Sorry just want to vent. Right now i walk dogs for $17 an hour for ~30-35hrs a week. I might be able to get bumped to around $20 for 40 a week by the new year. I live with my parents. Im 31. This is an amazing job but unsustainable.

I worked in mental healthcare (shit pay) political canvassing (sporadic work) and did the peace corps. I also conducted a govt study for decent hours and pay but it was the worst job of my life.

I feel i have a decent amount of skills. I feel im capable of developing new ones if i get hired somewhere and am trained.

Where are all the good paying jobs? Where are all the jobs that arent gunna suck my life and soul out of me just to be able to save a few bucks? I want to move out and live independently.

All of the interesting jobs pay poverty wages. All of the decent jobs that pay OK (in my opinion 50-80k a year is OK and id be comfortable with that) but they sound gruelingly dull or something nobody is going to hire me for.

I get panic attacks (not literally just anxious and depressed) every time i open a job board. I have no ambition or aspirations. I just want a modest life. I want free time. I want to afford food water housing and electricity (internet heat and cooling included) without feeling like i can’t afford mcdonalds once a month to get it.

There are so many people that are paid well live well (or decently) where are those jobs how do i get them.

  • heiferlips [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As a dumbass working a traditional blue collar trade, get into a trade if you can hack it.

    I quit dicking around with bad jobs about ten years ago and got into plumbing, completely green. I apprenticed for 22 an hour and moved up quickly from there. Tradesman Limited got me a bump to $27 an hour, Journeyman got me to $37 an hour. Ill be getting my master license in the next six months, and ill be pulling 45-60$ an hour for my troubles, minimum. Im also working on some specialist endorsements for my license like med gas piping endorsement and my multipurpose residential fire sprinkler installer endorsement. Once i get my med gas endorsement, i can travel the state and install med gas piping in hospitals/dr offices etc. the fire sprinkler endorsement allows me to install residential fire suppression systems that rely on the domestic water supply for water as opposed to stand alone fire systems.

    Its taken me ten years to get here. Im 45, I started at 34. A trade isnt for everyone, but i have one career, im off when i want off, and i havent interviewed/applied for a job in those last ten years. My photo portfolio of work, and my licensure is my application. I can support myself, and my three kids on my own. Im not rich, and likely wont ever be, but im slowly worrying a little bit less about where the money is going to come from. At this point, im turning down money because im too busy.

    Food for thought if you dont mind dirt under your fingernails, and occasionally dealing with gross stuff.