> I push a lot of CS students to get jobs as servers at local restaurants and bars.
One summer holidays while at uni I got a job as a door to door salesman selling internet packages.
I'm not a small talk kind of guy. But after doing this job for a month or so I noticed I was having all these conversations everywhere I went. I'd order a drink and be having a chat with the barman etc. I seemed to connect with people everywhere I went.
I'm a small sample in the world, but at the time I decided if I was struggling to get a job I'd do door to door (or some kind of similar commissions sales job) again while I was looking, not for the money, but for the interpersonal skills it seemed to bring out.
One summer holidays while at uni I got a job as a door to door salesman selling internet packages.
I'm not a small talk kind of guy. But after doing this job for a month or so I noticed I was having all these conversations everywhere I went. I'd order a drink and be having a chat with the barman etc. I seemed to connect with people everywhere I went.
I'm a small sample in the world, but at the time I decided if I was struggling to get a job I'd do door to door (or some kind of similar commissions sales job) again while I was looking, not for the money, but for the interpersonal skills it seemed to bring out.