $100+ knife purchase was within the past year or so, and while I'm not a teenager anymore, I have something that a lot of other guys can relate to: a wife.
 
Inazone said:
I mowed lawns and did other yard work, but that was back in the early `90s when gas for the mower cost a lot less! Then again, the few knives I did own were a far cry from Benchmade or any of the brands I like now. More like United Cutlery, if a name brand at all. I still have most of my knives from back then, and none could have cost more than $20.

Something to keep in mind is that, unfortunately, your age may work against you. A lot of jobs will simply not be attainable to you at 14, whether because of legal reasons, the nature of the work or simple factors like not being able to drive. By the time I was old enough to be earning steady income around 15-16, my interest in knives had been put on the back burner so that I could save up for my first car, and I didn't buy a knife again until I was well into my 30s. My first $100+ knife purchase was within the past year or so, and while I'm not a teenager anymore, I have something that a lot of other guys can relate to: a wife.
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Yeah I know it is my only obstacle right now, luckily there are a few places that hire at 15. That's why I am looking at odd jobs like sharpening knives and stuff like that but I am not afraid to work
 
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