11 Google leaders share their first summer jobs, from making scrunchies to ringing up orders at McDonald's

Twenty Google leaders shared their summer jobs in a recent post published on Google's blog.
They included ringing up orders at McDonald's, playing in a string quartet, and planting trees in Nova Scotia.
While not exactly glamorous, many said they learned valuable lessons from those gigs.

Jeff Bezos rang up orders at McDonald's. Marissa Mayer was a grocery store clerk. And Phillip Lim was a sales associate at local California kids' clothing store.

Those business leaders aren't the only ones whose first jobs were less than glamorous. Google published the summer job sagas of 20 of their top leaders. Notably, several rang up orders at McDonald's, while other jobs were as unusual as playing in a string quartet or planting trees.

See what Google leaders were doing before they joined one of the world's most ubiquitous companies:

Jeff Dean, head of Google AI, was in a string quartet

"We weren't very good, but people were looking to do weddings on the cheap. They excused our lack of musical quality because we were young and charming."

Corey DuBrowa, VP of Global Communications and Public Affairs, worked as a grass seed farmer

"Because of this job, I had a farm license to drive a $250,000 tractor before I had my state driver's license!"

Ana Corrales, VP of Global Operations and Google Store, started her own scrunchie business

"At 15, I started a business that sold hair scrunchie to a Costa Rican national supermarket chain. My team and I covered every job from cutting fabrics, to sewing and developing final packaging, to managing the finances."

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