What work have you done for money that turned out to be so dispiriting you’ve decided never to do it again?
Example for me: analyst-report writing.
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Selling advertising on the back of till receipts. Denailing wood at antique furniture factory. Stenter take off man at fabric mill. Shelf stacker. Semi related - spent my final year of university finding a graduate job. Also semi related - some people call me a neoliberal shill
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Really? The concept of analyzing the metrics of several different companies and creating models to predict their performance is fairly appealing in the abstract
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War (as in active combat). Although 'dispiriting' would be an understatement. Turned me into a passionate pacifist. Despite still being keenly aware of the merits of the military as an org model...
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Oh, didn't know you were in the military. Yeah thought sounds like it would be dispiriting for most of us.
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Creating pitch decks.
It's very difficult to satisfy early stage startup founders.
Now I always have prospective clients write up SOWs. If they can't define what they want me to do, I know they aren't likely to be happy with the work.
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