Jesus, I thought we put the idiotic "bartender" posts out to pasture already?
Bartending is not an easy job. You need math skills, people skills, you need to stay organized, be able to focus in chaos, and stay cool in a myriad of situations. Your effort = what you make. Many very, very successful people bartended or waited tables when they were younger. If you have those skills, and ambition, you will probably do well in life.
Banda worked his *** off, bartending at night to pay his own way in the world and put himself through school.
"He tried out bartending and realized he was really good at it -- and that he could make enough money to cover the cost of his classes and living expenses."
I wonder how many of the people making fun of him for "bartending" when he was in college make half of what he's been able to do for his family? I wonder how many of them have his work ethic?
"But Banda was determined to still play college football. He got his chance in 2007, when he decided to walk on to a start-up program at Incarnate Word, a small school in San Antonio. He was 25. Because Banda was not on scholarship, he had to keep working his bartender job to pay his bills. 'I wasn't going to ask my dad or my mom,' Banda said. "I took out loans and what I couldn't pay, I had to make the money in the bar. Bartending was the only thing that was open at night after practice to make some decent money to pay the tuition."
You know how many of the most powerful figures in entertainment... I mean billionaires too, started out in the mailroom?
Anyone making fun of Banda for bartending his way while he earned his American dream is a straight up fool.
In 2007, Ephraim Banda was bartending to pay for college at Incarnate Word, where he was a 25-year-old freshman walk-on. Eight years later, he is the safeties coach for the Miami Hurricanes.
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