What job did the man get first?He got the first job as______. [originaltext]

I studied economics at university. (11)and then I was lucky because I got a job very quickly as a salesman in a small company. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted, but you know, it was my first job. (12) I stayed there for five years altogether. (13)After three years I was promoted to sales manager, and I stayed in that job for two years, (14)but then I really got bored, so I decided to leave and I applied for other jobs in the area. But I had no luck getting a second job at all, (15)and I was very short of money, so in the end I had to get a job working as a typist in a factory.