No Sophomore Summer Internship, Feel Like An Idiot Doing Everything Wrong

ssnicker638
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:43:07 +0000

Thanks for all these suggestions! I’m going to look into trying to implement some of these where I am right now.

I can promise you these are not “wastes of time”- I have been hiring in corporate America for over 30 years and NOTHING beats grit, work ethic, hustle- as demonstrated by summer jobs, working while in college etc.

I know many people subscribe to your philosophy, but unfortunately, my dad views these as “worthless jobs that are a waste of time and also very distracting.” He believes that taking a job like this will significantly hinder me in my career since they’re a “big distraction.” He told me that if I take a “worthless” job, he will stop paying my college tuition and punish me in other ways (which again, he feels emboldened to do because of my previous run-in with the therapist).