Comments on: UnFail: There’s No Such Thing As A Dead-End Job http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/ A little about a lot, a lot about nothing Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:26:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corey http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-19552 Corey Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:26:08 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-19552 you are right any job is a good job if it pays. It can provide the security while you look for a better job and that is very valuable today in this economy. Thanks, Corey you are right any job is a good job if it pays. It can provide the security while you look for a better job and that is very valuable today in this economy.

Thanks, Corey
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]]> By: Stanly Oranjio http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-15551 Stanly Oranjio Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:49:33 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-15551 Sometimes in those dead end jobs you meet a contact that leads to much bigger things. Keep that in mind. Life is networking and those that get good at it find many more opportunities open up. Sometimes in those dead end jobs you meet a contact that leads to much bigger things. Keep that in mind. Life is networking and those that get good at it find many more opportunities open up.

]]> By: susanin http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-13692 susanin Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:02:22 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-13692 -sierra pizza, free delivery -sierra pizza, free delivery

]]> By: cognoramus http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12796 cognoramus Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:30:04 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12796 Harri, thanks for stopping in. Your story highlights some of the nuanced benefits to working the "undesirable" jobs. There's always an opportunity to gain experience and learn something, even if you don't plan to be running the shop one day. Harri, thanks for stopping in. Your story highlights some of the nuanced benefits to working the “undesirable” jobs. There’s always an opportunity to gain experience and learn something, even if you don’t plan to be running the shop one day.

]]> By: Friday grapevine: best of the blogs - TotallyMoney http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12794 Friday grapevine: best of the blogs - TotallyMoney Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:34:15 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12794 [...] Hope to Prosper advises against dead end jobs. But Cognoramus doesn’t believe that there’s such thing as a dead end job. [...] [...] Hope to Prosper advises against dead end jobs. But Cognoramus doesn’t believe that there’s such thing as a dead end job. [...]

]]> By: Harri @ TotallyMoney http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12791 Harri @ TotallyMoney Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:30:28 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12791 I read your comment on Bret's post and followed your response over here. I believe your approach and outlook is so so valuable. After graduating I worked in what some may term a 'dead-end' job, while applying for a 'career'. As a medical receptionist I developed a great understanding of complex work environments, honed communication and 'people' skills, saw managerial approaches that worked...and those that didn't. I went above the call of duty to work out ways doctors, admin staff and receptionists could work more efficiently together. And do you know what else? I became less of a snob; less likely to look down on other people in low paying jobs. I wouldn't have changed this experience for anything. Thanks a lot for sharing this. I also thought your comment on Bret's post was very insightful. I read your comment on Bret’s post and followed your response over here. I believe your approach and outlook is so so valuable.

After graduating I worked in what some may term a ‘dead-end’ job, while applying for a ‘career’. As a medical receptionist I developed a great understanding of complex work environments, honed communication and ‘people’ skills, saw managerial approaches that worked…and those that didn’t. I went above the call of duty to work out ways doctors, admin staff and receptionists could work more efficiently together. And do you know what else? I became less of a snob; less likely to look down on other people in low paying jobs.

I wouldn’t have changed this experience for anything.

Thanks a lot for sharing this. I also thought your comment on Bret’s post was very insightful.
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]]> By: Money Fail: Dead End Job - Hope to Prosper http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12715 Money Fail: Dead End Job - Hope to Prosper Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:47:32 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12715 [...] Cognoramus – UnFail: There’s No Such Thing as a Dead-End Job [...] [...] Cognoramus – UnFail: There’s No Such Thing as a Dead-End Job [...]

]]> By: cognoramus http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12713 cognoramus Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:32:54 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12713 Bret, if nothing else working for Stinky, Inc paid off with a life lesson that seems to have stuck pretty well with you and earns compound interest every time someone else can learn from it without having to do it themselves. That by itself is pretty cool. I often wonder what paths have led people to be where they are. I guess if people choose the path of least resistance that coasts downhill as much as possible, they end up at the bottom instead of at the top. Bret, if nothing else working for Stinky, Inc paid off with a life lesson that seems to have stuck pretty well with you and earns compound interest every time someone else can learn from it without having to do it themselves. That by itself is pretty cool. I often wonder what paths have led people to be where they are. I guess if people choose the path of least resistance that coasts downhill as much as possible, they end up at the bottom instead of at the top.

]]> By: Bret @ Hope to Prosper http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12712 Bret @ Hope to Prosper Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:25:47 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12712 Thanks for the rebuttal Cognoramus. My first job was digging up cesspools for a company called Stinky, Inc. My uncle got me the job when I was 16 years old. I used to ride my BMX bike 8 miles each way and make $3 per hour. So, after a brutal 8 hour day of labor and two hours of riding, I made $24 before taxes. I stuck it out for almost six months. When I looked for my second job, I got a lot smarter. I got a $4 union job in a supermarket with benefits and opportunity for advancement. It took me six months of showing up every week to get that job, but it was worth it. I was a journeyman retail clerk making $12.35 per hour in 1985, when I left to go into the computer field. The point I wanted to make is that I learned about employment the hard way. And, I see so many people who do the absolute minimum, thinking they are pretty smart. What they don't seem to realize is that over time their income will usually wind up about equal the effort they put out. So, they are mostly fooling themselves into a life of drudgery. Thanks for the rebuttal Cognoramus.

My first job was digging up cesspools for a company called Stinky, Inc. My uncle got me the job when I was 16 years old. I used to ride my BMX bike 8 miles each way and make $3 per hour. So, after a brutal 8 hour day of labor and two hours of riding, I made $24 before taxes. I stuck it out for almost six months.

When I looked for my second job, I got a lot smarter. I got a $4 union job in a supermarket with benefits and opportunity for advancement. It took me six months of showing up every week to get that job, but it was worth it. I was a journeyman retail clerk making $12.35 per hour in 1985, when I left to go into the computer field.

The point I wanted to make is that I learned about employment the hard way. And, I see so many people who do the absolute minimum, thinking they are pretty smart. What they don’t seem to realize is that over time their income will usually wind up about equal the effort they put out. So, they are mostly fooling themselves into a life of drudgery.
Bret @ Hope to Prosper\’s last post: Money Fail: Dead End Job

]]> By: cognoramus http://cognoramus.com/2011/unfail-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-dead-end-job/#comment-12711 cognoramus Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:56:44 +0000 http://cognoramus.com/?p=889#comment-12711 Michele, he's welcome to use it with or without citation :) I'd love to read his results when he's done. Michele, he’s welcome to use it with or without citation :) I’d love to read his results when he’s done.

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