I hate my job.
I don't just hate my job in the normal way everyone else hates their job. I hate it because there is no job in the world that I could possibly be suit me any less.
I'm an introvert with a four year technical degree. I thrive on problem solving or meaningful constructive labour. I work a thankless shift on a social assembly line. This job requires a functioning brain stem and the ability to carry on a conversation about the weather. I feel like I'm drowning every day.
What I need is mentally stimulating employment, but the problem is my education is useless, my experience is nil, and all the jobs that I'm skilled for and would love to do pay too much for anyone to consider hiring me.
The challenge is: What kind of job can I easily get that won't make me look forward to my own death?
Every entry-level position involves either customer service or monotonous tasks. If it were possible, I'd work for free if I could just feel good about what I'm doing with my time.
"What kind of job can I easily get that won't make me look forward to my own death"?
None
best thing i ever did was get a tech support job.
find a helpdesk job in the paper. you'll have alot of downtime you can use to study for certifications, and move up the ladder as you learn more
I've tried, oh lord, I've tried.
If a tech support position was available and easy to find, I'd vault out of bed in the morning, sing in the shower, and whistle on my way to work.
But these jobs are taken by pricks who complain about how stupid people are then go home and play world of warcraft for eight hours in the nude.
Sure, I could work at some big box technology store, but that's not tech support, it's wiping a man's hard drive and then charging him a week's wages for the pleasure of deleting all of his family photos. Or all his pornography, if he's single, which may be just as bad depending on your point of view.
Why don't you create your own business?
I mean, even if it's something as simple as a computer help business, you could hire people and handle all of the upper-level business, rather than dealing with what you described in >>4.
It'd be hard, but it's mentally stimulating and you really would have a lot of work to think about and design.
You seem to be rather intelligent about this, so I have several ideas for you:
1)Move and look for a job elsewhere, some markets are just itching for techcrawlers like yourself with some training but little experience. It means they can pay you less. It really does sound like your area is terrible, that or you aren't looking.
2)Help old people set up computers. Shouldn't be too hard to advertise, and you might actually make some money if there is a market. Freelance PC repair might work too.
3)Geek Squad usually takes people with a bit of technical training. Hope you have A+ cert, hurr
4)Forget everything above and just research how to do something over the net. Hell, buying shit in bargain bins then posting it on Ebay for HUGE PROFIT isn't a bad idea either, but there are so many ways to profit off the net it ain't funny.
I'm sure if you channel all your hate and rage it will be easy to support yourself so you can quit your job, and after a couple of years doing whatever you'll get better at it, get connections, and eventually make more money.
My dad basically just ran around making cabinets for 30 or so years and eventually started his own Kitchen design business.
>Sure, I could work at some big box technology store
You don't have much wiggle room if you can't get a better job, bub.
But you go ahead an keep working at that life-sucking place. Its not my life.
I'd suggest that you educate yourself at a university, and do something more challenging
Real estate. It's easy and not really a real job.
>>5
I wish I was an entrepreneur, but I'm not. I'd rather be given a salary and told what to do. You might think that's strange, but I know myself.
>>6
The area does suck. I really do need to move.
As for the old people, you're right, that is my best option. It's real easy to bring in an income from running virus scans for the easily-impressed. Only problem I could foresee is being paid two shiny nickels because Mrs. Withersworth thinks it's still 1925. Not challenging, but I could support myself.
>>8
Did that. Now I'm working at the place that takes anyone fresh out of high school.
Bah, nevermind, got promoted.
You said you like physical labor--join a construction crew or something! At least you'll feel productive at the end of the day.
I would feel great at having accomplished something at the end of the day. I'd end up hurting myself or a co-worker due to physical atrophy and a tendency to daydream.
But I've moved up in the corp for now, so I'm at least not doing the same thing everyone else is doing. I get to working on challenging tasks rather than deal with customers.