If I wasn’t whipped so hard during my first job out of college, I never would have saved over 50% of my after-tax income every year for 13 years in a row. I probably would’ve blown the majority of my income on fancy cars, late nights at the clubs with bottle service, and frequent weekend trips to Atlantic City or Vegas.
在22岁那年，我已经对美好生活终于找到了金融工作。从几乎没有任何东西到很快就能使整齐的总和是一个非常危险的情况（想想彩票赢家）。
当您的同龄人每个周末都鲁ck赚钱时，很难不跟随。但是我没有因为曾经的工作而没有跟随。
上午5:30进入，经常在晚上8点之后离开，这没什么好玩的。我体重增加了15磅，经常生病，并成为压力案例。在头两年中，我的大部分周末都工作。我是一个愚蠢的人，如果我听起来对客户遥不可及，他需要更多地了解金融。
我每分钟经过12小时大关，都提醒您keep on saving money。There was no way I could last for more than three years in this cutthroat business我记得告诉自己。
在大学后的睫毛之前，还有其他三项工作帮助我为现实世界做准备。我希望永远不要再做任何这些工作，但是当您失业时，再也不会说永远不会说。我今天意识到的是，逆境建立了角色。
The following three jobs helped prepare me to navigate workplace politics, resolve conflicts with employees, endure marathon work hours, produce consistent work and appreciate the value of a hard earned dollar.
狂欢的工作改变了我的生活
My parents were squarely middle class. We lived in a cozy three bedroom townhouse while I was in high school and we rocked a seven year old Toyota Camry which my father bought second hand. I think I got $10-$15 a week in allowance or something, but I can’t remember because it wasn’t enough to buy anything memorable.
When you have no money, receiving any amount of money is awesome. I’d always look forward to my birthday or Christmas because my grandparents would always be so kind as to send me some crispy cash. I was embarrassed to ask my parents for money, so I rarely ever did except for the time when I wanted to upgrade my 386 computer.
作为高中新生，我需要钱，因为我喜欢这个女孩。我想拿到至少30美元的钱，这样我就可以带她出去吃晚饭和电影。我决定找到一份工作。哦，你为爱做的事情！
Three Jobs I Will Cherish Forever
1）油腻的汉堡爪。
Getting up at 5:30am on a Saturday as a high school student is probably one of the least enjoyable things to do. I walked five blocks in the dark to McDonald’s so I could open up shop by 6am. There was something very calming about walking the misty suburban streets with nobody around. Perhaps I enjoyed the seven minutes of quiet so much because I knew chaos was about to ensue.
我麦当劳的同事很棒。一位名叫佩德罗（Pedro）的资深同事成为我的导师，教我如何制作鸡蛋麦克穆芬（Egg McMuffins），清洁烧烤炉，工作收银机和组装巨无霸。佩德罗（Pedro）还通过告诉我要避免谁以及如何取悦我们过度渴望的经理，给了我有关工作场所政治的内在勺子。
随着时间的流逝，我变得善于用一只手裂开鸡蛋，并用奶酪组装最好的四分之一磅。我为自己走多远而感到自豪，使粮食生产成为游戏，所以我忘记了每小时只能赚3.5-4.25美元。我还提醒自己，您可以吃苹果馅饼的所有好处。好！
直到一天，情况都进展顺利，经理开始向我们大喊大叫，因为我们在收银机上互相讲西班牙语。“我必须告诉您几次停止在客户面前说西班牙语？” he raged. “They’ll think you’re speaking bad about them!”不仅是在收银机上讲西班牙语，而且即使我们在后面制作苹果派时，也要注意自己的业务。他会展示种族刻板印象，使我们震惊。
我们鄙视他告诉我们我们能说什么，也不能说什么。现在我写这篇文章，我的一部分想看看他是否仍然是麦当劳的经理，所以我可以去买特定的餐厅并解雇他的屁股。我们觉得囚犯每天赚20美元至30美元。我发誓我再也不会回到快餐了。
外卖：
* There is magic to getting up early.
* The physical heat of a blazing grill doesn’t get easier to endure over time.
