How's the job search going lately, anons?
>>62380512I want to kill myself.I do have a job, but the company is going to shit. Now I'm applying and get lots of rejections, and when I get answers it's those cult like mentality companies with a thousand interviews process.I've been self employed so I do not qualify for unemployment. Otherwise I would just not give a fuck.I'm tired of waging. I'm tired of this bullshit culture. I HATE EVERYTHING HHHHAAAAHH
>>62380512>he got a tech degree>in 2026lol, lmao even. Everyone I see complaining about the job market is a CS major, or even worse a cybersecurity/IT major. Did everyone really think that the 'hybrid/remote job that pays $100k' meme tech market would last forever?
Did interview today for job I won't get. Have to do an assessment, which is pointless either way because it's arbitrarily scored and will say I didn't get it (the job).If I had been swingtrading in big volume I could have made a quarter million in 2 months riding the tiger.
i have a job. i work for a crypto exchange, got another offer from an old contact to be COO of some chinese gambling payments wallet for even more money. something RMB stablecoin something 200k MAU
>>62380629>even worse a cybersecurity/IT majorwhy is this worse?
>>62380686cybersecurity is a field that requires experience to get into. Its fine if you acknowledge you're going to have to work for a bit less money for a few years until you get experience, primarily in an IT role. The problem is a lot of cybersecurity majors expect to be making $75k+ right out of college but that ain't happening. Cybersecurity is great after either ~5 years working experience, or if you pair it with a CS major. IT I'd say is also bad because you're competing with Ranjeet or Pajury from Bangladesh who will work for $2 a day.
just become a plumber.
>>62380752hmm idk, I've worked in IT enterprise facing or contracting to gov roles and it's mainly white guys making 100-130k. I think one just needs to niche down to something that requires good communication skills paired with technical ability.
>>62380930I'm specifically talking about new grads or people with not much experience. The problem with basically all tech fields right now is unless you have a lot of experience, nobody wants you. There's a billion diploma mills pumping out CS degrees to students who just cheat using AI and tech is a field that really, REALLY needs experience and a good background to have success in.
>>62381145Yeah, I guess. I have a bit under a decade of experience. I assumed most people here are in their 30s trying to job hop every other year to gain a nice pay boost (to keep up with inflation at best)
>>62381175nah this board is mostly 21-25 year olds I'd say, maybe some older obviously but recently gen z are super into business/stocks/memecoins because of the whole gamestop fiasco, NFTs, and crypto. Job hopping every year is a recipe for disaster, I can understand job hopping every 4-5 years once you make progress in your career but jeez looking for jobs 24/7 sounds like a pain in the ass.
>>62381240>mostly 21-25 year oldswhere are they coming from? there was a huge influx of users in 2017-2021 with crypto and meme stocks, but this board has been dead ever since. Assuming these users were 21-25 back then they'd be 30s right now, which aligns with dating mining threads I've seen. > gen z are super into business/stocks/memecoinsthey don't have any money. They blew it 5 years ago and to some extent in 2024. I think most are on X or Tiktok anyhow. >looking for jobs 24/7 sounds like a pain in the assThat's the formula for making the most money. If it was easy then everyone would be doing it. 2 years is enough to make a lot of progress at a company and add quite a bit to a resume. 4-5 is fine too but that's a lifetime when it comes to inflation.
>>62380512i dont even wanna try the traders are having more fun and you don't have to interview for it
I dropped out of college years ago and have been working dead end jobs ever since. Luckily I barely spend money and live in a small apartment so I'm doing fine financially. I have 220k saved up from years of living with my parents not paying rent and am trying to turn it into a million dollars but am having shit luck.
>>62381286>they don't have any money.so how do the normies do it? the ones that find jobs, they must be fine right?
>>62381438>traders are having more funnah I've seen how these guys get when markets go to shit or they get a bad streak of bad trades. Nothing worse.>>62381465>How do normies do itthey have family connections that help them live on easy mode. Everyone else is living with parents working part time like a third worlder now
>>62381475>connectionsI feel like meeting people IRL is the secret sauce, why even bother with an automatic ATS that doesnt even know what to filter for anymore. Maybe it's all intended to filter people and there's just a crafted illusion or dream that we're falling for and the sole reason for that is the government having a zombie policy of ivinite infinite% loans to 18 year olds for college
I have a job, but it pays below average wage but quite comfy WFH. I am petrified if I ever get fired or want to find a new job for more money that I'm going to enter the pozzed world of jobseeking.
>>62381490>8nmAd3Ip>irlin my experience it's mostly the court jester meme as well, maybe even a more extreme version where the rich want to string you a long as much as possible, but I'm sure the odds are still better for it working out financially
>>62380512Ive been unemployed 13 monthslast time i applied for any job was april. I stopped applying since its just pointless maybe ill start again soon.
