That is true. Maybe a little less commonly known/made use of with Pathfinder, but it definitely fits up with my experiences with 2e up through 3.5e.<br/>However, the part of the trait I was looking at specifically that sounded like 'this does not appear to describe a first-level character' was this:<br/><br/>"<em>Whatever job the professor originally hired you for, your performance captured his attention, and he hired you many times throughout your career, sometimes even for jobs away from your home, always paying your expenses and compensating you well for your time. In your area of expertise, you are among the best</em>."<br/><br/>I don't know if that's the trait-writer having a brain-fart, or what, but that just ... it doesn't read, to me, as a trait that belongs to a first-level character, compared to someone who almost surely did have class levels (of some sort) in life. So I made it work with my interpretation. It worked for me. The others who took that particular trait clearly interpreted it differently, and that also works for me. ^^;