What "good" jobs are left?

[IHaveRespawned]

Some claim the job market remains "stable", but in the thumbnail of the article they show a hiring sign in a sandwich shop.

I believe there is a stark difference between a dead end job that pays $14 an hour versus roles that pay a $70,000 a year salary. Others may disagree, but that is how I strongly feel. There is a difference between unemployment and UNDERemployment.

AI automation, outsourcing roles to foreign nations, and economical circumstances have ruined my career pathway. Now I am on disability benefits and working a small, part-time, 24-hours-a-week, nobody job as a security guard for supplemental income. Even if I were to return to the workforce in the future full time, what is really left that isn't blue collar and physically demanding?

Thanks Trump.

[exitseven]

Workers in the building trades make good money and these jobs cannot be done by a computer. The college wherever work has an HVAC major and the professor that runs it told me almost all his students altr3ady have jobs for after graduationn

[IHaveRespawned]

I am not a physical, crawl on hands and knews person. I am also deathly afraid of heights and confined spaces.

[exitseven]

I went to school to be an electrician and could not hack the heights either/

[IHaveRespawned]

So then what? Software development was my niche and no longer.

[exitseven]

I went into systems administration and data networks. When I was in college I could see that all the software jobs were being shipped to China and India so I went into the hardware end of the business. There is still demand for systems guys, Security is also big today. A lot of my former students still keep in touch and most of them are doing good.

[msc545]

Did you actually think that Trump cared about you or anyone like you?

[IHaveRespawned]

A major belief of the Republican party and conservatives in general is employment and work/ not giving handouts. I find it rather ironic the one thing they believe in has been made more unstable and unachievable. Then we get blamed for not trying hard enough or making excuses to avoid work. That is far from the truth.

[msc545]

That major belief is apparently not shared by the powers that be, including the leader of the Republican Party. Keep in mind that Donald Trump is a grifter and a thief, and he inherited his money. You get a sense of how unimportant work is to them, but how important it is that you work your ass off for practically nothing and give most of it to them.

I will tell you again what I've told you before: you need to stop trying to take shortcuts, and you need to stop believing in magic and thinking that just because you're a nice guy who needs some money, somebody's going to give you a good job. It doesn't work that way. You need to get some experience in a lower-end job and some education in order to get a decent job. Your lack of experience and your physical limitations make it very hard for anybody to give you any money and justify it. On the other hand, you could do something that doesn't take long, like becoming an X-ray technician or an MRI technician, and you could make quite a bit of money after you learn. Looking around at these crummy little jobs and complaining about how little money you make isn't going to get you ahead one bit. I think you should go to your local junior college, make an appointment with an academic counselor there, and find out what you can do to further yourself.

[IHaveRespawned]

I had a lot of experience actually, just in specific lines of work. In software development, I had over 3 years of professional experience, just short tenure at each one. At my peak, I was making $76,000 a year salary as a frontend developer. I am/was skilled in a multitude of technologies that have sadly become less relevant on a resume: HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, Vue, Nuxt, SQL, Relational Databases, Postgres, mySQL, PHP, NodeJS, Azure, etc...

Prior to that, I was a licensed Advanced EMT. Advanced skills included IV therapy, superglottic airways, intraosseous infusions, medication administration, and ECG interpretation

[msc545]

For multiple reasons, you cannot do any of this anymore, so your experience in these areas has no value for you.

[IHaveRespawned]

Exactly. That's really shitty luck, isn't it? How did I choose such a bad hand of cards, right? I have been sidelined on healthcare right now, the tech industry has washed out, so what do I have left that is relevant? Is it normal for a human being in their lifetime to have to shift course all together multiple times in their career? I am burned out to be honest.

[NoDecision]

A plumber or an electrician will always have a job. And they can make some pretty good money along the way.

[LazerBean]

Anything in a trade. My brother is 19, just got his LPN degree and is starting off at $23 per hour.

[IHaveRespawned]

That is still shit pay compared to my $36/hour I used to make

[LazerBean]

Shit pay for a 19 year old starting out with a degree that took under a year? 😂 Even if that was true, it's better than your 31yo, useless ass is doing now.

[NoDecision]

But if you only made that today, it would be seen as someone working at McDonalds.

[msc545]

That is a very good suggestion, and it's consistent with what I've told him multiple times in the past. Perhaps he will listen to you because he certainly isn't listening to me.

[msc545]

The operative phrase in what you just said is "used to make." That's not true anymore. Now you make $14 an hour at your security guard job. That is truly shit pay. Also, that job is not without its dangers.

[IHaveRespawned]

@msc545 I make $16.50 a hour. Better but not by much.

[IHaveRespawned]

@msc545 If I am refused an Advanced EMT license, what makes you think I can achieve any other healthcare licensure, whether that be LPN, RN, and even CNA?

[Agape93]

You voted for policies that created this issue. You dont get to complain.