Comments on: …It’s How You Use It http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11389/its-how-you-use-it A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: walt crawford http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11389/its-how-you-use-it#comment-60323 walt crawford Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:36:48 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11389/#comment-60323 "Want fries with that?" usually doesn't work as a telecommuting job. Particularly for teenagers, I'd say locality is still a pretty significant part of work for a substantial percentage of the jobs they're likely to get. That said, maybe it's a generational thing, but ownership of a car at 19 sure wasn't automatically assumed back in the day. I think if I was 19 (hah!), I'd consider a computer more important than a car...particularly because I should be able to borrow someone else's car. (And a shiny new computer's a whole lot cheaper than any but the grungiest car.) “Want fries with that?” usually doesn’t work as a telecommuting job. Particularly for teenagers, I’d say locality is still a pretty significant part of work for a substantial percentage of the jobs they’re likely to get.

That said, maybe it’s a generational thing, but ownership of a car at 19 sure wasn’t automatically assumed back in the day.

I think if I was 19 (hah!), I’d consider a computer more important than a car…particularly because I should be able to borrow someone else’s car. (And a shiny new computer’s a whole lot cheaper than any but the grungiest car.)

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