During my first job interview after college, my interviewer asked, “What did you learn in college that can best translate to working here?” My answer: “Waitressing.” As a history and Jewish-studies major, studying and writing papers on topics as varied as early African history to early Islam to the history of the Israel–Palestine conflict were of little use in an office setting. What I had learned outside the classroom, however, in my 40-plus hours of work per week, was customer service, how to smile while getting yelled at, and how to work hard without the usual Millennial need for constant positive affirmation.
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