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Mondays are bad enough, so the Brew’s own Brendan Cosgrove scoured the internet for a positive news story to help you start the week off right.
When it comes to learning the ropes, 16-year-old Avi Lichtenstein is basically Tarzan. As the high school junior started getting anxious about his future career path, he launched a plan to taste-test as many jobs as possible. According to the Wall Street Journal, he paid two people he found through Craigslist to put flyers around New York City emblazoned with his picture, contact information, and a question for anyone with a job: “Could I shadow you for a day?”
The apprentice master: Employers started reaching out to him right away, and in the past few weeks, he’s shadowed a radio host, a dog groomer, and a ramen shop owner. He even accepted a part-time job at the ramen place.
Career year: Though he’s still not sure what he wants to do with his life (like we all definitely did when we were 16), several more employers have offered him shadowing gigs if he wants more options to explore.—BC
