{"id":79,"date":"2023-03-24T23:15:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/?p=79"},"modified":"2023-03-28T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:17:20","slug":"on-or-off-campus-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/2023\/03\/24\/on-or-off-campus-job\/","title":{"rendered":"On or Off campus job?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I was in college, I found myself some “time<\/em>” (a few hours here and a few hours there).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I immediately thought I should find a job to trade my time at work to make some money. (Mainly, I was motivated to make enough money to buy a digital camera. Yes. Digital camera was a thing back then before smartphones.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was naive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I followed my thought and found a job in Yoshinoya ( a Japanese fast food restaurant) off campus. I had to clean the kitchen, greet the customer, do the cash registry etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks later, I lost 15 pounds. There was some physicality and demanding efforts. I needed to dedicate hours…I was beat, every shift. Needless to say, I wasn’t thinking starting up a company or creating any ground-breaking technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mom strongly suggested me to quit Yoshinoya. She said she and my dad did not pay for my college so that I can make $10 per hour. <\/span>(It was a bit harsh, but it is the reality.) She suggested me to consider jobs on campus if I wanted the experience of make-a-living.<\/em> She then even suggested that I channel my energy to do more creative and meaningful projects; use my brain instead of just sweat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frankly, I didn’t get it. I just thought I had the hours to kill…even just $10 per hour…I just needed 30 hours to buy the dang camera. In my mind, I could absolutely manage that….and still submit my assignments on time, go to classes, and graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until I was 30 (a few years ago?) working & living in NYC, one day I was getting my pedicures at upper east with my friend. These two little girls working on my nails. I couldn’t help noticing them, they are probably just half my age. Then, suddenly, I was remembering those two weeks working in Yoshinoya….it was freaking tiring. I couldn’t imagine if I kept on working there, would I even have graduated college? would I have skipped all classes? would I have even been here today getting pedicures?<\/em> All of a sudden, I worried about these two young girls’ future, I worried they would lose sight of doing something bigger, reaching stars of doing anything they can possibly dream of. I did quit Yoshinoya as my mom suggested. I then got a website manager \/ teaching assistant job on the campus. That period of time, I was surrounded by people that challenged me intellectually. I was inspired to go study abroad, to travel, to blog, to explore careers, and that led me to do what I do today, professoring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finally understood what my mother said, “use your brain instead of just sweat<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you were young and energetic, you wouldn’t have thought that your energy will run out one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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