... and now I'm job-hunting in earnest and jfcsstrrssfgchujbgfryhgftyhgerswww. I hope this is the right place to vent about this sort of thing, but I'm feeling so incredibly stressed and frustrated because I really want to change careers (TEFL teaching is a dead end, and the conditions have got so much worse in recent years) and I know I could do a junior frontend job perfectly well — I've put so much with into getting good at it in my own time — but it's beginning to dawn on me that there's basically no way in to the industry unless you know someone who can help you get a foot in the door.

I don't know where I'm going with this tbh — I just needed to vent somewhere — but it would be nice to hear any advice anyone can offer, or even just the lamentations of anyone with similar experiences...

  • Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    Yeahhhhh, so many opportunities are with the government. Thankfully some are with the less evil parts of it, like I actually applied for an internship with the unemployment office which I guess isn't directly involved in much evil. But idk maybe that underwear company will get back to me.

    • buttwater [they/them]
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      2 days ago

      The employment office is evil in the reasons they use to deny people benefits

      • MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 day ago

        Could do some good in that role by flipping some rejections into approvals. Have a little "glitch" that just happens to help people. Just don't get caught!