Celebs Tweeting Their #FirstSevenJobs Prove That The Hustle Is Real

Last week, songwriter Marian Call put out a question on Twitter: What were your first seven jobs?

Pretty soon, her query was trending as #FirstSevenJobs, and tweeters from all walks of life joined in to share their first wage-earning gigs. Included in that group? Some celebs who paid bills plenty of different ways when they were just starting out.

Long before he was causing founding-father-related mania, Lin-Manuel Miranda was everything from a slushee-machine operator to a nude model (he added that it was "real tasteful like").

#first7jobs
Slushee machine at my aunt's store
Intern for WNET
McD's...register
Data entry
Drawing 1 model
Community paper writer
Teacher

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) August 7, 2016

Actress Constance Wu's early jobs included shirt-folding at The Gap.

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

Bandmates and sisters Tegan and Sara shared the jobs they've had together and alone.

Robins Donuts. GrabbaJabba. Tegan and Sara. #firstsevenjobs

— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) August 6, 2016

Tegan, I also worked in the botanical gardens at the @calgaryzoo and as a cashier at A&B Sound. 🙏🏻 https://t.co/UaDOMhI5wU

— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) August 6, 2016

Babysitter
Med office temp
Piano tech's assist
Office assist
Page turner
Butterfly farm
Social worker assist(💔 & ❤️) https://t.co/EtiArqxdqL

— regina spektor (@respektor) August 6, 2016

Mira Sorvino, Regina Spektor, and Stephen Colbert also weighed in.

#firstsevenjobs
Babysitter
ESL teacher in Beijing
Copy editor
Waitress
Script reader
Bartender
Chinese tutor

— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) August 7, 2016

#firstsevenjobs construction, bus boy, cafeteria server, library data entry, futon frame maker, futon salesman, waiter

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) August 7, 2016

Even astronaut and self-proclaimed "global space statesman" Buzz Aldrin couldn't help but share (we wish one of our first seven jobs involved walking on the moon).

#firstsevenjobs
Dish washer
Camp counselor
Fighter pilot
Astronaut
Commandant
Speaker
Author

Now Global Space Statesman!

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) August 7, 2016

It's a fun way to learn trivia about some of our favorite celebs — but, as one tweet puts it, it's also a good way to remember that the path to success isn't exactly straightforward.

I like the #first7jobs hashtag bc it helps us all remember that: pic.twitter.com/4RHbnYHqPN

— ┤│├ @ EarwormAud.io (@_tlr_) August 6, 2016

Or, as Buzz Aldrin pointed out, there's more than one way to become an astronaut.

.@AstroTerry took a slightly different trajectory to astronaut than I did. But all worthwhile jobs. #firstsevenjobs https://t.co/yTGKVYSXBb

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) August 8, 2016

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