The Hot Hashtag This Week Is #firstsevenjobs and Anyone Can Play

What were your first 7 jobs?

Babysitting, janitorial, slinging coffee, yard work, writing radio news, voice-overs, data entry/secretarial

— Marian Call (@mariancall) August 5, 2016

The idea was that you might learn something about someone by the first jobs they held. We’ve all had a few embarrassing ways of generating an income, right? (Not that our current jobs are anything to be embarrassed about.)

For some internet reason — which means, roughly translated, “who knows?” — the hashtag #firstsevenjobs took off the following weekend on Twitter, with the famous and infamous fessing up about their past, including people like astronaut Buzz Aldrin, actress Mira Sorvino, and playwright Lin-Manual Miranda. Here are seven other famous people revealing their early employment history.

#firstsevenjobs Busboy, waiter, guy who lifts & moves stuff in factory, quarry worker, bar musician, hospital orderly, music store cashier

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 8, 2016

Bread baker, shirt folder at the Gap, singer at Kings Dominion, counter at Blockbuster Video, waitress, assistant, babysitter #first7jobs

— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) August 7, 2016

#firstsevenjobs
babysitter
dance teacher
Hershey Park performer
receptionist
cater company waiter
Bakery waiter/cashier
Actor

— Melissa Fumero (@melissafumero) August 7, 2016