Sure, most US presidents throughout our history have had experience in law, politics, or the $4 - or some combination thereof.
But many future presidents had rather unconventional first gigs- from plucking chickens to working at a circus to selling comic books at a grocery store.
It's definitely encouraging for anyone who suffered through $4.
Here are the surprising first jobs held by Washington, Lincoln, Obama, and 14 other US presidents:
Natalie Walters contributed to a previous version of this article.