I recently took a huge financial loss where I lost my life savings.

6th November my crypto wallet got drained of 14K$ worth of crypto, all my life savings in. 2 days after it happened it does 10X in a day. It would be worth around 120-140K and it looks like its going higher. 75K would have changed my life 120K would have changed it even more.

The result of that is that I experienced a panic attack for the first time in my life seeing it pumping. I can’t sleep, I can’ focus, can’t relax or socialize I just walk back and forth with my heart pounding.. feeling exhausted and stressed. Have anyone experienced something similar? How do you move forward? I’ve never felt so hopeless It will be ok somehow, someday. But right now Im just really struggling mentally only thing keeping my mind kind of sane is my girlfriend, dog and muay thai practice.

I am a green card holder who is acquiring my citizenship next year. Every person I've spoken to has basically told me that the military is simply not for anyone with brain cells or decency. I simply cannot find a job. I am in New York, which has one of the worst employment statistics for college grads. I went to Vanderbilt U with a degree in Computer Science and I simply cannot find ANY job. I worked at BlackRock for over three years and two unicorn startups before that. Please help me. I spoke to a military recruiter yesterday and he literally refused to process my paperwork, according to him "useful people didn't belong in the military".

I wanted to go into IT but realized it too late (after I got my bachelors, lol) and now here I am at the Genius Bar, which isn’t really IT but more so customer service, hence the obvious throwaway. I actually planned to go back to school for another bachelors in IT this time but have heard some mixed things saying it could be a waste of time since I already have a bachelors. I’m open to any advice really but I feel very stagnant where I am currently. I enjoy learning new things as I work which isn’t happening, making me extremely bored of the job and miserable as time goes on. I feel extremely confident in my interpersonal, communication and customer service (soft) skills, but not so much in my technical skills, which is why I was going to enroll in that IT degree program. Thanks in advanced for any insight.

Hi!

I'm passionate about electronics since very young age. When I was 8 I started recreating circuits found in the internet using parts scrapped from old TV. A few years later I realized - somebody had to design them, but... how? That's how my journey started! I began learning theory and designing my own electronic devices with successes! When I was 15 I even started making money from it because I used to sell music synthesizer modules build on my own. However, I got my first serious job when I was 19 - I became web developer. You may ask - why? Well, I believed in my father's advice who obtained bachelor degree in electronics, but he switch his career to system administration, because according to him, in 90s Poland it was pretty hard to make money from electronic engineering. Honestly, I haven't done any background check, I just learned Angular in a few months and I got this job.

Ok, after this short introduction I want to address my problem. In late 2023 I questioned my future as web developer. The thing is: you can get decent money out of it, but I was exhausted with corporate life and I yearned designing hardware. I was sick of never-ending meetings where people repeated the same words over and over again hoping to be noticed by their boss. I had enough developers who promised to deliver the results, but when asked for code they sent ChatGPT-made garbage generated 10 minutes ago. I became tired of people who instead of discussing problem with me preferred to complain to my boss and made him confront me instead of doing it by themselves. That's when I started my small business - measurement equipment refurbishment, but I realized I spent more time preparing old oscilloscopes for sell than working my 9-to-5 job and I got less money from it. It's not gonna work.

So I started pondering - what I really want to do? Well, I need a job focused on electronics-related R&D where people won't have problem with me spending time doing deep work. You see, I don't like socializing in the office at all. I don't want to be interrupted when I'm in the middle of solving some problem with chit chat about cars or similar matter. I'm not interested in working at university, because I heard from PhDs that doing anything requires many approvals like in corporation, it's hard to get real funding for research projects and salary is shit. I want to be able to focus on deep work and get decent money. I just want to be able to focus on inventing, not thinking if I'm gonna make it till next salary. I received interesting offer - development of cardiac surgery robot. I could be responsible for creating audit-ready C++ code for STM32 - sounds good, doesn't it? Well, the problem is that I would make less money than Amazon warehouse man so I declined such offer.

I have no children and my girlfriend is open to relocation. I will obtain CS bachelor in next 1,5 year.

So my questions are:

- how to survive corporate bullshit until finding better position?

- can you recommend any European companies that could hire 22 yo guy with web development background, but hobby electronic projects as hardware designer?

- do you think my lack of interest in working at the university is justified?

