I was working for a house painting company last summer and learned a lot. I really figured that painting was painting, and anyone could do it. I was wrong and interior painting is different than exterior painting. It took me about two weeks to learn all the different kinds and brands of paint that this particular company used. It then took me another week to learn which brushes and rollers to use for those different brands of paint.

The company that I worked for was known as the best interior painting company in our state. They had offices in nearly every county across the state. I was sent to a few different ones during the summer. It seemed that wherever they needed me to work, they would just call and then I would head to that office.

I enjoyed the summer that I worked for the house painting company so much, that I started up my own interior painting company when I got back to college that fall. I was able to hire some of my buddies and we worked on weekends for extra money all throughout college. I am thankful for the experience that I could take back with me to school, and use to pay for many things.