im not sure why, but i recently thought about every job ive ever had and realized that theyve all been given to me. ive never landed a job by going out and looking for one.
i got my first job at 13 at a gun club my dad was a member at. i was the kid who launched out clay pigeons for the shooters. did that for maybe a year, then quit because we got a new boss and he was an ass. but in 8th grade you dont really need a job so my parents didnt really care. a few months later my dad got me basically the same job, just at a different part of the club and i worked there until i graduated high school.
the summer after high school i was hanging out with some of my friends and i was complaining about how i didnt make enough money at the gun club and my friend whos family owned a pizza store told me i could come work there. worked in the kitchen there for a year, then another friend offered me a job working at this other pizza place that paid a lot better and i worked there for three years while i was going to college.
i think i was about two or three semesters away from graduating and an older lady from one of my design classes (i majored in graphic design) came up to me and offered me an internship with the universitys marketing department (which she worked for) one day out of the blue. i had to interview for it, but there was only one other kid interviewing with me and i got the job. i interned until i graduated, then they hired me on a part time contract which basically allowed me to work 1000 hours, but after that i would either have to be hired in full time if i wanted to keep working there or find a job somewhere else. so like two weeks before my hours were up, someone in our office quit, so there was a full time position open. i had to interview for that too with like 3 or 4 other people competing, but i got the job and ive been in this position for just over a year.
there was a point where the university had to do a bunch of paperwork to get the job reclassed and a bunch of other HR bullshit, so i had about 2 or 3 weeks in between part time work and full time work where i didnt know if i was going to get the job and i applied for a bunch of other graphic design jobs. i got a freelance gig, but that was it.
i also had some guy call our office when i was part time looking for someone who wanted a full time job and i interview for it but turned it down because the type of work was pretty soul crushing.
i dont make a lot of money, but i know ive been very very spoiled when it comes to working.
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