* Punctuality breeds credibility.
* Consistent production leads to progress.
*种族主义，微妙或直接在工作环境中由于需要的钱而感到更糟。
* Following orders is necessary when you’re at the bottom of the totem pole.
*感谢每个决定从事最低工资快餐工作而不是抱怨的人。
*为什么我非常喜欢这本Yakezie写作比赛论文：El Aguacate。
2）包裹填充器。
Despite the unfun times at McDonald’s, I became enthralled with being able to make my own money and not depend on my parents. I decided to apply to a temp agency to see if I could land myself a more work friendly office job. Computers were my forte and I could also type well over 120 words a minute by sophomore year.
经过大约一周的等待，我被部署到了我的第一份办公室工作。甜的！最后，我必须去一个环境，到处都没有油脂飞溅，不耐烦的顾客排队等待他们的心脏病攻击。
It was a Saturday morning when I arrived at the company at 8am. The place was desserted except for a grumpy worker whose task was to let me in and tell me what to do.
工人护送我进入会议室，在那里我看到了一座信封和文件。我的工作是在接下来的八个小时内折叠纸，填充信封和密封信封。她给我带来了一台电台，让我保持陪伴，并告诉我她会在四个小时内回来午餐。
在第一个小时，我不介意，因为我现在每小时赚5美元，相当于加薪30％！我也不必注意西班牙语讨厌的经理。
By the third hour I was bored out of my mind. The woman came back after two hours to inspect my work. Instead of saying “great job,” she scolded me for not making perfect folds and told me to redo over 200 stuffed envelopes!
F*CK! I did what I was told and meticulously refolded every single paper and stuffed them right back in. I ended up stuffing envelopes for three days before the task was done. Never again! At least I was $120 richer.
外卖：
*孤独工作很糟糕。
*如何通过不间断的无意识的工作锻造。
*对细节的关注至关重要。
* Doing things right the first time is more important than doing things quickly.
* Realizing自由比拥有很多钱更好。
3) Mover.
我的最后一次craptastic工作是将数百个小型家族企业的盒子移至更大的空间空间。我的伙伴问我是否想和他一起度过一个周末，我确定。一切都比坐在黑暗的房间里塞满信封更好！
我的朋友是一个只有6英寸3英寸和200磅的16岁的大个子。他可以毫无问题地替补350磅。在这里，我在美好的一天短5英寸，重40磅，重205磅，试图吊起相同数量的盒子。
经过大约四个小时的移动后，我感觉到下背部散发出来，所以我决定躺在地板上伸展。下背部对于服务至关重要，我想防止作为大学网球队的首发球员的长期伤害。
My buddy was still going strong so he started making fun of me for “sleeping on the job.” Sleep? Damn, that’s all I wanted to do. Sleep on a nice massage table and have a lovely lady knead out my knots!
I could barely get out of bed the next day. There were aching muscles I didn’t even know I had. I walked around the house hunchbacked like an 80 year old man wondering whether to return.
我不打算让我的好友或雇主倒下，所以我在周日上午8点回到上班，我们将盒子移到了下午6点。我们的雇主分别给了我们100美元的账单，并感谢我们的时间。我发誓永远不要再谋生。
外卖：
* Pain can be overcome through the mind.
*始终遵循承诺。
*现金是获得报酬的好方法。
*手动劳动是残酷的，对我而不是。
*一切都是相对的。我宁愿与朋友一起使用信封。
* If only I could find a job that used my mind more.
*身体崩溃了，但头脑可以持续更长的时间。
在做了这么多的体力劳动之后，我决心将我的钱投资passive income investments。我希望我的钱被动地产生收入，这样我就不必再抬起一个沉重的盒子了！
WORKING TOUGH JOBS BUILDS CHARACTER
每当我被客户或老板大喊大叫，或者不得不旅行数千英里长一个小时的会议，我都会记得回到高中时代并微笑。
我有这种巨大的恐惧if I did not do well in school，我最终会在早上翻转汉堡，在下午塞满信封，然后在晚上移动盒子以谋生。多亏了恐惧，我研究了自己的心，这样我至少可以有机会过上更好的生活。
两到三年后，我的许多同事都从华尔街辞职，因为他们无法承受很长的时间和巨大的压力。许多人通过加入非营利组织，政府或在与金融完全无关的田野上回到学校，完成了180年代的完成。对他们有好处。
I probably would have been out by age 25 if it wasn’t for my job experiences in high school and a move to the more balanced city of San Francisco after my second year.
