By most accounts, he had long been interested in politics, but had not necessarily planned to make it a career. He got a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1983 and a Law Degree in 1991, but gradually came to believe he could make more of a difference by entering politics than he felt he was making as an attorney and a professor. He first ran for office in Chicago in 1996 and was elected to the Illinois State Senate.
First job of a political nature: Community Organizer.
First elected post: State Senator for Illinois
Illinois State Senator from the 13th district.
He worked as a community organizer and as an advocate for the poor.
He was hired by a Catholic charity to be a community organizer and an advocate for the poor.
Illinois State Senator
I am not aware that he ever lost a job.
his job is a president
nothing
lawyer
He ran for the Illinois state senate in 1996 and won.
Barack Obama IS president of the US and is doing a very great job.
He has said that his very first job was while he was in High School in Honolulu-- he worked at a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop.
Because he's the president?
After graduating, Barack Obama wanted to work in community organization, but couldn't find a job. Then he accepted a job at a big fancy corporation in Manhattan. What did Barack see the wasn't good about this job?
Barack Obama is the president of the United States. He is a lawyer by profession.
Barack Obama was a US senator from the state of Illinois, serving in our nation's capitol, Washington, DC.
Obviously not; he has a degree, a family, a job and a house.