I want to apply for a barista because I don't have a job I want to do.

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"Why did you choose to be a barista?"-because I don't know what to do.

"do you have any expectations for the future?" -No, just do it now.

"do you have any plans for now?" Learn more skills and make a cup of coffee

Recently, the sharing of a simple interview is mixed. One is the confusion of the new generation of workers about their careers, and the other is that they do not make any plans when choosing a career as a barista.

In the barista interview, many candidates answer the job reasons around "interested in coffee", "like coffee" and "love coffee", and some will actually reply "because the working atmosphere is good and relaxed". For career planning, they will answer, "Open a cafe."

Yes, such an answer can be said to be a standard answer. If most coffee shops really need staff, they will pass the interview, and everyone will be very happy that they have finally taken the job they aspire to. Imagine making coffee every day and talking to guests every day.

Then after going to work, I found that it was not what I thought, because there are really a lot of trivial things waiting for everyone to do day after day in the coffee shop, and making coffee accounts for only 30% of the daily work. Others are either preparing materials, facing guests of different personalities, or on the way of cleaning and cleaning up, and then begin to feel disappointed in the job.

This disappointment does not come from these trivial things, but falls too far from my expectation that I can learn more coffee skills here in the first place, and my state of mind gradually collapses. And this is the biggest misunderstanding of many people about coffee shops hiring baristas-job seekers think he is here to learn.

There is no free lunch in the world. Coffee shops need labor to provide everyone with an opportunity to learn independently, but it does not mean that coffee shops have an obligation to teach you more coffee skills and knowledge. What most stores can provide is the production requirements and production standards of the stores. if you want to improve other technology and knowledge, you need to rely on your own efforts and efforts to make use of your own time to read books, classes and other channels.

This thing is very realistic, don't blame most baristas for their low wages. If as a coffee newcomer in the lack of professionalism, there is no outstanding technology, in fact, it is reasonable, after all, is not able to make coffee, went to a training class is equal to professional.

The specialty is not only technical, but also a person's speech behavior, knowledge reserve, connotation and self-cultivation. When it comes to this stage, I believe you will have a lot of directions and plans for career development, not just the work of the coffee shop.

Barista is a career with many directions and strong playability. It can be technology, media, agriculture or technology. The direction of these discoveries will not be out of reach, only whether they are willing to make efforts or not. after all, all successful people start from zero.

So you can consider your career plan before choosing this job. It's not just about making coffee at the bar, it's not about opening a coffee shop, and don't think about what skills and channels your coffee shop can provide for you.

Everything can be successful, can do big and long-term, can not do without a professional attitude to every detail. There is no end to learning, and when you get a framework for learning a basic thing, you need to constantly add more content to the framework. It is not easy to really be a major, and no one dares to say that he is 100% professional, so he is on the way to continuous learning, exploration, consolidation and renewal.

With the continuous progress of science and technology, coffee production can actually be completely mechanized, and a variety of products can be made through robotic arms. But the profession of barista is still needed by the industry, what is needed is human feelings and different people from a professional point of view to create more value.

If a barista stops, he will be a waiter. Only when he takes a step will there be a world.

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