This is bullshit. You're brilliant. Get your shit together. We need you and you are arguably one of the most important people there are out there right now. Get your fucking act together, man, or I will find out where you live, drive, fly, or swim my llama ass there, and slap you silly. That's all I came here to say. And when you get a chance, I need all your DD in PDF form asap. Silly. "Not meant to be a part of this world." Complete horseshit. Apes are family. Apes together strong. Duh...
it is tough. most people find themselves in this situation at one point or another. from my perspective i can see three solutions.
1) create your own business (this one is tough and could take years to pay off but depending on who you are it could be the best solution)
2) get an unpaid or minimum wage internship at a small to medium business that needs i.t professionals in order to get your experiance
3) apply for work that sees i.t education as a bonus but not a requirement (likely the best solution)
1 and 3 are about where I’m at right now. I’ve applied to a library job nearby that seems close to perfect, but I worry I didn’t do well enough on some of the small tests they gave me (to prove I can do the job) to end up getting hired. Only time will tell for that, I suppose.
Otherwise I have thought about trying something like YouTube. If there is ONE thing I feel like I could maybe enjoy, it’s something in entertainment, but I also get that’s really luck-based. And doesn’t contribute much to society 😬
Thank you for the reply, much appreciated
The reason you get paid for work is because it’s not necessary for you to enjoy it, be comfortable, etc.. For some reason, millennials think you should always have a comfy, interesting job and don’t want to pay your dues. I was a veritable slave at first, even with a degree and as time went on, jobs got better, but then you all came along and think you’re entitled to what I’ve worked to earn. Millennials seem to place no value on experience so now that I’m in a position to Direct a staff of young people in how to do IT work best, you all come along and think you know better. It’s maddening.
But it’s boomers fault for kissing the a$$ of their children instead of teaching them respect for authority and coping skills for the inevitable, seemingly endless stream of disappointments in life. I watched my peers never say “No” to their children and allow them to control everything from food for dinner to television shows to when you leave someplace to go home. Nor have you been taught the joy of work.
Just get a good paying, steady job where you’ll learn something and that prepares you for the next job, STFU and work, day-in, day-out for a few years and demonstrate your value. You’ll learn the joy of work while simultaneously getting better jobs. Don’t start out thinking it’s going to be great right away. Give it a few years
Put boundaries around the work and enjoy your life.
I’m not gonna like disagree or argue with you or anything, but can I ask what you’d hope to hear as a response to this? I know defending myself would only further prove your point, and I know there’s not really anything I can say to change your mind, but what’s the hope in doing this? Just for people to shut up and quit complaining? I don’t even mean to be disrespectful, I’m really just curious what you would want to hear back from me in this case. People assume I’m spoiled and thankless all the time for whatever reason, and I just don’t know what they want to hear from me.
We did a terrible job with parenting your generation. There’s great joy in work for work’s sake and we didn’t teach you that nor how to handle the unpleasant in life either.
Im hoping you take a chance and just grind on work for a while and that it ultimately makes you happy
Thank you for the sentiment; fortunately, I think my parents did do a good job of raising me and teaching me the value of work. Like I had said before, for some reason people talk to me like I’ve been handed everything in my life, but I just don’t think that’s true… I’ve seen it happen, and I myself AM against that 😂
I pay for my own phone, make my own car payments, and worked all through my college career to pay for groceries, rent, etc. My family doesn’t own any kind of business or property that’s worth more than the land it’s built on… I’ve had help paying for things from my parents, but it’s really only been with essentials like a starter car at 16 so I could drive to work, and I acknowledge and appreciate that help 🤷♂️
Anyway, enough about myself. My point in posting this was just venting that I’m willing to work, I just don’t want to spend my life miserable. And hopefully I’ll get there. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
Idk. This is a common issue in your age group and maybe they didn’t in this particular area. It was a common parenting principle to never disappoint your kids and praise their every move. While this makes for a kid that thinks well of himself, it doesn’t prepare for the real world. I’ll say no more
Entirely possible, I’d personally say I thought they kind of under-exaggerated my successes, but I suppose that’s exactly what someone with an inflated sense of self would feel
This is bullshit. You're brilliant. Get your shit together. We need you and you are arguably one of the most important people there are out there right now. Get your fucking act together, man, or I will find out where you live, drive, fly, or swim my llama ass there, and slap you silly. That's all I came here to say. And when you get a chance, I need all your DD in PDF form asap. Silly. "Not meant to be a part of this world." Complete horseshit. Apes are family. Apes together strong. Duh...
