Right out of college with a Bachelor's in chemistry and the average I was being offered in my area was $14/hr. First job I got that wasn't shit was temp only and I only found it because my pops that does handyman type contract work asked some lab guys he was doing renovations for if they needed someone. First job I got that led to something more that pure temp was 9mo contract to hire working 12.5 hour shifts Friday-Sunday from 2pm to 3am. Jumped a few more jobs over the next 5 years trying for better and better. Now I work at home doing a job not even related to my degree making more than anything else I had before. The guy that I work with doesn't even have a degree. lol. Spent 5 years in college and 5 more working up through the shit to be making the same as a guy with no schooling and half my experience. Not that I hold that against him. He's a good dude and I worked with him at a previous job. Just a stance of him being unbelievably lucky and me just not so much.
Guess what I'm saying is stick in there. Shit sucks hard but not trying is a guarantee you won't get that chance. I use my higher pay now to help some of my buddies out. Saved a friend on some late payments and bought him some groceries a few times. He managed to get in an apprenticeship doing electrical stuff and is slowing starting to dig his way out of the shit.
Right out of college with a Bachelor's in chemistry and the average I was being offered in my area was $14/hr. First job I got that wasn't shit was temp only and I only found it because my pops that does handyman type contract work asked some lab guys he was doing renovations for if they needed someone. First job I got that led to something more that pure temp was 9mo contract to hire working 12.5 hour shifts Friday-Sunday from 2pm to 3am. Jumped a few more jobs over the next 5 years trying for better and better. Now I work at home doing a job not even related to my degree making more than anything else I had before. The guy that I work with doesn't even have a degree. lol. Spent 5 years in college and 5 more working up through the shit to be making the same as a guy with no schooling and half my experience. Not that I hold that against him. He's a good dude and I worked with him at a previous job. Just a stance of him being unbelievably lucky and me just not so much.
Guess what I'm saying is stick in there. Shit sucks hard but not trying is a guarantee you won't get that chance. I use my higher pay now to help some of my buddies out. Saved a friend on some late payments and bought him some groceries a few times. He managed to get in an apprenticeship doing electrical stuff and is slowing starting to dig his way out of the shit.