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How is your job situation /biz/?

Did you get a really stupid degree and are now fucked?

Did you fall for the college is a meme meme?

Are you set for life?

I want to know how my bros are doing. Me personally, I have a comfy job and a stupid degree (theoretical physics) but I wish I was making more.

>> No.53260640

>>53260416
coding from home is pretty nice, comfiest WWIII apocalypse ever

>> No.53260666

>>53260416
It help desk at hospital. Very depressing but very stable

>> No.53260671

>>53260416
I've done couple working class jobs and usually don't stay. Drug addicts and convicts everywhere. Probably going to go finish my degree if it doesnt get me a job ill probably just rope

>> No.53260707

>>53260416
financial analyst at energy company. job scope keeps expanding and they didn't replace other analysts who left. it's alright.
>>53260666
check'd

>> No.53260710

>>53260666
my mom works as a billing clerk for a local hospital network. their hardware is hilariously shitty. they don't even have laptops but they let my mom work from home a few days a week, which involves installing company software on her personal computer and viewing patient financial information on what could be an unsecured computer. they don't even have VPN. it's pure insanity.

>> No.53260833

Got a stupid degree, spent years unemployed as a neet, last year at 37 I finally got into the foreign service and now I'm a diplomat waiting to be posted abroad at an embassy while making 80k, when I'm finally abroad I'll be making around 140k. I still plan to gamble all I make on crypto.

>> No.53260856

Shitty meme degree (mechanical engineering). Feeling unbelievably hopeless.

>> No.53260872

>>53260710
Are you in the UK? If you are it's no fucking surprise the NHS is being hacked by Russians twice a year

>> No.53260892

>>53260416
I did a degree in computer science and work as a cloud architect, it's probably the best decision I've ever made.

>> No.53260940

No degree but programming since 2003, currently at FAANG with 300k/year in Europe, could be more but it's great given responsibilities I have. Overall 9.8/10, I'm almost healed from my rush to drop the handcuffs.

>> No.53261871

>>53260416
About to start as a chemist technician for the city. Looking forward to it honestly.

>> No.53261877

>>53260416
>Did you get a really stupid degree and are now fucked?

yes got a political science degree 10 years ago. Currently making $21/hr but at least I'm working from home and have lots of downtime. And luckily I have no debt

>> No.53262122

>>53260666
>>53260707
KEK most wagie jobs Ive ever heard of . Do you try to embellish your linkedin profiles? Do you get any respect from women?

>> No.53262184

>>53260416
>job situation
I am a deputy sheriff
>did you fall for college is a meme
No, I got a bachelors degree for free
>are you set for life
No but I make decent money, live in a great area, and invest in stocks/crypto/PMs

>> No.53262310

>>53260416
>stupid degree
>information technology
check
>set for life
>own my house
also check
>wish I was making more
>150k
I want to double my salary but I also don't want to leave my comfy job. I'm trying to learn solidity in my spare time, hoping I can moonlight doing bug bounties/freelance

>> No.53262336

>>53262184
whats it like being a slave to satanic elitist politicians? Oh and You better be enforcing immigration laws or you cannot call yourself a Sheriff

>> No.53262443

>>53262336
I feel sorry for whatever happened to you to make you this way.

>> No.53262673

>>53262443
Basically everyone has had a run in with the police over drugs or some other petty bullshit. Body cameras and accountability only make it more likely they enforce whatever bullshit law.
Yeah no shit people don't react positively.

>> No.53262972

>>53260666
How do I get an IT help desk job without experience. would certs help

>> No.53263611

>>53260872
no, USA. i don't know how they haven't been anally reamed by HIPAA laws.

>> No.53263669

>>53260416
took audio engineering got my degree worked a few studios for no pay for months, left cause every studio is same bullshit niggers rapping about nothing and stinking up the whole place. I'm unemployed once again trading shitcoins for the time being.

>> No.53263674

>>53262336
Sheriffs are the non-shit police.

>> No.53263810
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>>53260416
I drive trains for ~$60 AUD/hour, that’s absolutely fuck all in real dollars. No degree, didn’t know what I wanted to do and didn’t want to accrue debt over something I’m not interested in.

Existence is soul crushing and now I am trapped as a forever wagie.

>> No.53263995

>>53263810
What do you actually have to do as a train driver? Do you even control the speed or are you just there as a liability sponge if some computer fails. I always thought it sounded like a cushy job, especially for 42 USD an hour.

>> No.53264083

>>53260416
>Meme degree
Engineering technology A.S.
>Job
Cad monkey for 17.50.
I'm applying for a new job now, hope to find something that pays 19+ at least.