如今，与我先前担任的所有工作相比，每周写三到四次是一件小菜一碟。Whenever I start to feel burntout or sorry for myself, I laugh at how silly I am and think,“How the hell can you get burnt out sitting in the hot tub writing a post? Don’t you remember your past? Stop complaining!”我有时会变得懒惰需要我能得到的所有动力继续。
我鼓励每个人在生活中的某个时刻工作或找到您可能会觉得自己可能在您身下的最低工资工作。一旦经历了狂欢，您不仅会感谢目前从事此类工作的每个人，还会对自己拥有的东西更加欣赏。
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建议离开工作
如果您想离开工作不再享受的工作，我建议您谈判遣散费而不是退出。如果您像我在2012年那样谈判遣散费，那么您不仅会获得遣散费，而且还可以补贴医疗保健，递延薪酬和工人培训。
When you get laid off, you’re also eligible for up to roughly 27 weeks of unemployment benefits. Having a financial runway is huge during your transition period.
相反，如果您辞职，您将一无所获。查看，How To Engineer Your Layoff: Make A Small Fortune By Saying Goodbye。您的书已更新2021+。
It’s the only book that teaches you how to negotiate a severance. In addition, it was recently updated and expanded thanks to tremendous reader feedback and successful case studies.
Start Your Own Business
做你自己的老板。It’s been over seven years since I started Financial Samurai, and I think being your own boss online is the best job in the world now.
I never thought I’d be able to quit my job in 2012 just three years after starting Financial Samurai. But by starting one financial crisis day in 2009, Financial Samurai actually makes more than my entire passive income total that took 15 years to build.
如果您喜欢写作，创造，与网上人建立联系，并享受更多的自由，查看如何在15分钟内设置像我这样的WordPress博客。
您永远不知道旅程将带您去哪里。在2015年，我通过参观柬埔寨的吴哥湖的古老神庙，同时在韩国的DMZ停下来，并参加马来西亚的朋友婚礼，从而完成了桶装清单。
2016年，我在访问布拉格，维也纳，布达佩斯和巴黎的海外工作了一个月。启动此网站是我做过的最好的职业/生活方式举动。
When I graduated from high school I had no money for college. It was a big secret how much money my dad made. So, I couldn’t even apply for financial aid.
我度过了一个差距一年，找到了一份工作来上大学。我在当地的肉类包装厂被雇用。我花了第一周将垃圾邮件放在纸板箱中。那很无聊 。但是，工资很好。星期五到来时，我被告知我被解雇了。我要周一早上向Personell办公室报告重新分配。星期一下午，我在《猪杀手》中报告了我的新任务。我从来没有“卡住猪”。但是，我确实花了很多时间轮班拆分猪头头骨，所以下面的下一个工人可以消除大脑。 Until, the machine malfunctioned one night and came down on my hand. 25 stitches, and a month later I was back on the job. This time ruffling guts. Chitterlings are the large intestine of a hog that has been flushed out and split open. It was my job to tear apart the membranes that kept them in a spiral so they could be fed onto a machine that flushed them. The machine was directly behind my back. Sometimes the water pressure would build up in the gut and the content would squirt. (It was the crappyest job ever). But, it was a union shop and the pay was good. About $50,000 A year in today’s dollars.
