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I think everyone post college should join or start a startup
- PaulHoule 1y agoI 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 1y agoOooo 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 1y agoThis book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Advertising_Man 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