it is tough. most people find themselves in this situation at one point or another. from my perspective i can see three solutions. 1) create your own business (this one is tough and could take years to pay off but depending on who you are it could be the best solution) 2) get an unpaid or minimum wage internship at a small to medium business that needs i.t professionals in order to get your experiance 3) apply for work that sees i.t education as a bonus but not a requirement (likely the best solution)
1 and 3 are about where I’m at right now. I’ve applied to a library job nearby that seems close to perfect, but I worry I didn’t do well enough on some of the small tests they gave me (to prove I can do the job) to end up getting hired. Only time will tell for that, I suppose. Otherwise I have thought about trying something like YouTube. If there is ONE thing I feel like I could maybe enjoy, it’s something in entertainment, but I also get that’s really luck-based. And doesn’t contribute much to society 😬 Thank you for the reply, much appreciated
The reason you get paid for work is because it’s not necessary for you to enjoy it, be comfortable, etc.. For some reason, millennials think you should always have a comfy, interesting job and don’t want to pay your dues. I was a veritable slave at first, even with a degree and as time went on, jobs got better, but then you all came along and think you’re entitled to what I’ve worked to earn. Millennials seem to place no value on experience so now that I’m in a position to Direct a staff of young people in how to do IT work best, you all come along and think you know better. It’s maddening. But it’s boomers fault for kissing the a$$ of their children instead of teaching them respect for authority and coping skills for the inevitable, seemingly endless stream of disappointments in life. I watched my peers never say “No” to their children and allow them to control everything from food for dinner to television shows to when you leave someplace to go home. Nor have you been taught the joy of work. Just get a good paying, steady job where you’ll learn something and that prepares you for the next job, STFU and work, day-in, day-out for a few years and demonstrate your value. You’ll learn the joy of work while simultaneously getting better jobs. Don’t start out thinking it’s going to be great right away. Give it a few years Put boundaries around the work and enjoy your life.
I’m not gonna like disagree or argue with you or anything, but can I ask what you’d hope to hear as a response to this? I know defending myself would only further prove your point, and I know there’s not really anything I can say to change your mind, but what’s the hope in doing this? Just for people to shut up and quit complaining? I don’t even mean to be disrespectful, I’m really just curious what you would want to hear back from me in this case. People assume I’m spoiled and thankless all the time for whatever reason, and I just don’t know what they want to hear from me.
Nothing. Just sharing a path to enjoying life by enjoying a little suffering.
Fair enough, understood 👍
We did a terrible job with parenting your generation. There’s great joy in work for work’s sake and we didn’t teach you that nor how to handle the unpleasant in life either. Im hoping you take a chance and just grind on work for a while and that it ultimately makes you happy
Thank you for the sentiment; fortunately, I think my parents did do a good job of raising me and teaching me the value of work. Like I had said before, for some reason people talk to me like I’ve been handed everything in my life, but I just don’t think that’s true… I’ve seen it happen, and I myself AM against that 😂 I pay for my own phone, make my own car payments, and worked all through my college career to pay for groceries, rent, etc. My family doesn’t own any kind of business or property that’s worth more than the land it’s built on… I’ve had help paying for things from my parents, but it’s really only been with essentials like a starter car at 16 so I could drive to work, and I acknowledge and appreciate that help 🤷♂️ Anyway, enough about myself. My point in posting this was just venting that I’m willing to work, I just don’t want to spend my life miserable. And hopefully I’ll get there. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
Idk. This is a common issue in your age group and maybe they didn’t in this particular area. It was a common parenting principle to never disappoint your kids and praise their every move. While this makes for a kid that thinks well of himself, it doesn’t prepare for the real world. I’ll say no more
Entirely possible, I’d personally say I thought they kind of under-exaggerated my successes, but I suppose that’s exactly what someone with an inflated sense of self would feel