#1939 - Q&A: “Has my apprenticeship gone on for too long?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
The right kind of apprenticeship can work well for both parties. The wrong kind can be, well, terrible. How do you know the difference, and how can you find a graceful exit ramp when it’s time to leave?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:30.0 | Our caller today has been Apprenticing for a successful popular women's coach. |
| 0:44.0 | She's working for a woman who is an entrepreneur. |
| 0:47.0 | She serves lots of women, does very well in this business, and higher is various people. |
| 0:51.0 | Also has various interns, apprentices, they're called. |
| 0:56.0 | And so our caller has been working as an apprentice for free in exchange for gaining some knowledge, |
| 1:02.0 | the chance to work in this system and contacts, you know, being part of a network. |
| 1:07.0 | As I understand it, we're going to hear the question from her. |
| 1:09.0 | Now, this is the kind of thing that can work well for both parties or it can be terrible. |
| 1:15.0 | Sometimes you don't know until you're in it, which one it will be. |
| 1:18.0 | Other times, the experience might begin well, like you might actually be learning something. |
| 1:23.0 | You might be willing to work for free in exchange for, you know, learning a system or gaining access to these contacts and so on. |
| 1:30.0 | But there's a natural exit ramp that you tend to miss and you just end up working for free much longer than you should. |
| 1:37.0 | So basically that's the situation our listener might be in. |
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