I think everybody pre-college should work a summer job at a supermarket or a store at the beach or something like that.
I had a summer during college where they weren't really hiring but they felt like they owed me a favor so I got assigned underneath the store managef to do whatever random tasks he needed, this included
* learning how to work the meat slicer and filling in in the at deli
* sweeping the floor of the whole store
* helping out in the bakery
* painting a metal stripe that went all the way around the store
later when I worked in startups this helped me have the ethos of doing what the organization needed and not complaining that this or that wasn't in my job description.
SlickStef11•7h ago
Oooo I like this and very much agree
Before college, I worked in restaurants and learned so much.
The part about the ethos of doing things outside your job description is so well said.
PaulHoule•7h ago
I had a summer during college where they weren't really hiring but they felt like they owed me a favor so I got assigned underneath the store managef to do whatever random tasks he needed, this included
* learning how to work the meat slicer and filling in in the at deli
* sweeping the floor of the whole store
* helping out in the bakery
* painting a metal stripe that went all the way around the store
later when I worked in startups this helped me have the ethos of doing what the organization needed and not complaining that this or that wasn't in my job description.
SlickStef11•7h ago
Before college, I worked in restaurants and learned so much.
The part about the ethos of doing things outside your job description is so well said.
PaulHoule•7h ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Advertising_...
describes the author's experiences working in the kitchen of a Paris restaurant that he thought were formative