Your first job teaches you more about yourself than about the job.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

A first job is mostly a set of experiments run on you. You find out how you behave when bored, how you take being corrected in front of strangers, whether you are the one who leaves the mess or the one who clears it. None of that appears in the job description, and all of it transfers to everything afterward.

Pay attention to your own reactions this week, not only the tasks. Notice what makes you want to quit and what you are unexpectedly good at. That information outlasts the pay, though the pay matters too.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What did working somewhere reveal about how you handle pressure?

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