I was. Delivered the Boston Herald American. (Now, just "The Herald") Boston used to have the Herald, Boston Globe, Record American, and The Traveler.
I did my route on a small coaster brake bike. Not bad money for some riding and a little manual labor. I did this into high school. Then I stopped and worked on
Saturdays at the agency office, assembling the Sundar papers. This was called "subbing". No idea why it was called that. We simply inserted the editorial
sections into the comic and ads section, wire-tied them in bundles of 20, and stacked them for morning pick by the drivers. The paper boys would do the final
assembly of the new sections, before delivery. Not a bad day's pay for a few hours of manual labor, and us high school age males had some fun on the job.

Bought a nice, all metal, Pickett Slide Rule with some of my earnings. Yep, I still have it. How many calculators have ended their existence in a landfill
in this time? Who knows?

Paperboys are surely just one of those things that are a lost part of Americana. You will not see them again.