I'm 24M with a BA and a few years' worth of work history in a big U.S. city. After graduating college I considered a few different trajectories. I ended up settling on pursuing an accelerated nursing degree... I was never passionate about healthcare, just wanted a path to a decent-paying job. I got an EMT license and started working as an EMT, but after a few months I hated the job so much that I woke up to panic attacks every morning.
Healthcare really wasn't for me. I quit my EMT job and got a gig as an administrative support assistant for a small clinic. It was okay... really boring/stressful. I'd work non-stop from the second I got there to the second I left, not even getting a lunch break.
Even my manager admitted my job sucks and that I needed help, but hiring additional help was a corporate issue. During my time at that job I started to pursue computer programming as a hobby and realized I loved it. I applied to graduate school for software engineering and got in, despite having a liberal arts undergraduate degree.
Now I'm basically waiting to start graduate school. I left the second job to take pre-requisite summer courses in programming at the university I'll be attending this fall. Now I'm finished those courses and kind of left with nothing to do besides working with my dad part-time. My old job would take me back part-time in a heartbeat, but the pay wasn't particularly great even as a full-timer.
A few months back I got a dog with my landlord's permission. The dog's been fine, no issues. He's a gentle giant. The landlord randomly decided that if I wanted to renew my lease I couldn't keep him/would have to take the dog back to the SPCA. He told me he was concerned about my dogs nails potentially damaging the hardwood floors so I told him to go fuck himself and moved back in with my parents for the time being.
It sucked though because it was a good place, albeit in an iffy neighborhood. The rent was insanely cheap. I don't have student debt from undergrad and my basic living expenses are covered while living at home.
Anyway if I learned anything the past few years is that I should've gotten my undergraduate degree in computer science because my current BA is worth shit in terms of finding a job that doesn't make me hate my life. I'm looking to move out of my parents place but any part-time work I get, even at $15 an hour, would involve me donating nearly 100% of my monthly salary to my landlord's bank account. I get along decently well with my family, just don't know if I can live here until I'm finished grad school.
Dog-friendly apartments are rough to find in my area and way overpriced for what you get. Think $1250 a month for a dilapidated one-bedroom in a neighborhood with trees. Less expensive if I want to be scenically located next to a homicide investigation scene and have no hot water. You get the picture.
I don't think I can really manage a full-time job due to my class schedule for grad school. I would though. Honestly the best pay I can find for someone with my work history/degree wouldn't cover my expenses, even if I worked full-time/overtime and lived in a rough part of the city. Looking around it seems like 99% of the jobs available are bartending, warehouse picking, or CDL, maxing at $15 per hour.
Not sure if there's any options other than to rack up student loan debt or stick it out at my parents' place for the next two years. It's starting to get depressing seeing my friends with decent full-time jobs, engagements, buying homes, etc. I know I'm probably doing something wrong here. I feel like it's a really awkward situation to be in.
Submitted July 28, 2019 at 11:22PM by WhateverWhatever6565 https://ift.tt/2YyqC1g
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