- what other positions could I consider?

i lived in nyc age 22-26 and it was kinda an up and down rollercoaster- isn't it for everyone i guess? i left due to covid and getting in a bad car accident.. now that i am in a suburb i am terriblly teribly bored and not inspiried.. i want to move back but i am insecure about moving back for a second time, thinking maybe it looks like im trying for something i already failed at? i dont have a "solid career" and i did struggle there in some ways, but i think i also would have struggled anywhere due to my just state in my early twenties.. am i being foolish or delusional thinking about moving back? i feel like it would be more legit if i had a glowing career or like a huge huge reason to go there.. right now i am single, i have friends there, and i miss being social. but maybe i am being immature about thinking it is the right move? anyone go back for a second time? 29 F

If I said I got it pretty good, you'd probably agree. I'm Asian, six feet tall, 185 pounds, with a decent face. I have rich parents, a history of attractive exes, a six-pack, and a good enough brain. I've never had to worry about food or shelter, and I've never had a single bill go unpaid.

If you called me spoiled and irksome, you're right. If you call me happy, you're wrong.

I once stood to inherit over $100 million. My parents are in the ski resort business—if you’ve ever skied at a major resort in [a country in Asia], there’s a good chance they own part of it. I grew up attending private schools and now I'm at a private college in LA (yes, the one known for its spoiled children).

I first became aware of my privilege around the age of 12 when I started middle school. Most kids commuted using public transportation—buses, subways, and so on. Meanwhile, I had a BBC (big black car) and a personal driver. That was probably the first time I realized I had it better than most people.

But it wasn’t a good feeling. In fact, it made me feel bad. I knew I didn’t deserve what I had, and that realization made me feel small. I started asking my driver to park a block away from school so I could walk in and avoid being seen stepping out of the car. Eventually, I told my parents I didn’t want to be driven anymore and started taking the subway instead. It helped—a little. But not enough.

I never worked hard in school. I was smart, and that was enough to get by. I never did poorly, and when I occasionally excelled, I didn’t feel any joy from it. I never put effort into anything—not assignments, not tests—so when I did well, it didn’t matter to me. I scored a 1450 on the SAT without studying, and the next month I scored a 1540. When I saw my score, I almost threw up because it made me feel hollow. I later got into several good colleges. No IVY league, but wasn't bad.

But none of that mattered. It didn’t make a difference what college I attended and whether my job paid $20k or $200k a year, or if I even had a job at all. There was no real focal point in my life. Sometimes, I don’t even feel like my life is truly mine. It’s more like a game I’m forced to play, one I can’t quit or log out of.

Since I found no joy or peace in accomplishments, I turned to something else: girls. Before puberty—which hit me rather late—I was small and skinny, like a malnourished monkey. Yet, even then, I had no trouble getting girls to talk to me. I have a knack for sensing what people want—or don’t want—to hear in the moment. If I want someone to like me, I’ll tell them exactly what they need to hear at exactly the right time. But again, I found no real satisfaction in it. I had my first girlfriend in 6th grade. We dated for three days before I broke up with her. Everything after that felt like the same story repeating itself.

This is how I work with girls: if I like you and you like me, I’ll take the time to get to know you better. I enjoy that. I believe everyone has something special about them and interesting stories to share.

But when I let someone get closer to me, they inevitably expect me to open up too—and that’s what I don’t like. I refuse to share my stories. Sometimes, I think I’m ashamed of myself on a very deep level. It’s not the things I do on a daily basis that bother me, but the person I’ve become—or the person I seem to be on track to become. It’s not ridiculous to say I don’t like myself. So I run away. I become the most insufferable person in the universe and torture you until you leave.

Now, if I like you and you don't like me, that's when things get spicy. I fall madly and violently in love when rejected. It’s not because I feel provoked or challenged, but because I agree with you. Rejection feels like validation—like I’ve finally found someone who sees me for who I really am: someone unworthy of affection or love. And only then can I open up and be vulnerable. The only girlfriend I ever truly loved loathed and despised me, and I slept like a baby in her arms. Does that make sense?

So, this is a brief breakdown of who I am and where I stand. I know many people would love to be in my position, and honestly, I wish they could. Someone else could probably make better use of all the resources I have and am wasting. If you were me, what would you do?

My wife wants to move to Mexico and we need to figure out our work situation and we'd like to work remotely with companies in the US for a higher salary. My wife is a special ed teacher and she's planning on doing private online tutoring but I'm a copywriter who worked with an SEO advertising agency for six years. I feel it's best to pivot but I'm not sure where to. Before we decided to move to Mexico I was planning on just going into a trade but now I'm pretty locked into doing something remote but frankly I'm not sure what industries are hiring remote right now. Any ideas?

