I need to get the fuck out of my parents house and start my life far away from here. Can any of you give me some advice? I have a little bit of money (like $1000), is there any country I can fly to, get a job, start working/living there with a somewhat decent quality of life? Ideally a part time job?
>>2818640Not gonna say what country you're from, any skills or education?You seem dumb already
>>2818641I'm from the USA and have a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and some stupid work experience
>>2818646It would be easier to move to another part of the USA
>>2818646If you insist on moving abroad, you can make a fake TEFL Certificate and go work in Cambodia or Laos. Or pretty much any Latin American country for dogshit money. There are also some African countries (I worked in Ethiopia and Somaliland). TEFL is the go to. Alternatively, if you are extrovert and charismatic you can work in timeshare in Thailand, Costa Rica, Mexico and parts of the Caribbean. They provide free accommodation and training for the first month but it's commision only so you better believe in yourself.You can also work in hostels in Latin America for a subsistence-level life. Same shit with bar work in Vang Vieng on a tourist visa. This is more "for the experience" though. I highly recommend you take the first option if you insist on leaving the US.
>>2818640>$1000 Nope. The way things are now anon, if you want to give yourself a legit shot, you need 10K. That gives you a solid 6 months of runway at a temporary living situation while you aggressively apply for jobs while eating pasta and hotdogs everyday. You take the first job that hires you, then look for a job that actually want, lock in a lease with the pay stubs, and chill. With 10k that can be done without you being concerned with running out of financial road while you DILIGENTLY work towards situating yourself.I did it with 2k in Denver, but I had to illegally occupy an Airbnb for an additional 1.5 months until I was kicked out by two scary looking men hired precisely for that purpose, eat through the food that was left there by the previous weasel, and shoplift, in order to save enough money to string together the deposit for an apartment while working shit temp warehouse jobs. I got the apartment and then searched for an “actual job” to lock into. It was a formative experience that cemented my economic dexterity but it was stressful
>>2818667I bought a one-way ticket to Addis Ababa with only $600 and found a job. $10k? I didn't see OP asking for advice from pussies.
>>2818651>I highly recommend you take the first option if you insist on leaving the US.NTA and not even American, but I'm doing this right now lol.And tips for teaching?
If you’re not smart enough to figure it out on your own, then you’re not smart enough to survive in another country.
>>2818678can you say more?how did you figure out the visa if that was necessary? what did you do?
>>2818769Came in on a tourist visa, printed off some CVs, got a taxi to take me around all the language centers and third-tier international schools, got interviews, picked a job, converted tourist visa to work visa. Rinse and repeat this process for a hundred other shithole countries. It works every time. I've worked in loads of different countries.
>>2818640Why not just save up for an extra few months, doesn't have to be a career job any job. 10k will make you much more comfortable.1k won't even cover a deposit so you'll be slumming it hard or sleeping in your car if you have one.
>>2818646if you fuck off now to another country working in a difft field, you will have wasted your degree. at least get a job with a contractor or something on a military base. go up to alaska or something. save more money at least. $1000 is hardly going get you airfare
>>2818803>. go up to alaska or somethingthat's not a bad idea at all....
>>2818803Do you have any recommendations on what types of work I can get with a mechanical engineering degree in alaska? Do you know how long it might take to get work?sorry for the stupid questions, I've been unemployed for like two years now.
>>2818640I was in your shoes twenty years ago. Two options that I considered at the time included going to Israel to work on a kibbutz (one of my friends could arrange the necessary paperwork to be Jewish) and going to Australia on a working holiday visa to be a jackaroo. The Australia option is particularly interesting, because the working holiday visa can now be extended up to three years.
>>2818686Dance harder if you want them to stop throwing peanutsDance less if you want free peanuts
>>2818818what did you end up doing?
>>2818838I became a dirty jew
>>2818646people from all over the world want to move to the USA for the US dollar, you probably have the best bang for your buck there. Compare it to Canada or any other firstworld nation, you are born in the best spot. Why do you only have $1k saved? Stay with your parents and save up like $20k and then move to a different part of the country with reasonable rent prices and good job opportunities.
