That really depends on where you live. In a large urban area, that barely pays rent for a single person.
Your fact-deflecting shields are as strong as ever. As I said several times, using BOLD font where indicated:
The minimum-wage work did NOTHING to make my resume more conducive to my career advancement. A trust fund, gifts, gambling winnings or grand theft would have accomplished the same means.
Please refrain from yet another of your inane responses as the discussion is over. Thanks for playing, though.
I guess my experience has been different. From the time I was 16 until now, I have worked for 6 different companies, not including internships. All but two of these were in retail of some sort, and all but one I would say provided me with skills that are useful in my current career. The one exception is a job that I had when I was 16 for a total of 5 weeks.
The progression went something like this: I started out as a stockboy. Did a good enough job that when I turned 16, I was allowed to cashier in the pharmacy department. Eventually, I was asked to help out in the pharmacy. That experience allowed me to get a job as a pharmacy technician in another company. Eventually, became assistant manager. Then, decided to go to law school for a change of pace. However, the business and pharmaceutical knowledge that I gained in my "stepping stone" jobs has proved very helpful in my career as an attorney. If I had stayed in my last retail position, I could easily be making $60k+ by now. I make a lot less, but I enjoy my work a lot more, now.
Experience with what? How are those experience useful to his career?Yet those jobs provided you with experience
You passed the bar because you went to law school and studied law. You are a lawyer because you graduated law school and passed the bar. Whether you mowed lawns, stocked shelves or learned to give change without a calculator is not why you are credentialed to practice law.
Using this logic, being a meth dealer or exotic dancer would be a stepping stone. Life experience can be had in any manner, paid or not. We aren't talking life experience, we're talking credentials.
Moving up in a company like you did at the Pharmacy is an example of "stepping stones". But no matter how good you got, you could not be the Pharmacist without going to Pharmacy School and getting licensed. See the difference?
You don't need to be employed in order to have that kind of experience, because you already doing that during the time that your at school as your growing up.The experience of showing up according to a schedule, doing what you're instructed to do etc. Basic skills for employment
If I had been a meth dealer or exotic dancer, those jobs probably would have benefitted me in my current job, too.
You're right that I was never going to become a pharmacist without going to pharmacy school. But that wasn't the claim that was being made. The claim was that you can't get a decent job just by going through the ranks from a low wage job. My experience in the retail sector suggests otherwise. You also claim that our low wage entry level jobs don't benefit us in our careers. Once again, that's not been my experience. Just because certain jobs require more education, and not just experience, doesn't mean the experience isn't valuable. Yes, I could be a lawyer without having had any of my previous jobs, but my previous work experience helps me to be a better lawyer.
Stepping stones get you from one place to another That's what low wage jobs do by teaching you giving you basic skills and discipline and experience.A "Stepping stone" is the opportunity to advance upward. Most low wage jobs are simply stepping sideways.
A "Stepping stone" is the opportunity to advance upward. Most low wage jobs are simply stepping sideways.
You don't need to be employed in order to have that kind of experience, because you already doing that during the time that your at school as your growing up.
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