I'm a software dev and i've been working corporate america for a decade and i hate it. i hate every second of every day. i've tried applying for non profits and government jobs and the entire job market is total balls. i've been trying to find something else for half a year and 100+ job applications.

I want to do something menial like project management. Something sitting at a desk. Something that isn't very mentally straining like the software engineering I'm doing now.

I want to work with cool people.

I want to work in an environment where I don't have to justify breathing the oxygen in their office.

I want to have a nice boss.

I don't care if the pay is shit.

How can i find something like this? How does one approach a job search if what you care about most is cool coworkers and doesn't care at all what the job is (aside from it being a desk job) or how much it pays?

  • Vayeate [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I've heard state jobs are cool. Federal jobs too. But the application process is brutal. I've frequently heard stories of people trying for several years and literally more than a thousand applications. One dude took twelve years for his first interview

    • anonymous_ascendent [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I was laid off at the beginning of the quarantine and couldn’t find any work in the private sector at all. The only place hiring where I am is the state.