Have you ever had a job in the real world?

Question: Have you ever had a job in the real world?
- Keywords:
  career,
  routine,
  work
Asked by Sparky to Rebecca on 10 Nov 2014.
- Rebecca Ingle answered on 10 Nov 2014:
  
  Unless my short-term work as a research assistant counts (in both a university and a charity) then not really! I do a bit of freelance writing and editing on the side of my PhD but technically I have been a student all my life.

Question: Have you ever had a job in the real world?