My youngest kid (nonbinary, 18+, years of cafe experience at school cafe, catering certificate) is looking for a Brisbane #BNE hospitality job, anyone know cafes with vacancies where Mx 18 might get #fedihired and not told they only hire MAGA-face Stepford Servers? (Their longterm goal is furniture making if you happen to have any leads on *that*) <3
@Unixbigot guessing your youngest listens to 4zzz - I’d be checking out their subscriber discount outlets for friendly hirers and enquiring to them.
@Unixbigot There's a nonbinary games thing that 4zzz regularly advertises - a pinball/gaming thing at a friendly venue.
Getting out to stuff like that and chatting with folk who go there could yield fruit and or friends too :)
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@Unixbigot re: furniture making - it's worth doing the research - I think there's one in detroit - but places that make furniture out of junk/discards such as pallets abound. Worth checking the library for whatever floats their boat eg: https://www.quarto.com/books/9780760368596/the-new-pallet-book
There was a mid century modern design book where a cash strapped designer made their own bed out of pallets which looked amazing.
Unemployed? Might be worth doing NEIS to get off the standard payment, and do furniture as a business.
The New Pallet Book

The New Pallet Book brings more than 25 new ideas for woodworking projects devoted to the ubiquitous wooden pallet (more than 50 total!). 

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