I’m an unemployed freshly-ish graduated mechatronics engineer. I graduated in march but finding a job has been difficult. On may 1st I bought an Ooni koda 12 with the condition of it paying for itself, otherwise I couldn’t justify the cost (I live in CR, it’s like 50% more expensive here than it should be) just to eat pizza on weekends, that’s when I started selling pizza. Months passed, I kept selling pizzas and collecting mails that say “thank you for applying, but no”. It was the second week of november when I got too upset with the Koda 12 and ordered a pizza party emozione and some new Gozney peels. What an upgrade! It was night and day. It’s been just over a month since the emozione arrived, I’m still getting used to it but I’m getting better.
Today a note from the city hall arrived, they are aware that I exist and say that I need to get my permits. They are VERY expensive because of the oven using LPG as fuel and bureaucratic stuff. My pizzeria is not even giving me any significant earnings, it’s barely enough to cover SOME of my basic monthly necessities (medical insurance, phone bill, occasional bus tickets, occasional date with my GF, my own pizzas and that’s about it. I still live with my parents and I don’t pay them anything yet). Tomorrow I’ll go to ask what I need to do, but this is probably the end. It was fun while it lasted and I learned a lot. I hope that one day I will open a real pizzeria, some italian friends tried my pizzas and said they were some of the best they’ve tried and they believe in my potential. It’s time to be an engineer for now, beating the “we need experienced staff” barrier is harder than I thought it would be.
by javipipi