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April 8, 2009
Not because I didn't like the job, of course, but because the money was crap. And when I say crap, I'm not saying paltry sums that I could otherwise live by if I gave up some luxuries, I'm talking about not being able to pay my rent and car payment (much less anything else) in the same month and the owners bouncing 2 paychecks on me. Still, I probably would have stuck it out longer had I not heard my old position was hiring (my replacement wasn't working out).
But how did I get there? Let's rewind a bit for...
#9-I taught myself cake decorating after high school. I started doing some cakes for hire, then more, then I started teaching others and THEN I enrolled in culinary school. I went from wanting to be an Event Planner in high school, to being a caterer to being a chef to being a pastry chef to wanting my own little bakery with a small gourmet shop attached. I don't use the degree, true, but the 2 years of school and the SEVERAL years of practical experience still serve me pretty well in the day-to-day.