在这段时间里，我遇到了一个将成为我女朋友的人。她在当地文科学院的大三年级。我们在那年的日期和我去工程专业的州立大学后的几个月。这将使工作比包装工厂好得多。几个月后，我意识到我们所拥有的所有共同点就是接近，我结束了它。几个月后，她打电话给我说她会在城里，我们可以见面。一件事导致另一件事，我们在一起过夜。几周后，她打电话说她怀孕了。所以，我做了正确的事情。我辍学了，结婚了，把我的大学钱放到了房子上。
当婴儿到达时，我妈妈也看一眼，我们嘴里的第一句话是“她看起来不像我们家庭中的任何人”。亲子鉴定证明妈妈是正确的。我意识到我的缺席会害怕我的愤怒。所以，我离婚了，离开了。我花了五年的时间来解决一切并重返大学。
我从这些经历中学到的是，与周围的人相比，看起来太繁荣了。这些天，我没有展示我的资产。我认为，在我的资产悄悄地积累看不见的时候，我的意思是不太好的。
到目前为止，我一生中只有2个薪水。第一个只持续了大约3个月的图书馆工作，最终向我解雇了我，那是我的第一份工作，我大约20岁，只是一名小学生。我的第二份工作是当我上大学时，我担任信封填充和一个不错的手写人员工作了很短的时间，代表金融组织发送了感谢信。每600个手写字母，我将获得70美元。我不得不步行几英里才能步行传送信件。
So far that was the worst job, I hated the experience so much I don’t even bother putting it on my resume as work experience, I feel like it doesn’t count, I also feel like they weren’t paying me enough for that. That was about 4 almost 5 years ago and I have not worked since. However, the trouble now is that my lack of experience pretty much guarantees that I will have crap jobs that barely pay anything for who knows how long. Although, your post did give me a sliver of hope that things will even out in the future with enough perseverance.
事情会变得更好。不放弃。在过去的4 - 5年中，您一直在做什么？您现在几岁？
我开始在16个在餐厅洗碗中工作的工作经验。现在有8年以上的经验，我仍然参与餐厅和酒店业。我从这个位置上努力到厨师，主管和最终的厨房厨师。正如您所指出的那样，公众对这些工作几乎没有尊重，但是其中许多工作都建立了令人难以置信的做工，一致性和处理几乎任何事情的能力。想要一个勤奋的人吗？我会带一个可以每天在午餐冲刺上猛烈抨击的人！
The major drawback at this point is that these entry level positions are almost exclusively set at minimum wage. Of course, the opportunities to move up are available. Paying attention to a superior or other position enough and waiting for an opportunity or moving elsewhere is accomplish-able. Experience often trumps education in this industry.
我喜欢手动劳动工作，因为他们让我谦虚。我从未工作过快餐，但我确实在餐馆工作，这很艰难。我一生中从来没有大喊大叫！但这让我很艰难，当厨师太快地将我的安装坐在我身上时，我会做出回应。直视他。我学会了不用担心他是否对我“生气”，因为他总是对每个人都生气。厨师喜怒无常！我也喜欢您的台词“遵循承诺”，这对我来说是一件大事。当我开始遵循所有承诺，而不仅仅是我喜欢的承诺时，我开始看到生活中更好的结果。
嘿！很高兴听到Ya的消息。已经有一段时间。这很有趣，经理总是很生气。厨师确实喜怒无常！
I’m 69 and my brother and I agreed to cut thorny bushes on both sides of a drive way 800 feet long for $5.00 took 2 days we wanted to quit and give the money back after being stung several times, the owner said we weren’t good workers and chalanged us to finish the job we did but learned not to be to eager to jump on a job until we were sure what was involved. I’ve had several yucky jobs but always worked to better myself, I now for several years enjoy retirment.
