Paying your dues.
What does it even mean to "pay your dues"?
In a world of unpaid internships, of which I have been an unfortunate full-fledged participant of, logging in hours, and hoping for the best, aka a paid position, is paying the price and paying your dues really all that worth it? Yes you're gaining "experience" and another byline on your dim resume and possibly a noteworthy reference, but is that all worth more than working at an honest paid position as a grocery clerk or a front desk assistant? At least at either of those two jobs, you know you'll be reaping the benefits of long and tiresome hours with some sort of monetary compensation. I'm so damn sick of this hopeful, waiting for the best with stars in your eyes, attitude. Experience isn't going to pay my rent.
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