>>62381556>maybe even a more extreme version where the rich want to string you a long as much as possibleas rational actors they would do this if the reality is that, maybe there actually isn't much of a need for high paid white collar workers in the US as they like to project; and that offshoring as shitty as it sounds is the more rational economic choice as a result of cost of living arbitrage.the institutions have no incentive in telling you reality of whatever path you go down, most majors have negative ROI. and it's not just about the salary but the fact that you can just get laid off then spend many weeks looking for a job angain and just have that be done on loop. if there is no job security then what does it matter if you get a paycheck that looks big; I feel like its designed on purpose.
>>62380793Here’s the unedited version
got a job recently but it blew up a couple days before I was supposed to start. rip
>>62381715who is they, and what is the system
>>62380629Maybe he started in 2022 before it was apparent all tech jobs were going to get eaten by AI. I'm not in that position but it would max suck to be 2-3 years into a bachelors and see the job market you're heading towards start imploding before your eyes and have to decide whether to cut your losses and accept all that time and money was for nothing or just keep paying tuition and charge ahead to certain doom. Glad crypto retired me in 2021, many bullets dodged.
I don't even want the job I have. I just need to make a cool couple of million (already halfway there) and I can quit and be a NEET in peace.
>>62381801How did you get to 1mil?t. 175k saved up so far
>>62381811Lots of sweat and tears. Gained a lot, lost a lot, gained a lot, lost a lot, learned my lessons and gained a lot and kept gaining. NVDA and SOXL, among others, got me there.The main thing is to get a set of trading rules and never, ever, fucking break them. EVER.
>>62381822Would you go back to nvda and soxl if starting over today or something else? Personally I have 0 edge, so I just stick to living frugally + index funds
>>62381725what? what do you mean man?
>>62381836I'm currently in DRAM because I generally expect memory to continue to do well.NVDA would probably still be fine but its lost a lot of momentum. SOXL, I unfortunately sold around the mid 50s as that was my target. I thought at the very most it would see would be the 60s or so. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect it would get as high as 280.If I had held all of my SOXL I'd already be a multi-millionaire. Somewhere around 4.5 million. But as I said, I held to my rules because for every stock you wish you would have held are dozens of stocks that you held too long and lost all your gains.
Applied for job, got it. Since 2007 I've sent 7 application, been invited to 4 interviews, and had 3 jobs.(C++ programmer)
I decided to make my own job but haven't been able to get funding yet. I did manage to secure 2 partners for pilots and a pretty nice backlog, but since that's not going to be paying bills anytime soon, I'm working fulltime at the same time. Needless to say, the >100h I've been going through the past year or so isn't sustainable.
>>62381851Yeah, I use part of my IRA to speculate. I bought DRAM when it came out and sold at a 2x at $60. I'm tempted to buy up SpaceX for a short term flip, but kind of scared that there's a year's worth of unlocks plus the other upcoming AI IPOs, so might be a poor risk to reward. I feel they might be rushing to IPO for a reason. So far very comfy in VT, though. >>62381851>for every stock you wish you would have held are dozens of stocks that you held too long and lost all your gains.yeah that's been my experience, which is why i'm leaning towards bogleheads for 90-100% of everything and retaining my sanity
>>62380629Smug bastards deserve every inch of their plight
>>62380629>$100k>a lot100k is lower middle class now, $150k is when you start making decent money and $200k is where it starts to actually be impressive.
>>62381145I graduated in 2023 with a CS degree and got an IT cybersecurity job making 81k in 2024, granted I was an intern for almost 5 years prior to that, at the same company.
>>62383123The dollar is zimbabwe currency. Thanks to blormpf.
>>62381465Credit card debtAverage normie has like 2-3 credit cards and they definitely don’t use it wisely Pair that with how cancer these sports betting companies have been raping our minds and making shit like muh parlay a common thing to do
>>62381874I mean you have until early August for 30% unlock, could be some good short term swinging
I'm very glad I'm not a wagerino
>>62381240This board is full of 35-45 years old faggots. And bots. 4chan is a dinosaur board
>>62383123what state do you live in?
>>62380512Quick someone tell me how to get a high paying comfy job
>>62380793Of all the bullshit in this pledge #6 has got to be the worst
>>62383123Retards who think low six figures isn't a good salary are just screaming from the rooftop that they suck with money
>>62385230You must be 18 or older to browse this site and in case you're a boomer, know that the day of the pillow will come.
>>62383123depends on where you live. Downtown major city $100k isn't a lot, but in the suburbs or more rural areas $100k is plenty. If you are in your 20s making close to $100k you are making very, very good money for your age. Probably top 10%.
>>62385230I have a wife, six kids a dog and a cat. I'm not retarded with money - I just have a baseball team's worth of mouths to feed
>>62380512I gave up and just day trade.>>62380629You can easily get an IT job, just need to get the CCNA and other networking certs like Mikrotik and Fortinet ones to keep it, baring goddamn office politlcs.
>>62386229I meant an ISP job.
>>62381763jewsthe hell we live in
nobody has any real incentive to look at reality. even workers want to BELIEVE that they can still make enough; that hard/smart work will pay off. it's looking more and more likely that to win the entire game is to fucking epxloit the system and do the things they have no incentive of telling you is the shortcut.