Hi there. I am a Canadian currently working for a government (healthcare related) telephone based company. I like my job and my coworkers, but I know that ultimately it won’t bring me the stability I need financially.

When I was younger it was determined that I had a bone growth issue, the specialist said that it would continue to get worse as I got older. I didn’t expect “older” to be 23-24, and I have no records of formal diagnosis due to having been estranged from my parents.

I am in a situation where my health continues to deteriorate due to my bone issues, and inability to lose weight because of them. I work constantly, and I don’t have funds to get private tests done, or a family doctor to do them either. (I also had to go bankrupt recently due to being on my own since I was a teen, which has me wanting to get a good career more than ever)

My dream is to become a family practitioner myself, but I don’t have the academic credits to go to a university for an undergraduate prior to doing medical school.

What do you suggest I do to help me deal with my physical situation, and get myself on the best path to going back to school? I have so much drive and ambition to make things happen, and don’t want to feel like it’s too late to make this change for myself so early in life.

Feel free to ask questions that could help you provide better advice. I’m all ears.

I moved to US last year thinking I’d have landed myself any sort of job but everywhere I’ve applied at either rejects me, ignores me or doesn’t even say anything.

I got kicked out of grad school too because i was struggling. My family says I’m being lazy that everyone has their lives figured out except me. I’m trying my best but obviously it’s nothing to them.

Please can anyone recommend jobs ?

I’m planning to write a licensing exam but with the pressure from my family, they feel I’m lazy because I’m taking so long to prep for the exam with no job.

I am losing hope in myself for the exam because of how they put it.

Everyday i regret coming abroad because my family reminds me of how useless I’ve been since I’ve moved.

I’m honestly tired and just praying for a miracle.

I always feel down when i see people who just moved as well with jobs and doing well for themselves.

Everyone i know is doing something meaningful for themselves except me. I feel stuck and behind. Everything i try fails.

I'm F28 I choose the wrong career at 19 and right now I'm regretting it. I feel lost and depressed. I don't know what my future holds.

I have always been an above average student, I did pretty well in high school to a point a surprised my teachers. After graduating highschool in 2014 I had to choose a school to go and a degree to persue by September 2015. But I did not know the career path I wanted to take so I choose a couple including BSC Mathematics and Statistics and Tourism and Hospitality management. I was selected for Tourism and Hospitality management which I was not thrilled about but ended up taking anyway since I did not want to take a gap year. I planned to to change programs once I was in college but it did not happen and I ended up graduating in 2019.

After graduating it was very had to secure a job and if I did it was as a waitress/server. Which I hate not because there is anything wrong with it but because in my country they do not get paid much and because I feel I could have done so much more

Every day I feel I failed myself and my family because I could have become so much more. I could have easily become an engineer or a gone into the IT industry. Instead I have wasted 10 years of my life since high school and I have not achieved anything yet except a degree that I hate

Now I find myself panicking because I feel like at 28 it's too late to change careers.

Please advise on what to do. Those with experience what did you do to stop feeling so guilty, regret and panicking

Hey everyone,

Im 29 and i have no idea what to do but i know i need to do something. I have a decent job now as an account retention manager but no degree (full one at least, did some college but didnt finish due to mental health) but i feel stuck and i need to make more money due to debt.

Im open to trade school however college isnt an option cause of said debt and also time to an extent. I have experience with logistics and account management, what can i do?

So I grew up in Canada and returned to my native country in macedonia(eastern europe) I was 6 when we moved and 13 when we returned. Been through a lot here. 7 and 8th grade were tough. My only plus was I was very good looking and the girls liked me. Otherwise I was bullied. Afterwards I attended a private highschool. First year I isolated myself completely from the world and was obsessed with becoming a legendary man in human history. I developed a god complex. Second year I started smoking weed but was a joke. I did it to fit in. Third yeard I really wanted to find who I am. I started enjoying my life I threw parties and girls liked me. Education wise I was an intellectual but social wise. I wasn't good at math or science. I had a mental breakdown. The whole town was concerned for my wellbeing because everyone knew me because my dad was wealthy and a proud man. 4th year I lost my mind. After that I took a leap year. Do I started college in e-business but I didn't finish it. My dad bought me a diploma in marketing management. I've been through alot and am very sensitive. I binge drinked for 4 years straight and am currently 29 days sober. But my life is miserable. I'm so afraid of everything now and i don't know what to do. I need to work but I'm unstable due to my alcoholism. I'm seeing a professional. I have crippling anxiety. I have intrusive thoughts and have thought of ending it. I had big dreams but I'm tired and exhausted. What should I do?

