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"I'm a 25 year old white male living in California with a GED." Get a real degree not something a fucking 8th grader could get. College sucks but go to community college and think of it as investing in yourself. You could always just get used to living in poverty?

>kill myself

Not a bad idea if you take out a life insurance policy and make it look like an accident.

>I'm presentable and intelligent.
>with a GED.
lel

invent something/start a business/apply for jobs

>>210305
For now
>Live with roommates
>Buy groceries
>Carpool if possible
>Budget like a demon

For the future
>Go to community college, while working if you have to
>Major in something that will translate into $
>Network. Make friends. Do whatever it takes to get friendly with anyone and everyone you can. Contacts will get you jobs you never even knew were available or that you were qualified for.

>>210305
>I'm a 25 year old white male living in California
Check your privileges, cis scum. You had a 300 year headstart

>GED
get an associates degree or some goddamn certifications/licenses. Businesses would rather hire illiterate mexicans than someone with a GED.

>>210305
The Microsoft certifications don't have any prerequisites. You could pass some of those exams (about $150/ea) and work as IT support or something.

>>210305
What part of California?

umm move out of your piece of shit state for one
two, there are thousands of jobs that pay 10+ that dont require a degree at all
three, dont spend your money. its not that hard. you're 25, you arent a swagfag generation dipshit who thinks money grows on trees

>>212303
>umm move out of your piece of shit state for one
California is boooooming with jobs and business
>two, there are thousands of jobs that pay 10+ that dont require a degree at all
So he's going to go from a $9 an hour job to a $10 an hour job? lel
>three, dont spend your money. its not that hard
Even if he saves a couple hundred a month from his job that is not going to put him in a better position without knowledge of what to do with it

>>212312
>california is booming with jobs

>>210305
Get on food stamps you african american

>>212332
This. I live in california and I dont know 1 person that is unemployed except the ones that want to be. You have to be lazy as shit to live here and not be able to find work.

>>212345

>>212247
but hes only twenty five

>>210714
Life insurance covers suicide after 2 years.

>>212345
Spot on. I know a guy who had full sleeve tattoos on his arms and his neck was covered in ink. He also had no college and just a GED. Went to casino dealer school for 3 weeks and paid 500 bucks and a month later was hired in an Indian casino here as a blackjack dealer. Guy started off making $60k/year and now makes closer to $90k after tips. I also know 3 people that were offered jobs while on unemployment but declined because they make $1800/month without working. Get rid of unemployment insurance or at least limit it to a month? The unemployment rate is guaranteed to plummet.

>>212366
>unemployment does not exist

>California is booming with jobs

>>212396
>2014 - 6

>>212400
>implying much has changed

>>212396
Except that the difference between South Dakota (lowest unemployment rate) and California is only 5%. Considering all the undocumented illegals (that are working by the way) I wouldn't say that chart is a good judge of available jobs.

>>212406
would undocumented illegals make it harder for people to find jobs?

>>212408
Not at all. Illegal or not they comprise of the California population. According to jobs.com there are about 240k available jobs in California and those are just documented listings. There are only 8k in South Dakota (the state with the lowest unemployment rate). It is not that there are no jobs in California it's that there are less people taking them (people that want to live off unemployment insurance or welfare). Which goes back to my original point that if you can't find a job in CA you are either lazy, disabled, or clueless

An unemployment rate change of 3% makes the difference between 2 applicants for every job created and 17 applicants for every job created. Get your fucking head out of your ass

>>212460
You're obviously not a math major.

I'll repeat what others have said: go to community college. It's the best, cheapest way to invest in yourself. Also, learning is fun!

>>212467
Yeah, because the unemployment rate vs the job creation rate are both linear relative to each other, am I right?

fucking kill yourself

>>212502
>implying I meant that

>>212312

California is booming with jobs because people with money moved the fuck out, ignoring silicon and hollywood

>>212355
correct. at my age I could take out $25 MILLION dollars worth of Term insurance for 1K a month, and off myself in 2 years.