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Originally Posted by gordner
People need to let go of their preconceptions of what is a respectable job and not.
"Marketable skill" is a widely misused term. When will knowledge of customer service, and food sales ever not be a marketable skill?
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I snipped some stuff but your overall point is terrific.
My daughter has a business degree from ASU and interned at a event planning company in Scottsdale her sophomore year on. They hired her when she graduated. She has done some really neat stuff.
She started bartending at the Phoenix Open when she turned 21 making huge money for the week.
She owns her own business now but returns to the Open every year to bartend: She still has clients in AZ and makes about 5k in tips for the week while she meets with her folks early in the week. Networking is a skill and she learned it early.
She is also very financially adept, as is my son. It is not a "skill", it is learned behavior.
The notion that that "servers" are not worthy is preposterous: I can guarantee her yearly income far exceeds most of the the chuckle heads she is "serving".