I (27f) have been screen printing t shirts for various businesses for the last 7 years. I make an hourly wage that's a little above minimum wage and it's provided me with some security, I was about to move out at 23. Right now I'm frustrated being tied to an hourly wage and want to seek more for myself. Especially because the business I'm working for right now is doing bad, which in turn makes my hours lessen, and it makes me wish I had secondary income.

I'm stuck between starting my own shirt business or completely making a different career change. I have no graphic design knowledge, I just print and would need to spend some time learning. I don't really have much passion for graphic design. I've lost a bit of passion for shirts though too because of shitty bosses, and long hard shifts printing thousands of shirts and not seeing any of the profit. I've seen how much owning a business stresses out owners, one of my bosses completely crashed physically from burnout.

Part of me wants to learn to tattoo and become a tattooer, I have made flash sheets on and off throughout the years and always loved it. I was offered an apprenticeship when I was 18 but turned it down for art school (slight regret lol). I always thought I'd enjoy the social interaction part of meeting new people too. My current job I don't see anyone but delivery drivers for a few minutes, my boss, and one coworker. Part of me is scared I'm too old or missed the boat on tattooing. I wouldn't quit my job until I secured new income for sure. But I feel the need to change things up, I'd love to be able to move to a bigger city too. I guess I'd just appreciate some in sight as I'm horrible with decisions and feel a bit paralyzed in my life, I'd love to see some upward motion towards something better, I need a purpose and some fulfillment I think. Thanks anyone who reads this!

I am a 18 f and i'm planning to take a gap year. idk what i want to do by i know i want to do two majors- i'm not sure but i've hard x-ray tech and mri tech but i also want to do smth else idk why i was thinking therapist but i don't know - i rlly want a job i'll be okay with with good pay yk. but the thing is i love drawing and every job with an art major is bleh but yeah. i love volunteering i love helping others making gifts and idk. uhm idk i am stressed ik i shouldn't but like still

I’m wondering if anyone has/had a side hustle that helped them while they were working to what they really wanted to do in life.

I ask that because I just turned 23 and I find myself looking for a side hustle that brings in like $2k a month. I just need a bit to help pay for basic necessities. I could even get by on earning $1-1.5k a month on rougher months. No problem.

I know what I want to do in life and have a clear plan on how to get there. It involves remote income and building In what I want to do with fitness. But I don’t want to work a job if I can instead have a good side income that becomes my main income source in the meantime.

I get paid $2k every month, but it’s time consuming and limits how much I can really do or go all in with my actual business. I just realized if my 9-5 isn’t aligned with what I want to do maybe I can swap it for a side hustle that brings me around the same amount per month and with much less effort and time. And in return that can give me much more time and energy to really focus on what I want to do in my life. Which is getting remote income going and creating some permanent stability to get out of the 9-5 lifestyle quickly.

Just curious if anyone had a similar thought and made it work for them.

Hi everyone. I am currently working in audit at a big4 firm in London. I started just under a year ago, and have subsequently taken 6 exams towards my ACA qualification to become a chartered accountant. I have also started taking on assistant managerial roles in my most recent engagement, where I have been helping to assign work and give guidance to some of the new joiners.

My issue is that I just dont feel happy with my job. I am very much so just living for the weekend, and dread having to go back to work on Mondays. Due to my new role, I am often left to my own devices to prioritise and complete work, but my motivation has been completed depleted over the past couple months. I have also struggled to make any real friends in my time here, which I think has had a further impact on my dislike for my job.

I graduated with a 1:1 in Economics in the summer of 2023, and I know my main strengths are my analytical and organisational skills. However I am also someone that really values having good relationships with my colleagues, and I dont think I'm quite suited to the corporate environment I am currently in.

I've been looking around and I feel a little overwhelmed with all the different careers paths I can take. If anyone has any advice on roles they are currently in that they particularly enjoy, or any advice as to careers that might better suit me, that would be really appreciated.

hey guys ,

I just graduated med school in a 3rd world country and I want to pursue residency in a developed country . Residency programs in my country aren't that great and honestly i don't want to practice medicine here .

