What did do as a kid to earn money ?
I would collect discarded pop bottles, mow lawns, rake leaves, shovel snow, scavenge golf balls on the local courses and sell them back to golfers. I also fixed friends bicycles, and sometimes help one of my friends with his Saturday paper route.
At 14 or 15 I started working with my dad's neighbor every 2nd weekend replacing hot water tanks, he was a great guy, paid me $6.00 per tank, bought me lunch and gave me cigarettes and the occasional beer. At 16 I was delivering pizzas for $2.70 an hour plus tips and working at a gas station one or 2 days a week, plus still in high school.