Richard

@Chrissy@mountains.social Finding meaningful work experience at that age is really difficult - so few opportunities. My son is in Year 13 (going to university to study mech eng) and last year he printed off his (brief) CV and my wife drove him to a few local business parks. She sat in the car, he walked around (looking up companies on his phone), rang buzzers and just chatted to people. It was incredibly brave of him, but he did get four days at a company. I can't say it was amazing, but it was something.

@mjd@mathstodon.xyz @MicroSFF@mastodon.art thank you - I hadn't heard of this book, but that little vignette made me look for it. It's now on my to-read list (which really doesn't need anything more added to it, but so it goes)