Shameless
Content monition : This article discusses subject of substance abuse and alcoholism .
Like most of the Gallaghers - and in fact , all other characters ofShameless- Lip works his fairish share of odd task during his time on the show . As a shoal student , he make what little money he can by tutoring and call for other people ’s Saturday illegally . As he grow , Lip must step up to contribute more to the Gallaghers ' cash in hand .
His prison term in college is a beguile routine of studies , managing his nonadaptive family back home , find way to make money , and maintaining some kind of social life-time . After college , Lip adjudicate to fill up Fiona ’s shoes as she moves out of the house to act on her own ambition while Lip ’s hereafter starts to search less promising . Like his siblings , Lip often turns to illegal methods to make remainder meet .
Construction Worker
When Lip get back to Chicago aftergetting kick out of college , Tommy offers him a job at a grammatical construction site he ’s working on . The study is heavy and way too physically challenging for Lip ’s ease .
Not to mention , it ’s grievous because of the sketchy workings condition . Lip is n’t protect from the risk of forcible combat injury and muscle melodic line , nor from the loose leaden target being thrown around . The problem is unpleasant , unfavourable , and does n’t make up very well .
Cafeteria Bus Boy
At the beginning of his time away at college , Lip works as a busboy at the cafeteria . It ’s not a tremendous line of work , but he ’s never happy when he ’s there . The job itself frustrates and stresses him out , especially when he feels he could be making undecomposed use of his time .
It also represents one of Lip ’s lowest points . He ’s intensely homesick , lonely , and experience very alienated in this fresh environment . This is where he starts to rely heavily on alcoholic beverage and other substances . Lip is not yet very honorable at managing his sentence or antecedence , and as a resultant , working often get in the way of completing his school assignment , and frailty versa .
Tech Startup Intern
Lip ’s internship is n’t technically a problem , since it ’s unpaid , which is a major drawback for him and his family . However , Lip believes that it could lead to better , full - time employment later down the line - the variety of employment that could set him and the Gallaghers up for life .
Unfortunately , this tech startup is just as sketchy as every other workplace in the show . The FBI is leading formal investigations into the way things are run at the company , which Lip realizes is n’t the safe property for him to be start his career . His time there is short - know and not in any way good .
Sorority Houseboy
One of the vantage of being a sorority houseboy is that Lip gets free fitting . However , he ’s essentially alone , except for the many members of the sorority who bear him unexpected visits .
rim feel objectified , which he sometimes revel but mostly find plaguy . The advantages are overbalance by his compromised privacy , the misdirection from his studies , and his own weakening of case .
Ice Cream Van Operator
While Lip may enjoy this job , it ’s illegal and base . Lip helps Kevin operate an " ice cream van , " where they do actually sell some confection and ice pick , but the tangible money is made selling other items .
Young child are the customers who arrive at the van ’s windowpane unsupervised , andLip has no problem supply them with drug . As a way of make money , it ’s easy body of work , but it ’s not honest or skilful .
Teaching Assistant
This is one of Lip ’s most hopeful jobs , but it go to a tidy sum of problems later on in his life . The employment is convenient and seems like it will in reality be useful for his career - not to mention , Lip is a natural when he ’s given the chance to tread up and teach . He clearly enjoys talking about his passions and sharing them .
However , the work environs is not always convinced . Youens becomes like a friend and mentor to Lip , but he also run on a identification number of toxic habits . Lip follow in his step and sabotages his own calling , then begins abusing substances and glorying his aimless misery .
Tutor
Being a tutor isLip ’s first chore in the show , and at its core , it ’s like being a teaching assistant , but better . Here , Lip does n’t have to distribute with any stress - he only does the job because he enjoys it , and at this point in the show , he does n’t do many things that he does n’t opt to do .
backtalk is clearly passionate and has a talent for understand thing that others do n’t . He sees thing differently than some of his peer , which is why he ’s so academically innovative . The only downside is that tutoring is n’t a firm means of exercise .
Test Taker
Although drive other citizenry ’s SATs is illegal , it ’s one of the easiest ways for Lip to take in cash . He can score big in a single daylight , and he seems to relish challenging himself to take the examination as many times as he can .
regrettably , asunder from being a good mode to make money , this job is illegal , immoral , and not authentic . It may be fun while he ’s still in shoal , but it should n’t be considered courtly employment .
Dishwasher At Patsy’s
Patsy ’s becomes such a big part ofShamelessthat it ’s almost like a second home to the Gallaghers for a while . All of them take the air through the doors at one point or another , many of them following Fiona ’s causa to work there .
rim is a dishwasher , which may not be the most pleasant task , but it ’s not particularly hard and the environment is pleasant enough . It ’s also where he meet Sierra , who is one ofLip ’s best romantic partners .
Mechanic At Born Free Cycles
Becoming a car-mechanic is one of thebest things to happen to Lip . It ’s Lip ’s first proper , steady job , and it ’s one he seems interested in . He may not have ended up pursuing any of his prior academic ambitions , but as a problem , Free Born gives him everything he need .
Even better , Lip commence to work with his right friend , Brad . The work is properly look after , dependable , well managed , and takes care of its staff . Lip has a decent salary and is able to sustain his family - both of them .
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