The countries that are at my top priority list are USA . The problem with USA is that i have to spend a lot of money beforehand and take a gamble . There is no guarantee that i will match into a program as there is a huge element of luck , despite having stellar scores and stuff ,plus tons of connections .

Other thing is i could head to Germany , were i can learn the language the process is long and extremely beurocratic though hence im not sure if i want to proceed via that path . I have already learnt till B1 German though .

Other countries such as Australia, UK and Canada are extremely saturated , difficult to get in as a doctor from my country as there is saturation over there .

The point here is i really want my future self to work in America and im extremely enamored by the prospect of starting a business in America one day .

The problem here is i don't know what other alternatives i have to enter into America maybe enter as a MBA student and get a job then clear the exams for me to enter residency during the time . I really don't feel comfortable starting to learn for the USMLE from my country , its like taking a huge gamble with my time and money as the best case scenario would be me matching on 2027 .

Im extremely confused and stressed out at this moment and don't know how to proceed with life at this point . its been 4 months since i graduated and i still don't know what to do yet ,

Please suggest me some paths which i can take at this point and move forward in a foreign country .There isn't much opportunity in my country and the competition for anything is insanely high , they overwork you with everything while paying you measly amount for your entire life .

So i would really appreciate some insight , Im here so confused and scared about my future at this point and im so worried that im not making any progress at this point , in a analysis paralysis.

I learned that the community college closest to me offers 145 credit hours for free so I wanted to go back to school. I had previously dropped out of 4 year university with a major in sociology and a minor in anthropology.

The community college near me also just started offering AAS Behavioral Science starting fall 2025 and I think it would be a good broad start for me to get back into school and have career options.

I’m not looking for crazy high paying jobs, I really just want to learn about community and resources and help people. I am interested in drug counseling as well as social services and librarian paths but I’m just not sure…. I plan on talking to the academic advisors also but what other paths should I consider ?

What would you tell your 18yo self to give them the fastest path to a happy life? Skip college, work right away, go backpacking and see where the wind takes you (someone say this one pls)?

I'm in my very first semester for chemical engineering undergrad and every time I think about the end goal, I sort of go into a spiral. A 9-5 sounds like a nightmare. I'm not exactly passionate about chemical engineering and chose it because I like math and science and it sounded stable and practical, but other than financially it doesn't seem worth it to me.

I'm like stressing out lol. I don't think I have any passions that would fulfill me no matter what it paid me, if I did know I'd probably just do that straightaway because I know I'd have a better chance being happy with it. I just want a decent paying job that would give me enough time to enjoy my life. I'm not sure I could study something I have 0 interest in though

I want to major in health informatics. Since I work as a medical assistant I already have a leg up in the field. I know computer science looks better on a resume but I hate programming.

I'm military. I have a year left before I can get out. It's not the worst thing you can do but honestly the work is pretty bad. A couple months ago I couldn't sleep (I was averaging less than 3 hours a night). I took a vacation but now that I'm back I'm beginning to get stressed out again.

When I was really young I had actual dreams I feel. I wanted to be a saint. Unfortunately life beat that out of me. Right now I work an average of about 50 hours a week and by the time I get off work I don't feel I have the energy for anything.

The worst part is that I live overseas and have always wanted to be here and pick up the language. I just can't even seem to do that. I feel dead most days. I'm honestly lacking in the friends department to. I'm socially awkward and basically struggle with getting close to anyone (I have a few friends but not a single person I consider close). Honestly I don't even know what do to after this.

I guess I'm considering trade jobs since they're common where I'm from. Any advice is appreciated.

Hey! I (27M) have a masters degree in IT and have been working on an off (mostly off lol) for the last 4 years, but quitted twice to go on long backpack trips. I m mostly tired of doing a meaningless job where everyday is like the last and i dont get rewarded for being efficient/good. I also miss (weirdly) deadlines and accomplishment feeling you get in college when a task / exam is done.

Any idea on a job / career where i can cut the routine to a minimum, preferably something freelance/ contract to contract but not necessarily, with short/medium term mission. I like going out/talking to people, like to travel / move to work for some weeks/months.

I really just want something where i can progress or at the very least feel the accomplishment when finishing a task/contract lol, and consider just getting a new job in IT for like a year and going freelance afterwards (idk if its a good idea considering i despise the field). Also learning new things is really a plus.

Any advice would be great ty :)

I originally posted this in the subreddit adulting then realized, "erm, I don't actually want this over here?" then switched it to here. So hi.

