What is the worst job you have done?

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Recorded David Vélez said elsewhere, not written here
Los diferentes trabajos en los que he estado, después de mi graduación, han sido de 100 y 120 horas a la semana, especialmente empezando con Nubank. Básicamente vivía en el lugar de trabajo. Empezamos la compañía en una casa de dos pisos. Mi cofundador vivía en el segundo piso. Yo básicamente dormía en el primer piso, o pasaba muchas noches en el primer piso. No salimos de esa casa por seis o 12 meses porque trabajábamos como locos.

Vicky Dávila, interview, Semana, 1 October 2022 source ↗

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Sheena Easton Scottish singer
A cafeteria in Glasgow where the manager was horrible. I walked out and got a great job in a betting shop.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2017 source ↗
Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer
I had to choreograph dancing cows for a commercial. I had to superimpose footage of dancing legs – some were mine – on to the cow. It was bonkers.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗
David Jason English actor
Scrabbling about under dusty floorboards as an electrician in my early 20s.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 May 2021 source ↗
Rosanna Arquette American actress
A really bad film for no money: the director had no idea what he was doing and I was wondering: why am I here?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗

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Queremos crear un ambiente familiar en donde no todo sea fácil, en donde no todo les caiga del cielo, sino que puedan construir su propio camino y tengan ese sentido de desesperación y esa hambre. Eso significa también que todo ese dinero no se les va a dejar a ellos. Se les dará muchísimo amor, como les damos, y muchas oportunidades de educación y de desarrollo, pero todo ese dinero no es para ellos.
Recorded Vicky Dávila, interview, Semana, 1 October 2022 source ↗
Question What inspires you to learn? Attention & the world
I wish I knew more about Clojure, which is the programming language we use most at Nubank. If I did, I could better understand some of the more complex problems we're trying to solve, and I think I could ask better questions when we're setting priorities. I'd like to be able to communicate at that level with the technical side of our team, and I think they would appreciate it, too.
Recorded questionnaire, Sequoia Capital, 15 August 2018 source ↗
Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief
Vicky, qué pregunta más difícil (risas). Voy a hablarle de los casos que nos han inspirado, como Charles Feeney, cofundador de los Duty Free Shop en los aeropuertos. Él hizo eso en los años ochenta. Se volvió uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo cuando vendió su compañía e inmediatamente se dedicó a la filantropía y gastó todo su dinero en metas sociales.
Recorded Vicky Dávila, interview, Semana, 1 October 2022 source ↗

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