Am I screwed if I have a bad employment track record at age 30?

[Anonymous]

I am 30, and I have held over 25 jobs since I started working at age 15.

Looking at age 18 and beyond, I worked mostly in EMS between ages 20-22. I had a misdemeanor conviction during that time stemming from another state, ultimately losing my EMT license because of that.

While serving supervised probation for 3 years, I was on disability for severe mental health issues.

I started attempting to reenter the workforce at age 25 as a software engineer. While I have around 4 years in that industry, I have never held a job down in anything my entire life for a year or more. It is like 10 months here, 6 months there, and 4 months there... you see? What screwed me up was I was caught in a predator sting because I made stupid decisions out of desperation. I was never charged or convicted, but some of my past employers caught word and I lost 2 jobs over that.

Now, I am trying to regain momentum, but I just recently lost another tech job and struggling to land a new one.

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[exitseven]

Yes, you need to find a job and keep it. With a record like yours I would not hire you either. Find someone who will give you a shot and try like hell to do a good job. Show up on time, dond screw off and do your job and be a valuable employee.

[Jmmmfi4]

I MEAN... IT DOESN'T EXACTLY SCREAM STABILITY

[Asker]

No it doesn't. It is tough to know I got so low in my life to where I was so psychotic and removed from reality. I am glad that is behind me. I don't want my past to define me. I am born again.

[Nikki1989]

25?

How is that even possible? There must be to this story.

[Asker]

What do you mean by 25? While I was on disability, I taught myself how to build web applications. My first junior dev job I was making like McDonald's pay to make apps. From there, I started getting higher-paying roles.

[strateguy632]

Nope