What’s a ‘Real’ Job?

Previous to the ‘real’ job I got, I had worked a handful of other jobs, some were even related to my field of work, computer wizardry. What made this job different from my previous internships and odd-job contract work, was that this job payed a salary, and a pretty good one for taking a “beginner”. I thought I would chronicle the experience for other software developers out there curious of what one random anon’s experience was like.