Abby Andrietsch, Schools That Can Milwaukee

What was your first job? Data entry and filing at HUSCO International

Other profession you’d like to try? “Tough one – I love my job. On the fun side, I’d try my hand at being a baker.”

Adam Artz, Pinnacle Engineering Group

What was your first job? Digging holes for the installation of underground lawn sprinklers

Other profession you’d like to try? “Corporate lawyer. Let the debate begin . . .”

Danielle Bergner, Milwaukee City Attorney's Office

What was your first job?

Hair salon receptionist

Other profession you’d like to try? Director of a nonprofit agency

La'Ketta Caldwell, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee

What was your first job? Wendy’s cashier

Other profession you’d like to try? “I would like to have my own television sitcom called ‘Keytalife’.”

Matt Cordio, Startup Milwaukee/96Square/Commons

What was your first job? “I started several small businesses while in middle and high school, including a mail order furniture business, a catering company and several lemonade stands.”

Other profession you’d like to try? Politics

Anza D'Antonio, A.O. Smith Corp.

What was your first job? “Babysitter. If you are between the ages of 23-33 and grew up on Wausau’s west side, there is a good chance I babysat for you. First job that required a work permit: dietary aide at the Wausau Hospital.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “I think I am well suited for the profession I have chosen. I take great pride in working for an American manufacturing company. While manufacturing does not have the same cache as tech or finance sectors, it is the workhorse of the economy. For over 140 years, A.O. Smith has improved the lives of people in very meaningful ways through the products it makes and the family sustaining jobs it creates. Can you imagine living a life without hot water on demand?”

Jon Donahue, Johnson Bank

What was your first job? “Lumping — waking at 3 a.m. to unload (lump) trains full of powdered milk. After this experience, there is never a ‘hard’ day in banking.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “Formula 1 driver — what’s not to like about driving 200-plus mph in exotic locations around the world?”

Darienne Driver, Milwaukee Public Schools

What was your first job? Hostess at Damon’s Restaurant

Other profession you’d like to try? “Restoring houses and reviving neighborhoods”

Brian Dworak, BMO Harris Bradley Center

What was your first job? Summer job cleaning school buses

Other profession you’d like to try? Pilot

Sarah Fierek, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee

What was your first job? Certified nursing assistant

Other profession you’d like to try? Commercial real estate, voice acting, publishing

Kristin Gies, Mequon Nature Preserve Inc.

What was your first job? “First ever, Stein’s Gardens and Gifts, clerk at 14 years old; first professional, UW-Extension horticulture assistant”

Other profession you’d like to try? Firefighting or a coffee shop owner

Nick Goebel, Rockwell Automation

What was your first job? “My cousin and I started a business building bird houses at the age of 8 with the help of my grandfather; we weren’t successful but we learned a lot about business at an early age. Then I started picking golf balls at a golf range.”

Other profession you’d like to try? Private equity or teaching

Evan Hughes, Central Standard Craft Distillery/DRAFT magazine

What was your first job? “At the age of 5, my first job was selling rocks to my neighbors. Most of my inventory came from rocks that I had stolen from my neighbor’s yards. It was a great business plan. My first real job was the summer after my junior year in high school at A.P. Nonweiler, an industrial coating and paint factory. My father wanted to instill work ethic and the importance of getting an education. It worked.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “If I didn’t already have two dream jobs, I would probably like to try a career in commercial real estate.”

Brooke Infusino, Kenosha Area Business Alliance/Y-Link

What was your first job? “I worked as an office assistant for an insurance agency in high school. My friend’s dad owned the agency, so he let me help out. I had to do things like file, answer phones, sort the mail, and organize the basement.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “Personal trainer. It would be rewarding to focus on fitness, get paid for it, and help others realize the results of their hard work.”

Tammylynne Jonas, Kohl's Corp.

What was your first job? "Consultant at Andersen Consulting. I ended up doing the Wisconsin Gas/Wisconsin Electric merger, working out of an office in West Allis. It was a great experience learning in a high-stakes/high-stress environment. Long hours, lots of problem solving — a great role for someone fresh out of school.”

Other profession you’d like to try? College professor

Katie Klein-Murphy, Boelter + Lincoln Marketing Communications

What was your first job? Playground leader, Port Washington Parks & Recreation Department

Other profession you’d like to try? Race car driver in the Indy Racing League

John LaDisa, Marquette University

What was your first job? Milwaukee Sentinel paper route

Other profession you’d like to try? “Chef at one of Milwaukee’s excellent restaurants, or chief technology officer at a medical device company”

Amy Lindner, Meta House

What was your first job? Murf’s Frozen Custard

Other profession you’d like to try? Third base coach

Tan Lo, Barrett Lo Visionary Development

What was your first job? “I was a professional paper shredder for my parents’ company when I was 8.”

Other profession you’d like to try? Owning an exotic car dealership

Rebeca Lopez, Godfrey & Kahn SC

What was your first job? “I began babysitting as soon as I could become certified, although I took care of my younger brothers for years before that. My first ‘real job’ was working as a server at a nursing home.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “Food and travel author – I would love to eat and write my way around the world.”