Look into Alaskan fishing jobs.I was once in the same position as youWith a mechanical engineering degree, you could transition into being an engineer on the boat (actually you don't need a degree for that, but it helps)You'll have free room and board, and food. Your only expenses will be personal stuff ike cigarettes, soap, ectIts some hard ass work, 12-16 hours a day for 2-3 months straight with no days off, but you could easily save 15-20k a month just starting out with no degree or experience required. I've been doing this for 10 years, I make money on the boat then go live in the Philippines on my off time and enjoy the fuck out of my life. I have a wife, 2 kids, and a gang of servants I support/pay on my salary. I'm a resident on the Philippines generals on this board BTW, check it out sometime, Cubabro
OP if you have a ME from a real university I am not sure how you don't have a job unless you are putting a GPA on the resume and just straight up have a shitty resume. There are services out there that will redo your resume for a small fee.Alaska is laughable, you'll get there with 1k have no way to put down a security deposit on any apartment and run out of money like any of those other people who moved up. Fishing season is about over so good luck there, they also only take people who have a body type to support it. A bunch of people during Covid moved up and fucked rent prices and the job market so good luck.Real answer, look into Fargo or Minot ND. There are a bunch of oil companies up there than have you work 6-8 months in Canada, then come home and do fuck all for winter. If you have no criminal record unironically go to USAjobs.gov, filter to civilian jobs, and be willing to move. Something tells me you got an ME degree, live with mom and dad in fuck all place, and unwilling to move. ME jobs are basically in demand for any port city right now, especially around naval bases. Also look up staffing agencies.
A lot of feds in here trying to stop brain drain from the USA lmfao. Should've thought of that before trying to ban all white men from the workforce. Have fun with your DEI workforce.
>>2818808As someone who had job offers up there, and has a good friend/roommate from there it is.There are few places to work, most everything is reliant on seasonal labor, wages have stagnated as COVID pushed a lot of remote workers up to Alaska from the brown people. Everything eats your salary, you'll need a car which is stupid expensive(you're not going to use the bus lol), and whatever hobby you have to not go crazy during winter will eat at you.I was within a hairs grasp of moving before I did more research, ultimately stopped due to so many downsides and realizing even without any income tax I'd be losing far more cash. Alaska is not the show up, give em a firm handshake looking them square in the eye, and ask for a job fantasy people think. It has the same problem Hawaii has in the fact you can move there with a good job, and then realize you're poor-rich due to the cost of living and have no opportunity to move back out.>>2818857Anon is an ME, there is basically no better country to be one for a high paying flexible job than the US. Not to mention, ME jobs often require near fluent understanding of the language to be hired in due to it's scope of work. What's more concerning here is OP unemployed for 2 years and not even working some job putting fries in the bag to show for it. If he lives with his parents he should wage slave at least a year and move abroad with at minimum 10k to start something new
>>2818858It's not crazy the economy has completely locked zoomers out of the workforce. Unemployed STEM grads is becoming normal.
>>2818860Most zoomies I know apply for shit way above what they should be due to the fact their college professor fed them some meme line about how they should be making 150k any job you want just give em a firm handshake! deal.Most my friends in the 24-28 range literally dig their heels in regarding where they will work, unwilling to move, and unwilling to take things under 6figs. It's actually kind of revolting people only a few years younger than I have their heads so far up their ass. Not saying that's OP's issue, but ME jobs are definitely in demand here in the midwest.
>>2818854>Look into Alaskan fishing jobs.any tips on getting these? is there a website or is it more word of mouth once you get up there?
>>2818862Not specific to fishing but virtually any job that is quick hire is going to be on the alaska.gov websitehttps://labor.alaska.gov/landing-pages/job-seekers.htmlOne big thing for Alaska jobs is that most will require some Alaska address prior to hiring, there are some jobs that will relocate you but the bulk of jobs are going to want you to already reside there. OP has a better job getting a good paying CDL job than Alaska work
>>2818861Once you've been out of work a while it becomes hard and then impossible. My brother has a degree in ME but after being unemployed a while, he's completely locked out. Now he's just doing food delivery. At least his wife makes a boatload.
>>2818863good to know. thanks
>>2818864I won't deny that gaps in resumes don't make it harder to get back in, but there are staffing agencies that will shove you into work so long as the area isn't some bumfuck hick town like Lawton OK. ME, if you're willing to work for the US government is always in demand though you probably need to relocate unless you're already by a main base.If I ever get fucked I'm 100% just going to do CDL before food delivery, I know a ton of people who do 6 months on/6 months off and live well.
