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Jobs that I can study while doing? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello everyone,
For reasons I won't get into here, I'm looking for a minimum wage job where I would still have enough downtime to self-study an online course I'm doing. I've been thinking something like this might be possible in a receptionist style scenario. Has anyone done this before? What sorts of jobs are good for this? I'm gessing it's probably jobs where they are looking for a person to pay just to have someone on-site and on-call...

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've known people who worked at their school's library and it wasn't only just accepted that they studied while on the job, it was encouraged.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

My nephew does that and loves it. He gets to scan old materials to preserve them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ooh this is a great idea! I might even be able to get into a university library because I'm student age.