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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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... 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...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks 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!