I was, like, filled with facts about the product, about our competitors, about random shit the potential customer might want to chit-chat about I had *strong opinions* about selling in our market, about which territories were ripe pickings and which ones were duds
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Everyone who works at the street level has to be a generalist -- the world never asked you what your concentration or your major was when it decided what needed to be done to make a living
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And that weird concatenation of skills, extremely particular to your own situation, gives you a weird sense of satisfaction and pride It's not *fun* exactly and it doesn't make the job not shitty But the job shapes you, all the little things you've learned without being taught
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When I worked as a waiter, I felt shitty that I couldn't do all those tasks naturally. They expected such an insane amount of multi tasking for teenagers' first jobs. So I thought it must be easy? Otherwise why would they pressure you? It's vindicating to realize it's bullshit
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