At 1-800-GOT-JUNK, business is picking up

Lilly Sorensen didn’t start her career wanting to be in the junk business. But she’s not sorry her career path took her down that road.

The owner of 1-800-GOT-JUNK – serving Boulder, Weld and Larimer counties – worked in a darkroom for 10 years in Ann Arbor, Mich, until the business closed. After that she decided she wanted to do something different.

“I saw an ad for ‘dump truck driver wanted’ and said, ‘That sounds like fun,’ ” said Sorensen. She applied for the job and got it.