>> No.53264109

>>53263810
>>53263995
Yeah it seems chill watching the scenery go by

>> No.53264113

>>53263995
Ours aren’t really automated, so I’m controlling traction power and braking. Also have to know the entire network inside out, what signal you need to go to x destination or platform because signallers will sometimes set the wrong route accidentally, what speed limit applies for x section of track, where signals are, procedures and rules, etc etc. And the occasional person trying to jump in front of your train.

Reality is though that 99% of the time when everything is running without issue, it’s extremely cushy and very easy. I usually put some music or a podcast on and chill out. The trouble is that there’s nowhere to go - I want a more challenging career with better pay, and I’d need to start all over again to achieve that.

>> No.53264143

>>53260416
I fell for the college meme. Never used my degree. Now make 50k doing mostly nothing. Live with my parents, 70k saved. 28. Physical health deteriorating fast

>> No.53264190

I got a stupid degree and ended up paying for it. I majored in theology, concentrating in church history. Ended up dropping out of a PhD program because I just couldn’t take it anymore. While I was in graduate school I worked part time for a tech company. After dropping out I continued slaving away at the company and after six years eventually got a full-time job there. Finally, at 39 years old I started making six figures.

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>>53260416
>live in 3rd world shit hole (latam)
>got ccna cert year ago
>wow networks, that looks such fun
>ff today. working in a call center for a few company
>had to take calls all days, answer emails, maintain SLA and lick the balls of my boss
>mfw being 28yo
>mfw I'm never escaping this hell unless I leave this god forsaken country

>> No.53264961

top fucking kek
you do realise you can claim to work anywhere on linkedin
my mate literally grabbed jobs by the following

descriptions by scarping roasties linkedins ,
chat-gpt will auto generate a resume for you based on this
send applications in
get call back interviews
i'd act as the reference/ old mgr when called
eventually he gets a role
learn or do nothing till you fuk off
enjoy the money for the next few months
rinse and repeat
you'll unironically learn what to do and then you can stay in roles longer and stack paper
flip roles for better money
beats neetbux everyday

>> No.53265150

Just made $120/hr for 4 hours today with my small business.

So glad I didn’t take the college scam pill. This is way more fun

Also I get to take all the time I want off. “We’re fully booked that day” is a free day for me. Fuck you wagies

>> No.53265332

>>53260416
I am a software engineer at a big tech co making $270k a year. I got a mechanical engineering degree like >>53260856 but unlike him I got my shit together and learned useful skills (coding)

>> No.53265965

>>53260416
Anyone here a paralegal? How’s that line of work?

>> No.53266154

>>53265965
Don't do it.
>t. former paracuck

>> No.53266274

>>53266154
Why? All you guys seem to do is secretary shit, print paper, suck off the boss

>> No.53266359

why should I work if mom is gonna pay for everything

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>>53260416
think i push it a little too far. I told a coworker he is a full retard in a conf call. I m waiting HR meeting....if only i was a women....

>> No.53266473

I work for the university I received my degree from. I hate it, but I work from home and work very little so I haven’t quit yet. When I think about how much of my life I’ve given to this place I want to shoot myself.

>> No.53266485

>>53260856
I refuse to believe mechanical engineering is a meme degree.

>> No.53266488

>>53262972
Yes. If you're working full time get basic certs like CompTIA A+, Security, Network, you'll be able to get them done on the side without too much difficulty. If you really want to get into networking CCNA is great, but it is a fairly challenging cert so I wouldn't recommend unless that's where you want to go. Regarding the mentioned CompTIA certs they aren't worth that much and most IT fags here will mock them but help desk is the one of the most entry level jobs there is in IT. Nowadays there's always a lot of help desk jobs available due to how dependent everything is on tech and how little a lot of normalfags know about IT, so having a few certs you can list off shows that you at least care enough to learn and will probably be enough to get some interviews.

>> No.53266494

>>53260416
PhD in molecular biology
150k/yr
30 years old

Doing pretty good but still daydream every day of making it and being able to retire young for dream projects

>> No.53266498

>>53260833
How many times did you take the test?

>> No.53266707

>>53264248
I know that feel. I live in the first world but was doing help desk shit from 2018-2021. The people were nice enough but the company was growing and bit by bit becoming your generic massive corporation focused on nothing but squeezing the most work out of wagies. It was funny, a lot of people on /biz/ liked wfh with covid but that pushed me over the edge for leaving kek. Couldn't distract myself by just shit talking with colleagues all day, all that was left was the actual work which I hated.

>> No.53266914

>>53266488
thanks for your reply fren

>> No.53266960

just working web3 gigs and a fake 'real job' so my social security stuff is sorted - make about 8k a month

>> No.53267004

>>53265332
Coding isn't a useful it's a scam. Just because you're making money out of it doesn't make it legit. The bottom's about to fall out of your software """""engineer""""" career.

