I graduated in May with my associates degree, and sadly after applying a bit nothing, not even a reply email. I am convinced I am just unprepared for this industry, I will admit I don’t have a GitHub with 1 billion contributions, and a bunch of connections. but can I seriously get nothing. I can’t afford the 25K needed for my bachelors. I am honestly considering put in my applications to target or whatever and giving up.
I’m just considering what the modern landscape of min wage jobs are, you pretty much work 24.7 for min wage, so in considering I won’t have time to maintain anything else cause I’ll be at work
Well, you’re still young, so you probably have to find something to cut costs like finding a few roommates or living at home with parents.
Also, if you have a cs degree, you should be able to at least work in anything that requires Excel like accounting/book keeping/data entry/data analysis, which should get you past $7.25/hr.
Also, check local (assisted living/long term) pharmacies for data entry jobs. I know they’re at a deficit, and pay starts around $17/hr.
I think a studio somewhere is about the best I can do, living at home is kinda ugh, and I have been doing that for the past few years and living here has been sadly a hot pocket for my mental illness. keep mind if I did leave it would still be in the south. I am just kinda considering a min wage job since I don’t really see a way to get into tech now, and I need a lot of thing to survive sadly including ADHD meds and likely something to stop my depressive episodes from getting this bad. After that I will likely be okay to kinda work on software dev stuff in my free time and maybe do an online bachelors part time while trying to build the portfolio I did not during my years in college. I doubt it will be pleasant working at Target or something and living in a studio apartment I almost not afford but it’s better than nothing
Target should be on the more pleasant side, and they’re not minimum wage. $7.25 is minimum, and that’s fucking rough. I did that in early college, but had family I could stay with.
Good luck and make sure they give you full time (and health insurance).