You’re getting down voted because it’s not 1990 anymore. Working for free just gets you abused, not a foot in the door.
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
I’m gen X. I worked for free to get experience. It sucked, but it landed me a super sweet job compared to my young peers, as I had experience on the ground, and they did not. That was the only difference.
It’s a shitty thing starting at the bottom. That’s how I stepped up, and put of my young man poverty.
ysjet@lemmy.world 3 months ago
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Many people had that same attitude then as well. It’s always been like this. It’s not like anything is different.
The only thing different now is the huge costs of living which would make it a lot more difficult to do versus when I did it back in the day. It definitely was financially easier for me because the economy was not so screwed as it is now.
tryptamine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
What time period did you work for free while also working shitty jobs for rent?
Lots of people are working two full time jobs to barely survive…
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but you have to look around and understand that a 1 bedroom apartment can easily be one full time jobs worth of salary to rent if you’re a GenZ, then your second full time job is utilies and food… And depending on where they live, that’s WITH a roommate.
Once you’ve worked 16 hours a day, plus commute time, unpaid lunches…you basically only have time to sleep.
Where in that schedule do you propose someone donate their time working for free?
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
This was definitely in a time when things were heaps cheaper. It was the 1990s and the cost of living was nothing like it is now so it was definitely easier for me.
But I do remember working from some time in the afternoon until about three in the morning on a project for free to demonstrate that I can do what I needed to do.
That project got me a foot in the door and it got me my first job that I would consider my real road to success.
It wasn’t fun, it wasn’t easy, and i remember being so tired that my eyes were shuttering/shaking, but I knew that if I could get that out the door and show them what it was I could do, that it gave me a good chance.
It did more than that, it put me straight into salary in their company within a week.
Absolutely fantastic, and I might have been lucky, that I didn’t get screwed, but that it is what happened.
Halosheep@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Just because you did it doesn’t mean it should be done. You, having experienced sleep deprivation to the point of shaky eyes, should know that the system shouldn’t be designed to expect anyone to go that far.