Has anyone worked a part-time “blue collar” job? Did it give you a different perspective on what you're doing now?

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I worked at my college’s dining hall part-time while studying. It gave me a different perspective on service workers and how much patience it takes to be successful in the job.

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My only non-technical “work” experience was from temp gigs during college. Door to door sales, working at conferences, etc. Pretty physically exhausting and sometimes mentally draining too, without much appreciation from the company I worked for. Not blue collar but still enough to remind me how fortunate I am to have a job in tech.

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