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The author has less than 5 years in the industry. He is still in his engineering honeymoon. In 5 more years ask him how it is going.

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5 years seems like enough time

Working at MacDonalds for 1 month must be awfull

There are many positions at McDonalds.

And there isn't one that I'd want.

What about being hired at CTO and tasked to improve the tech experience for all their stores? From connected services and employee efficiency due to better tech for making some of the meals, etc.

They've done a very good job at that I have to say. I do not like touchscreens though, too many germs.

I really wouldn't want that job. I don't believe in the company and wouldn't want to be associated with them or the way they do business. In my view they have a negative effect on communities where I live.

I worked in a McDonalds for six months. The money was rubbish, but that aside, I quite enjoyed it. There's a sense of camraderie in that kind of job that you don't get in more well paying jobs, it's easy to be social with your co-workers, and actually, I kind of enjoyed making burgers.

None of those things make up for the giant differential in income, and predictability of hours though. And McDonalds does lack the occasional super interesting problem you get in IT - but day to day the actual job wasn't a lot worse.

What's wrong with working at McDonald's? I worked there for a few years and I mostly enjoyed it, the only problem was the low pay. The restaurant I worked at was very well managed so we operated like a well oiled machine and our customers were happy.

But I don't believe myself to be above any job.

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