Trading a state paycheck for a sidewalk food cart is practically unheard of. To do so means leaving behind a life that job-seekers spend months, if not years, navigating administrative hurdles to attain.
Yet, here’s a California state worker who walked away from his pension track for a life full of hot dogs.
Drew Schmidt, 45, left the stability of his California Department of Transportation gig to launch his Sacramento-based hot dog venture, Between the Buns 916, earlier this summer. He made a choice between long absences from home or being present with his wife…