Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
Sic Semper Goon
Mar 1, 2015

Eu tu?

:zaurg:

Switchblade Switcharoo

Team_q posted:

I know from personal experience that working in an advertising agency is way better then working in kitchens. Though the idea of switching from making something that someone wants to something that no one wants can be emotionally taxing. Also don't drink yourself into complacency and move on if it doesn't work out.

Having your head slammed repeatedly in a car door for 12 hours a day is better than working in kitchens.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Sic Semper Goon
Mar 1, 2015

Eu tu?

:zaurg:

Switchblade Switcharoo

PromethiumX posted:

Have you considered the trades? There is huge demand right now because an entire generation of kids were told that they ABSOFUCKING MUST go to college or they will wind up in the gutter. So most people in the trade are nearing their 60's and are on the way out. If you can get into the commercial end of really ANY trade you will run into computers and computer controlled systems. If you have even a basic understanding of Windows and command line / general menu structure you will run circles around most of the old guys. They freeze like a deer in headlights when the computer does anything unexpected.

Computer knowledge will also keep you away from the hard work most people think of when someone says they work with their hands. You're not going to be busting rocks all day long in the hot sun.

Dunno, that's what they say in Australia, and every tradesman I know would rather hacksaw their arms off than hire someone over 21*.

At my old job, at a bakery, I have actually seen my boss tear up resumes after reading no further than the DOB.

As I've said to my younger friends, "for the love of god, if you are going into a trade, do it before you hit 21."

* = In Victoria at least, there is a difference of >21 and <21 of ~$2.17 ph AUD.

  • Locked thread