Ask kyleb about old-school video games (or coin-ops)

[kyleb]

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Kyleb,

Could you elaborate more on the arcade you ran? Family business you took over? Got a job and worked your way to management? Opened your own store?

Just curious.

Thanks

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I managed an arcade for someone who had money and a desire to open up several arcades in different locations (movie theaters were popular). I told him the kits/cabinets to buy, what I needed to effect repairs, and managed a small workforce of employees.

Prior to managing the arcade, I was a store manager with a local/regional formalwear company in Cleveland (the youngest in the company). I'd basically been working shtty retail/food service jobs since age 14, working full-time at age 16, and the experience I had by age 18-19 got me on the "fast track" to retail managerial experience.

So, I had the experience to get going - didn't just walk into it.