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I finally tuned out my dad's work advice
Most people say family guidance is important, but his old stories just don't help now.
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masonbell7mo ago
Feel that hard. My dad still tells me to walk into places and ask for a paper application. That world is gone. Sometimes the old playbook just doesn't fit the new game. I'm probably the worst at taking advice anyway, so maybe I just throw away the manual too fast.
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william_jackson657mo ago
Tell me about it. My uncle was the same way when I was looking for summer work, kept pushing me to just go shake the manager's hand. It's like what reese_lopez49 said about the oil change, the stuff the advice is for just isn't the same anymore. The hard part is they mean well, they really do, but it just sets you up to feel like you're doing it wrong when their old map doesn't match the new streets. I get the throwing away the manual thing too, sometimes you just have to figure out your own way through it.
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reese_lopez497mo ago
My old truck's manual says to change the oil every 3,000 miles, but the oil they make now is totally different. That old advice sticks around, even when the stuff it's about has changed completely. It happens with jobs, with tech, with how people talk to each other. We're all just using old maps for new roads sometimes, and then we feel lost when the landmarks are gone. The tough part is knowing when the advice is solid foundation stuff or when it's just... rust.
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