--- description: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Colbert and Buzz Aldrin tweeted their first seven jobs, following a trending hashtag. title: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Buzz Aldrin Recall Their #FirstSevenJobs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655cd3e04f21bc8d/6988a1755f570f37c8b221d7/lin-manuel-miranda.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lin-Manuel Miranda and Buzz Aldrin Recall Their #FirstSevenJobs  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2016 6:53 PM CUT  Actor, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is seen on stage during the "Hamilton" performance for the 58th GRAMMY Awards in New York on Feb. 15, 2016. Actor, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is seen on stage during the "Hamilton" performance for the 58th GRAMMY Awards in New York on Feb. 15, 2016.Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2016 6:53 PM CUT It started with a question, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/mariancall/status/761366330511544320 "undefined") Aug. 4 by a Twitter user named @mariancall: “What were your first 7 jobs?” It’s simple enough, and she went first: “Babysitting, janitorial, slinging coffee, yard work, writing radio news, voice-overs, data entry/secretarial.” Fast forward a few days and it rocketed into a hashtag ([#firstsevenjobs](https://twitter.com/search?q=firstsevenjobs&src=typd "undefined")) that began to trend (also see [#first7jobs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/first7jobs?src=hash "undefined")), finding a much larger audience and scooping up some celebrities in the process, like talk-show host Stephen Colbert and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Oh, and Buzz Aldrin. A lot of people joked about internships and even futuristic endeavors ([“President of Mars”](https://twitter.com/fordm/status/762138472991698944 "undefined")). Others who joined include ‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, singers Christina Perri and Regina Spektor, comedian W. Kamau Bell and even Monica Lewinsky: > [](https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/762295753981173760) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/762306275107540992) > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/762076958100484096) Expanding on this briefly, he replied to a Twitter user who remarked about the “Drawing 1 model” gig, [writing](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/762077734470377472 "undefined") “best paying job at Wesleyan. Got nekkid for 14 bucks an hour, real tasteful like.” > [](https://twitter.com/MonicaLewinsky/status/761855425675419648) > [](https://twitter.com/christinaperri/status/762164986613555200) > [](https://twitter.com/respektor/status/762049575666409472) > [](https://twitter.com/MiraSorvino/status/762297058518667264) > [](https://twitter.com/wkamaubell/status/762094359852351488) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4442332/first-seven-jobs-twitter-buzz-aldrin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4442332/first-seven-jobs-twitter-buzz-aldrin/"},"headline":"Lin-Manuel Miranda and Buzz Aldrin Recall Their #FirstSevenJobs","datePublished":"2016-08-07T18:53:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:00:05.666Z","description":"The 'Hamilton' creator was apparently a live model in a Wesleyan drawing class","url":"https://time.com/4442332/first-seven-jobs-twitter-buzz-aldrin/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655cd3e04f21bc8d/6988a1755f570f37c8b221d7/lin-manuel-miranda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655cd3e04f21bc8d/6988a1755f570f37c8b221d7/lin-manuel-miranda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 58th GRAMMY Awards - \"Hamilton\" GRAMMY Performance","caption":"Actor, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is seen on stage during the \"Hamilton\" performance for the 58th GRAMMY Awards in New York on Feb. 15, 2016.","creditText":"Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4442332/first-seven-jobs-twitter-buzz-aldrin/","name":"Lin-Manuel Miranda and Buzz Aldrin Recall Their #FirstSevenJobs"}}]}] ```