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“I had to fumble and bumble my own way through money”

What was your first job?

When I was 14 I worked in the equivalent of a supermarket, like Big W, on Saturday mornings and I wasn’t very good at it. I don’t think I lasted very long. I wanted pocket money and I tried a few things. I think I would have stayed, but I wasn’t offered a permanent job.

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