>>2818854> 2-3 months straight with no days offAre these considered full time jobs? You get health insurance or no?
>>2818869It's considered Seasonal work similar to being a farm hand anon. You'll probably get life insurance at most and expect you to pay for your own stuff as you'll be contract work like most farm help is.
>>2818861Yeah man good luck even getting hired for 50k or affording rent at 50k.They just want H1B slaves now.
>>2818858No car required for seasonal jobs in Alaska. Many of them provide dorm housing and food. Is it a slave-tier lifestyle? Yeah, but you should be able to make friends with your coworkers and save moat of your paycheck. Company charter flights from Seattle are the norm for fishing/cannery work. Sadly, it's the end of summer and most jobs are winding down, so getting hired is unlikely...but you still should try.>>2818775NGL I've toyed with the idea of teaching English overseas. It's tempting as a way to escape the goycattle taxfarm that is the USA for longer than a few months. Following a curriculum would take some getting used to. I'd definitely want to teach more gifted students who would like to refine their English skills to First World tier profiency (or better, given how many barely literate mutts there are in America)
>>2818908Is it a slave tier lifestyle?Yes, working on a fishing boat, or any commercial vessel for that matter is not glamorous...But as I said, you're expenses would zero because you live on the boat. When you're working 6 months out of the year and making 150k as a chief engineer, and then leveraging that money by living in a 3rd world shit hole, life can become amazing quick. Life is even amazing at 60k a year in a place like the Philippines or Vietnam.
>>2818863The shitty seasonal jobs will hire almost anybody with authorization to work in the USA. The full-time positions want you to already be established in the state, obviously. They will pay a higher hourly wage than the seasonal gigs, but I don't recommend seeking one of those out unless you're gaga in love with the idea of living in America's Little Siberia. >>2818667I concur in keeping $10,000 on hand as a suitable reserve fund for adventuring, unless you plan on going the "hey dad, I'm in a bit of a tough spot right now" route the moment your bank card stops working at the ATM due to lack of funds.>>2818651Some of these options are good if anon wants to go the hyper-frugal "fuck the system" route and avoid currency usage altogether. I'd add volunteer farm labor in Hawaii as an option, especially with the winter cold setting in shortly. Some people do that and then go vagabond backpacking all over the islands, hammocking for free on remote beaches and generally being free spirits. You're definitely going to want to sign up for an EBT/SNAP card before you choose the Hawaii option.
>>2818908Is it just for young men? How old is too old if you want to work on a fishing boat?
>>2818838I didn't mention it, because it's not for most people, but I joined a cult. It was a lot of fun, especially after working my way up to management. I traveled a lot, did a couple of foreign postings, met my wife, and worked with interesting people. Money wasn't great, but I never had to worry about losing my job. My wife and I left for purely practical reasons when we were expecting our first kid, but overall it was a good experience.Another option that I haven't seen mentioned is the military. With his bachelor's degree, OP could go to OCS and become an officer. DO NOT FUCKING ENLIST. ENLISTED LIFE IS THE DUMBEST SHIT EVER. Seems like an officer with a mechanical engineering degree would be useful in the Navy.
OP why can't you wage slave for 1 year before moving out? Like legitimately I know it sucks and all but moving with 1000 to your name is going to result in debt and you cralwing back home. Hell even 6 months at some shitty subway job would put you in far better standings and at least a couple grand more to move anywhere. 1 Year living with mom and dad while working should net you at LEAST 25k. That's actually good money that can last you 12-18 months in SEA, especially the cheaper countries like Malaysia
>>2818955>I joined a cult>Money wasn't greatMormons are loaded. How did you fuck up that badly?
>>2818919Anon I would say most likely 9 out of 10 anons would fail the deckhand roles that pay the most. Pretty much all postings require good physical fitness to be accepted, no doubt they want you to be lifting(functionally not smith machine) at least 100lbs regularly without needing a 5 minute break after.
>>2819061Are there other jobs on t\he ship? Aren't they like floating packing plants or factoriess? Do the cooks get paid as much?
