Chit-Chat: Do you still believe in one another?

[Chikara]

I started working as a bagger at Winn-Dixie when I was 14 :0

 

[Ice1]

I started my job in a greenhouse two weeks after I turned 13.

 

[Her]

i was managing a successful clothing store at 18

 

[dad]

i'm planning on getting a weekend job at target, but when i get a car i'm soo working at starbucks.

 

[Alfieri]

I worked in a tax office at 16.

 

[Poki]

I'm gonna work at Starbucks this summer so I can get paid for mocking hipsters and writing their names incorrectly. :)

 

[Alfieri]

Aren't you a little bundle of joy.

 

[Poki]

Aren't you a little bundle of joy.

You, of all people, should know.

 

[Poki]

At least in here, 15 it's not enough for a decent job. If you work, You don't get paid most of the time...

I'm turning 16 in 10 days, and I'm not looking for a decent job. Working at Starbucks is anything but decent. I just wanna have cash to spend this summer without having to rely on my parents for that.

 

[Ice1]

At least in here, 15 it's not enough for a decent job. If you work, You don't get paid most of the time...

Aren't their jobs for students in supermarkets or something?

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

I don't think I'm ever going to try to touch a shit-shift job. I mean, we have all of our living expenses taken care of with my mother's job + pension, I have my own personal cashflow from my pension… there is absolutely no benefit to a job for me right now unless it's for my résumé, which is awesome. Gieb meh career path >:3

 

[Alfieri]

I hate when people tell me not to go with food jobs because they suck, or not to go with retail jobs or supermarket jobs. So then how the fuck am I supposed to build up experience if every starting job is shit?

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

I hate when people tell me not to go with food jobs because they suck, or not to go with retail jobs or supermarket jobs. So then how the fuck am I supposed to build up experience if every starting job is shit?

Get lucky enough to have a family support you just long enough to get professional experience for a career. I frankly find those sorts of jobs deplorable – the ones you mentioned, anyway. I know it may not be the most helpful thing to say.

 

[Chikara]

Honestly, I hate it when people are so young and they think they're "too good" for a fast food or retail job. I had someone tell me to my face "my father would never allow me to work in a place like that". That's the most conceited thing I've ever heard come out of a teenager's mouth, hahah. That's honestly the best environment you can work in if you're interested in learning to put yourself in someone else's shoes- as a worker or especially as a customer.

Work experience of any sort always makes you look better during an interview, especially when your resume is full of promotions and things like that from when you were 16-18.

 

[Pendraflare]

My job never made me work terribly late, and it wasn't until a decent way through it that I decided to attempt to take later shifts on weekends. Very rarely would I ever end up working past 10. I was given said job not long after I turned 19.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

Honestly, I hate it when people are so young and they think they're "too good" for a fast food or retail job. I had someone tell me to my face "my father would never allow me to work in a place like that". That's the most conceited thing I've ever heard come out of a teenager's mouth, hahah. That's honestly the best environment you can work in if you're interested in learning to put yourself in someone else's shoes- as a worker or especially as a customer.

Work experience of any sort always makes you look better during an interview, especially when your resume is full of promotions and things like that from when you were 16-18.

The smarter thing to do is to get all that good old "real world experience" with volunteer work so when you've got your degree you have things to say you've gone and done that don't look silly or… nonexistent. It's not necessarily conceited to have a preference for better jobs, it just means your standards are higher for yourself and there's nothing wrong with that. By all means convince yourself you deserve more, as doing so will push you to prove the ultimate reality of whether or not you can prove it. The "proof in the pudding" is really all that counts, and if you don't think you can do better then you never will, regardless of if you can or not, eh?

 

[Nihilego]

If you really think you're too good to start at the bottom and work your way up then life is gonna chew you up and spit you out. Working towards something is great, but rejecting the steps that'll help you get there is outright stupid.

 

[Chikara]

The smarter thing to do is to get all that good old "real world experience" with volunteer work so when you've got your degree you have things to say you've gone and done that don't look silly or… nonexistent. It's not necessarily conceited to have a preference for better jobs, it just means your standards are higher for yourself and there's nothing wrong with that. By all means convince yourself you deserve more, as doing so will push you to prove the ultimate reality of whether or not you can prove it. The "proof in the pudding" is really all that counts, and if you don't think you can do better then you never will, regardless of if you can or not, eh?

You didn't say anything about volunteering in your post before, so I only replied to what you said. When you're 16 years old, there's absolutely nothing wrong with getting a job in a grocery store or wherever you can. When you're still going to high school, or living as a starving student(which is what a lot of people who aren't as privileged as others, such as myself HAVE to do), thinking "Oh no, I'm better that", is in fact conceited.

Moving on to what you're saying now about volunteering and things like that though, I don't disagree.

 

[Spiff]

I'm gonna work at Starbucks this summer so I can get paid for mocking hipsters and writing their names incorrectly. :)

This is why I tell them my name is Martwayne when I go there and let the fun just happen.

 

[Ice1]

The smarter thing to do is to get all that good old "real world experience" with volunteer work so when you've got your degree you have things to say you've gone and done that don't look silly or… nonexistent. It's not necessarily conceited to have a preference for better jobs, it just means your standards are higher for yourself and there's nothing wrong with that. By all means convince yourself you deserve more, as doing so will push you to prove the ultimate reality of whether or not you can prove it. The "proof in the pudding" is really all that counts, and if you don't think you can do better then you never will, regardless of if you can or not, eh?

Well, starting at the bottom gives you a lot of understanding in how the world works, you get the basics, you get basic experience, and you start to learn how boss - employee relationship works. Having had a job a starbucks for 2 years may not say "This kid is a genius in the fiscal field and our accountants agency needs to hire him" but it does say "This kid has experience in human relations when it comes to having a job, and has the willpower to hold a job for a while". It might not be a decisive factor, but it sure as hell gives you an edge. If you and I would apply for a job and we'd have the same degree, we'd have the same personalities, and look the same, but I have worked jobs before, even though it's only in a green house, I'd get the job because the fact that I didn't get fired means that I have proof that I have some basic responsibilities. Volunteering is a good thing to do too, though.