When I was 15 and a sophomore in HS, I had an extra credit program that was proctored by one of my teachers. I was doing a project on architecture, and my teacher happened to know an architect in town that was looking for a young person to help him with basic office duties. It was really an amazing way to get a job.

I loved that job so much! I used to take a different bus there after school and walk home every day. I remember it took me like half an hour to walk there (it must have been about a mile or two) and when I walked home, I'd always stop at little spots near the lake in my town and write poetry. Or I'd go to this corner coffee shop and have an order of fries for like 3 hours, while writing poetry.

Those architects are still some of the coolest guys I've ever worked with. I was never really "fired", they just didn't have enough business to keep me on. But I visited them constantly, and one of the architects ended up teaching a drafting class I took the next year. Instant A. We still email every now and then. And they're still references on my resume. And I keep getting W-2's from them for my taxes every year because I'm still on the payroll. :) That was the best job ever.