You did well.
My son makes $13 and hour working part-time. 9 hour days. 3-4 days a week. He is 15 years old though. He works for a man updating his rent houses mostly and works on his farm when he needs him.
Our deal is during summers he has to work at least three days a week for pay somewhere. I think all parents should push their children to do the same by the time they are 14 or so. I started much earlier and had no choice in the matter. We farmed watermelons and that came first before we had our fun.
Thanks
Yes, all of my kids worked over the summer. Didn't have to do construction, but 3 of the 4 ending up going into a career that they learned from their summer jobs.