哈哈男人，这篇文章只带我回到了我过去工作的废话工作。但是我喜欢您给他们带来的转折的方式，并利用了您学到的经验来发挥自己的优势。当我真正考虑一下时，这些工作确实使我变成了一个更好，更发达的人，无论是我处理过的不同个性还是能够瞬间思考。即使是现在的工作，我也必须努力激励自己，因为我讨厌它太讨厌了，但是我从这项工作中学到的技能是我无法提出的。
感谢我的朋友的洞察力，将其视为不同的视角确实改变了我对那些工作的看法。
这很疯狂，但我在桌子上做了一些疯狂的工作：
1）六年级的六年级 - 在一个衣架工厂工作，将金属棒钩到衣架的塑料部分。通常这只是周末，但是我不得不在黎明裂开之前起床，大约凌晨3点或4点。工厂也很尘土飞扬，所以到一天结束时，如果我吹鼻子，我只会看到纸巾中的灰尘。环顾四周，看到所有其他移民工人都在忙着，我感到很大的动力在学校努力学习以避免同样的命运。最令人窒息的事情是冲过我们的“休息” - 我们被允许半小时，但是当然，移民需要10分钟，我妈妈会对我大喊我的饮食太慢。我得到了约5.25/小时的薪水，但这是12岁的钱。我的父母让我保留自己的收入，我将其中的大部分节省在泰迪熊的储备金中。在某个时候，我实际上是在向父母借钱，所以这样我就知道了积蓄的储蓄，而现金余额很大。
2) High School – so called “piece work”. We made a bunch of necklaces that would eventually be sold at places like Claire’s. They were beaded necklaces or hemp necklaces (lots of braiding and dealing with cuts from the hardly hemp). I would come home from school, eat, do my homework for 3 hrs and then braid until 11pm at night. They were 10 cents per piece. I read while doing it.
The last year of high school, I found an office job helping out HR at a clinic and kicked @ss at it. Everyone was so impressed by my work ethic and enthusiasm. They had no idea what I went through. I really do think that those jobs motivated me in life to do better and appreciate my jobs after. I also worked in the mailroom, day care center, and retail during college. All my peers were complaining. Ha.
我十几岁的时候最艰难的工作：1）洗碗机/餐厅/酒吧的洗碗机/看门人。在酒吧度过了艰难的夜晚后，早上清洁浴室，没有什么最糟糕的了。没有什么。再加上粘性的吧垫，拖把地板等。然后在一天洗碗的一天中堆放。2）我曾经做过一份工作，清理了几英亩的土地，主要是在山坡上，只不过是镰刀，镰刀等工具。我实际上喜欢这份工作，因为这是艰苦的工作，我独自一人，我可能会迷失在音乐和想法中。
哦，那是barf。我们也必须在MCD清洁厕所，这并不漂亮。
3是马文！我不需要那么多钱。我已经找到了我的女士:)
Ha!
Minimum wage jobs are the key to appreciating the value of a dollar. It is those people who have never worked in jobs like these who are inevitably in public office, and throwing money around like drunken sailors.
我曾经在一家名为Jamesway的零售店里工作，因为收银员在80年代后期每小时赚5美元……我记得有“詹姆斯威广播”（Jamesway Radio）在45分钟的循环中与商店广告交织在一起。在8小时的轮班中，我听到了该死的循环10次，我仍然可以记得20多年后的歌曲（一定是爱情等等，等等）。我对此感到非常恶心管理人员汽车是因为他们有分歧，他认为经理认为她因驾驶福特金牛座而热闹。令人沮丧的是，人们几十年来一直从事这种工作，没有其他退出计划。我告诉自己，我无法最终进入这样的地方，并感谢我的幸运星。我只在那儿工作了一两个夏天。
我所做的另一个工作是我在一家名为J.S.Raub，与Jamesway同一个购物中心。在这家特殊的商店中，经理，助理经理和另一位工作人员都是连锁吸烟者 - 当室内吸烟时，这又回来了。我刚刚接触到，我的眼睛会疯狂地浇水，更不用说我的鼻子塞满了。我尽了最大的努力，但无法接受，三周后最终辞职。
Jobs like these keep you humble, and give you great life experience. I will always respect everyone regardless of their profession. We all have our crosses to bear in life. I will push any children we have to experience these type of jobs early in life.
-麦克风
好故事迈克。每个人都希望旅行去旧商店吗？我打算看看我是否可以写一个故事并拍照。永远不要忘记！
las，他们现在全部倒闭了。那里的另一个教训，也许是最重要的一课！
我是一名救生员几年。在那之后，我发誓该ID发现与我的时间更有趣的事情。太无聊了！