[GH85Carrera]

I have never once filled out an application for a job. Been employed pretty much since I was 16.

I was literally sitting in class in high school, when my first boss leaned over and asked me if I wanted a job. Of course I said sure. He was visiting the room to take pictures for the yearbook. I have just started driving so I was just a bit over 16. He put me right to work, and there was no application. After several years of working full time after graduating from high school, I asked for at least a $12,000 per year salary. He refused, so I moved to Oklahoma and my application was the owner put me in a darkroom, and said to make me 8x10 color print from this negative. I had to figure out his darkroom, and when the first print came off the processor he said show up on Monday at 8:00.

When I got into aerial photography the owner of the company invited me to lunch one day. He offered to hire me at a bigger salary than I was making and promised regular raises if I was a good worker. I gave my notice and started in aerial photography. When that company was taken over by the idiot son and driven into bankruptcy in short order I started my own company with a business partner.

The week it took me to move from Alabama to Oklahoma was my only period of no paycheck, and one of those days was the 4th of July, so I have had 4 days of unemployment since I was 16.