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Example career linesFour example lines leave the You are here station. Line 1, Food service: Line cook, Kitchen lead, Sous chef, Head chef, then transfers such as Culinary school. Line 2, Retail: Retail associate, Key holder, Assistant manager, Store manager, then transfers such as Buying. Line 5, Computer science: Software co-op student, Junior developer, Software developer, Senior developer, then transfers such as Product management. Line 6, Machine learning: Data co-op student, Junior data scientist, Machine learning engineer, Senior ML engineer, then transfers such as AI research.1Line cookKitchen leadSous chefHead chefCulinary school2Retail associateKey holderAssistant managerStore managerBuying5Software co-op studentJunior developerSoftware developerSenior developerProduct management6Data co-op studentJunior data scientistMachine learning engineerSenior ML engineerAI researchTRANSFERS

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Food service line, 4 stops from Line cook to Head chef.

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Food service line

Toward Head chef
  1. Stop 1 · Start

    Line cook

    • Food safety basics
    • Working a busy rush
    • Kitchen teamwork
  2. Stop 2

    Kitchen lead

    • Training new cooks
    • Prep planning
    • Ordering stock
  3. Stop 3

    Sous chef

    • Menu costing
    • Scheduling
    • Running the line
  4. Stop 4

    Head chef

    • Menu design
    • Budgets
    • Leading a kitchen

Transfer to

  • Culinary school
  • Catering
  • Food production
  • Restaurant management
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