Tom Maltese, Deloitte Tax LLP

What was your first job? “I started by making sandwiches at a sub shop in Kansas.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “Architect. I find great pleasure in the study of design and the impact great architecture can have on cities, businesses and individuals alike.”

Greg Matzek, Journal Broadcast Group

What was your first job? “My first job was in high school at the Sunglass Hut at Brookfield Square. It was awesome. My first career-related job was an intern for the American Junior Golf Association in Atlanta.”

Other profession you’d like to try? Major college track and field coach

S.R. Mills, Bear Development LLC

What was your first job? Cleaning units at apartment buildings

Other profession you’d like to try? College professor

Rebecca Mitich, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC

What was your first job? Mall music store clerk

Other profession you’d like to try? “Radio documentarian/story teller a la ‘This American Life’”

Reggie Moore, Center for Youth Engagement

What was your first job? “Visual art instructor at YMCA at the age of 16”

Other profession you’d like to try? Politics

Rajesh Namboothiry, ManpowerGroup

What was your first job? Production engineer

Other profession you’d like to try? "Working for NASA as a space researcher or scientist"

Steve Pape, Greywolf Partners

What was your first job? Paperboy

Other profession you’d like to try? Meteorologist

Robin Reese, Vangard Group LLC

What was your first job? “I landed my first job the summer between eighth and ninth grade with Milwaukee Public Schools. I was a janitorial assistant at Roosevelt Middle School.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “SportsCenter” anchor

Kristen Roche, Mount Mary University

What was your first job? Corn detasseler for DeKalb Agriculture

Other profession you’d like to try? Anesthesiologist

Dr. Ajay Sahajpal, Aurora Health Care

What was your first job? Paperboy

Other profession you’d like to try? “I honestly can’t see myself in another profession beyond medicine. Having said that, the physician administrative leadership components of health care very much fascinate me, especially with all of the new challenges our community and this country face with the changing landscape in health care economics and policy.”

Katie Sanders, Safe & Sound Inc.

What was your first job? Newspaper delivery girl

Other profession you’d like to try? Author

Gina Santagati, United Way of Greater Milwaukee

What was your first job? “Very first job — at the Weyenberg Library in Mequon re-shelving books and stuffing envelopes”

Other profession you’d like to try? “If I was good enough, a professional musician”

Heidi Sterricker, Serve Marketing

What was your first job? “Tasty Freeze in Crystal Lake, Ill. I was 15 and rollerbladed to work. I spent long days and nights perfecting the soft serve cone and dressed up hundreds of hot dogs.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “Paleontology. I went on a dinosaur dig this past summer and got to experience the life of a paleontologist, and it was amazing. In another life, this would be my calling.”

Viswa Subbaraman, Skylight Music Theatre

What was your first job? “In college, my first job was data entry. As a conductor, I’d say my first job was as the visiting assistant conductor of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “I love what I do. I couldn’t imagine not conducting. If I were forced to choose? Venture capital valuation.”

Solomon Tesfai, MillerCoors

What was your first job? “My first job post under-grad was a staff accountant role at Supervalu Inc. based in Eden Prairie, Minn. It was my first taste into the corporate world. I learned early on that the smartest and most talented weren’t always the most successful, but those who could clearly and concisely message a point of view were successful. Messaging became such a powerful skill to develop, especially given my limited exposure to executive leadership. I always wanted to leave them remembering what I had to say.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “I have always been fascinated with politics. I know there is a lot of cynicism about politicians, but I have no doubt that it’s a profession that can yield powerful results if people are willing to humble themselves and truly serve their constituents.”

Shary Tran, Froedtert Health

What was your first job? "I worked as a sales associate at Musicland in Brookfield Square Mall when I was 17. It was a fun job because I love music, but I also spent most of my paychecks on tapes and CDs. Tapes and CDs? You can tell that I’m just ‘barely’ under 40 by that last statement alone.”

Other profession you’d like to try? “I would love to parlay my love of travel and food into a career. Hosting a food and travel show would be a dream job for me. Look out Bourdain!”

Dr. Amy Wagner, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

What was your first job? Waitress

Other profession you’d like to try? “Being a travel writer (after my kids are out of the house)”

Matt Wolfert, Bray Architects

What was your first job? “Newspaper delivery and some farm work during hay season, but my first real jobs were at Hardee’s and then Fleet Farm”

Other profession you’d like to try? “I’d like to try law some day. It seems like a blend of strategy, study, communication, competition and hard work that I’d enjoy.”

Dan Wycklendt, FirstPathway Partners LLC

What was your first job? “I was a paperboy; I think that was still pretty common when I was younger.”

Other profession you’d like to try? Police officer

Mike Zimmerman, MKE Sports & Entertainment

What was your first job? Best Buy clerk

Other profession you’d like to try? "General manager for a MLB or NFL team"