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I crave the experience of working in a restaurant. I did full-stack back-of-house in busy kitchens and it sure beat sitting around pushing buttons all day. I ju

I crave the experience of working in a restaurant. I did full-stack back-of-house in busy kitchens and it sure beat sitting around pushing buttons all day. I just haven't been able to afford to do it for the past ten years because building web sites pays so much better.

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Melting_Harps 6y ago
> I crave the experience of working in a restaurant. I did full-stack back-of-house in busy kitchens and it sure beat sitting around pushing buttons all day. I just haven't been able to afford to do it for the past ten years because building web sites pays so much better. Same, I'm an ex-founder in Fintech, I've worked for big multi-national corps, and have a background in Health Sciences. And the satisfaction you get the rare times things are 'good' in Kitchens is perhaps the most satisfying things I've even experienced in my entire Life. The comradery amongst your fellow cooks can be petty deep, my old team still keeps in touch with another during Corona and we're trying to help where ever we can. Its a sense of community that extends beyond one's Team, too. I personally have met lots of owners and cooks during these shutdowns and we often have conversations about the business and Life. By contrast, I don't know my neighbors, and barely talk to my house mates. The taxing part is the high stress, low pay, long hours, and a very precarious Life over all due to the widespread alcohol/drug abuse. I've had to save up to come out of retirement from cooking after my time in Europe, too; I took it pretty far this time, I got to interview at SpaceX, did a week a the Mars Desert Research Station and worked at Kimbal Musk's flagship restaurant this last run. So, while I wish I was at SpaceX right now the realities don't allow it and won't for an undetermined time, so upon reflection I'm pretty satisfied with my culinary career and think that I have done all I could and gone further then I realistically thought I ever could. @Maxwell: Let me know you want to collaborate, I'd like to be able to work with someone who wants to return to the Kitchen.
- maxwell 6y ago
  > the satisfaction you get the rare times things are 'good' in Kitchens is perhaps the most satisfying things I've even experienced in my entire Life Feeding people great food, the right food, is an amazing feeling. For me shipping solid code for multinationals (transportation and insurance) was rewarding as well, but the effect was less visceral, more diffuse. I'm an ex-founder too, relocation/mobility-tech (video chat moving estimates). I now work on accessible legaltech and access to justice projects. > By contrast, I don't know my neighbors, and barely talk to my house mates. I felt this elsewhere in the U.S. (Chicago, Vegas, Bay Area, NYC) but I'm now blessed to have amazing neighbors, tenets, and family myself here in Maine, and am able to direct most of my time into building socially impactful software with continuous technical learning. > The taxing part is the high stress, low pay, long hours, and a very precarious Life over all due to the widespread alcohol/drug abuse. My partner and I met at a restaurant that fostered a community, preserved a way of life. It made a million a year and spent a bit more. No longer in business. We've been iterating on a financial model for something similar for one day but aren't there yet. > I've... Definitely cool story. Interested in Mars Desert Research Station from the standpoint of increasing Terrestrial habitability, i.e. remote villages. Feel free to message on AngelList or Twitter.

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Melting_Harps 6y ago

> I crave the experience of working in a restaurant. I did full-stack back-of-house in busy kitchens and it sure beat sitting around pushing buttons all day. I just haven't been able to afford to do it for the past ten years because building web sites pays so much better. Same, I'm an ex-founder in Fintech, I've worked for big multi-national corps, and have a background in Health Sciences. And the satisfaction you get the rare times things are 'good' in Kitchens is perhaps the most satisfying things I've even experienced in my entire Life. The comradery amongst your fellow cooks can be petty deep, my old team still keeps in touch with another during Corona and we're trying to help where ever we can. Its a sense of community that extends beyond one's Team, too. I personally have met lots of owners and cooks during these shutdowns and we often have conversations about the business and Life. By contrast, I don't know my neighbors, and barely talk to my house mates. The taxing part is the high stress, low pay, long hours, and a very precarious Life over all due to the widespread alcohol/drug abuse. I've had to save up to come out of retirement from cooking after my time in Europe, too; I took it pretty far this time, I got to interview at SpaceX, did a week a the Mars Desert Research Station and worked at Kimbal Musk's flagship restaurant this last run. So, while I wish I was at SpaceX right now the realities don't allow it and won't for an undetermined time, so upon reflection I'm pretty satisfied with my culinary career and think that I have done all I could and gone further then I realistically thought I ever could. @Maxwell: Let me know you want to collaborate, I'd like to be able to work with someone who wants to return to the Kitchen.

maxwell 6y ago
> the satisfaction you get the rare times things are 'good' in Kitchens is perhaps the most satisfying things I've even experienced in my entire Life Feeding people great food, the right food, is an amazing feeling. For me shipping solid code for multinationals (transportation and insurance) was rewarding as well, but the effect was less visceral, more diffuse. I'm an ex-founder too, relocation/mobility-tech (video chat moving estimates). I now work on accessible legaltech and access to justice projects. > By contrast, I don't know my neighbors, and barely talk to my house mates. I felt this elsewhere in the U.S. (Chicago, Vegas, Bay Area, NYC) but I'm now blessed to have amazing neighbors, tenets, and family myself here in Maine, and am able to direct most of my time into building socially impactful software with continuous technical learning. > The taxing part is the high stress, low pay, long hours, and a very precarious Life over all due to the widespread alcohol/drug abuse. My partner and I met at a restaurant that fostered a community, preserved a way of life. It made a million a year and spent a bit more. No longer in business. We've been iterating on a financial model for something similar for one day but aren't there yet. > I've... Definitely cool story. Interested in Mars Desert Research Station from the standpoint of increasing Terrestrial habitability, i.e. remote villages. Feel free to message on AngelList or Twitter.