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53267111

>Pharmacist
>$166k from my main job + $27k from my side job
It took 8 years of school to get here but it was absolutely worth. I'm using my autism and earning power to its full potential to make sure I can retire before age 40.

>> No.53267141

>>53266485
I switched from that to Construction Management and it was much easier and way more demanded.

>> No.53267290

>>53267141
Is construction management heavy on hard math or is it stuff like financial math?

>> No.53267374

>>53267290
college algebra at the most

fallback for those who flunk out of engineering

>> No.53268006

>>53260833
Well Chad, there are still ways to be profitable in crypto with lesser risk instead of seeing it all as a gamble. One of the strategies is staking which I personally do for a good yield on Huobi for alts like Sylo and Near

>> No.53268552

>>53267111
In retail? What type of pharmacy do you do? Considering switching my career and going into pharmacy.

>> No.53268647

>>53268552
My main gig is retail and I work prn at a hospital.
>Considering switching my career and going into pharmacy.
What's your current career? Don't switch to pharmacy getting proper exposure or working in one. It's not for everyone and you could end up with a shitty company/hospital.

>> No.53268653

Senior shift lead at a popular pizza place. $14/hr with daily tips. Plenty of overtime and free food. Works out pretty well.

>> No.53268767

>>53266494
Nice. I feel like biochem people are fairly popular on biz for some reason.

>> No.53268777

>>53260416
Don’t have a job. No calls, no recruiters in a usually bustling environment pre-covid..god help me. I’m running out of money.

>> No.53268788

>>53260416
no degree, no debt, but having alot of issues getting a job. its my fault for falling for the temp agency meme. avoid temp agencies like the plague and id stay out of the trades.

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>>53260416

>> No.53268797

>>53268647
I have a BS in Biochemistry. I've been working as a lab RA for a few years, got some money and got my name on a paper published in nature which was pretty cool and worked at a few startups as well. I worked as a medical scribe for a bit and was chill with some of the clinical pharmacists there. Scribing sucked though so I quit and was actually a teacher for a year, which was honestly kind of fun. Currently about to start a position as a lab chemist for the city. Pay is ok but seems like a chill job with some growth. I have to do some prerequisite courses at community collage to qualify for pharmacy school though. Kinda nervous about getting in because my GPA from undergrad was shitty.

>> No.53268806

>>53268794
What do you mean by this?

>> No.53268805

>dropped out of college
>became firefighter for bureau of land management
>work 16 hrs a day at <$20/hr to do extremely shitty work in miserable conditions
at least i get 6 months off a year to neet and play with investments.. i need a new job bros

>> No.53268830

>>53260416
>Local Trucker
>Paying 14k back in loans
>Could never focus in school so college was a waste of time
>Making bank but working 55hrs a week

>> No.53268844

>>53260892
>cloud architect
How do I learn?

>> No.53268845

>>53268797
Standards go down every year so don't worry about your grades and the PCAT isn't required for most programs anymore. My current intern is borderline retarded. The most important things for admissions are that you can get financial aid to pay tuition and that you'll finish the program.

>> No.53268881

>>53268767
It's basically the most technical field that mathlets/retards are capable of succeeding in.

>> No.53268920

I have a useless bachelor's degree but I have a job at a bank as a investment advisor. Sounds nice but I basically have to sell our banks shit investments while there are way better ones. It pays good tho, I'm 29 and my average pay with bonus is around 26000 euro/year while the average is 20000 in my country. My problem however is that I'm kinda stuck in a 10 year relationship with my gf who has an autoimmune disease and Im scared to build a future with her because of it. Also I want to fuck other girls since she's the only one I ever had sex with. But we have a home together and it would be a financial disaster to break up in these times, and I still like her.

>> No.53268962

>>53268653
i worked at a pizza place. Everyone there was a felon or an addict or both. Most disgusting job ive ever had. Nothing was ever done right lol. Never eating pizza ever again

>> No.53268995

Lawyer. Work for a mid pop town as a prosecutor.

Pretty comfy lads ngl

>> No.53269058

>>53260416
I'm an embedded software ""architect"". or, i guess whatever you want to call an application component lead.
I'm pretty set, this place hasn't laid anyone off since the dot-com bubble. We really got hurt by 9/11 more than anything.
Basically, 110k base in my 20s and 5% raises until the heat death of the universe, so I'm alright.
>t. midwest chud

>> No.53269143

>>53260416
Ive been living on DeFI for 1 and half year now lol. took a loan and had 0 money early 2021 and by the end I was good enough to make passive income from it.