If you think your job sucks, wait until you hear about the job Cromwell Coulson took while he was in college.

Coulson is the CEO of OTC Markets Group OTCM OTCM. Before leading that firm to where it is today, Coulson spent a day "going around with a guy who worked for an oil company." Coulson told Benzinga that they pulled equipment out of an oil rig to steam clean it "to get all the gunk off it." "We came back smelling like an oil well," he said. After that, he never went back. Fortunately, not all of Coulson's earlier jobs were that depressing. "My first real job was being a sailing instructor," he said. "That was a great experience of teaching people, but it didn't have the most responsibility, so it was still pretty fun when I was that age." Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at 248-636-1322 or louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