I just turned 25. I have a degree in biology that I got nearly 4 years ago. I have a job right now, as a substitute teacher. I also do some camp counseling/environmental education stuff that I love but it's seasonal. At the present moment, my sentiments are wavering. I know what makes me happy, I swear that I know what I want, but for some reason I actually feel stuck? Even though I know that I'm not? I'm single, with no children, I live with my parents, which essentially means I could go anywhere and do anything... But a part of me feels like because my options are endless means that I actually have less idea of what I want. I feel all over the place. I want to be an environmental scientist, but I think I should go back to school. But get what masters? I want to be a barista, for literally no fucking reason at all. I want to work in a bookshop, just because it's cute and feels like my favorite day of the week. I could see myself doing any and every thing I put my mind to because I genuinely feel like I have tools that I are useful for whatever I set my mind to. My only real problem may lie in the fact that I don't have the connections I need? This part I know is fucked. And I'm sick of it. I don't want to have to get to know or meet Lena from yoga's uncle Craig from WCS to potentially land an interview for a conservation science assistant. I'm not shy, but fuck, do I need to take a networking class or something?? It's really just a lot of hullabaloo in my head that I'm trying to transcribe onto a public forum for other adults to read because frankly, this start of twenty fucking five is full of the thoughtful shit I'd seen in the advertisements. I genuinely just want a better career path, and to feel like I'm actually doing something fulfilling. Regardless, I'm still trying and knowing something amazing find me. In the meantime though, I needed to be dramatic about how asinine my experience has been lately.

To whoever reads or responds, thank you.

Hi everyone,

I (27F) currently work at a midsize company as a software developer with 5 YOE. At first, the job was great, good WLB, good pay, low pressure environment where I could get all my work done easily within a sprint and have the product owner worry about deadlines and interacting with clients. But recently my team has become extremely toxic. I feel really guilty because I know many people in the tech world would probably love to have any job right now- if I could trade with you I really would because I don’t think I’m mentally strong enough to keep this up.

The product owner was recently called out by fellow team members for abusive and controlling behavior, but they never fired him. Instead the senior management’s solution was to basically put me in the middle - I was given a tech lead role to combat the product owner’s power, without any compensation, clear expectations or written job title change, and it’s been incredibly overwhelming. Long hours, tighter and tighter deadlines, unhappy clients, constant team tension, and little support. The product owner is still doing everything he was called out for, and I’m tired of telling him to stop because he just gets more and more petty and unhelpful when I do. I'm experiencing daily panic attacks and anxiety, and I feel burnt out.

I’m seriously considering switching to a less stressful job with less pay to focus on my mental health before it gets worse. A few factors leading to this decision:

1. The current tech job market looks insane right now, and I don’t feel like I’m a competitive candidate, especially since I’m not particularly passionate about coding and I’ve never even done leetcode. I’m a pretty average developer who got lucky right out of college and stuck with the same job despite red flags that led to this current mess I’m in now.

2. My partner is set to do pretty well financially in three to four years, and we’ve discussed already how I can step back from being the current primary breadwinner eventually to have kids and raise a family.

3. I have decent savings and investments, so I can afford to make this change for a while hopefully, it’s not like I’m obligated to stay in this job to put food on the table basically.

I’m worried that staying in this toxic environment will cause a serious breakdown, and I keep wishing for a job where I have fewer responsibilities and less stress. I feel like it’s not bad to just acknowledge and accept that I have the privilege of falling back on my partner eventually, instead of harming my mental health by staying in this career right? Am I wrong for thinking that way?

I’m also trying to tell myself that it’s not forever, I can always try to make a switch back into something corporate/tech related, if not full on developer, right? My current plan is to push through the rest of the year and start job hunting in January for non coding heavy tech roles but in the back of my mind I’m dreaming of starting over completely and doing something totally outside of corporate world, like working as a librarian’s assistant or teacher’s aide. Basically I think I’m just looking for a change of pace and more face to face interaction than I currently get. And if I hate it then at least I can say I tried.

Has anyone made a career change in a similar situation? Any advice on how to transition to something that’s less mentally taxing?

Hi! So I’m looking to see if others can give me insight to possible career switches. I currently hold a masters in geological sciences and have worked in the mining industry for 4 years now, however I don’t like it.

As a woman, I’m in a male dominated environment, in fact the only girl, and I find my self isolated and excluded from many opportunities. I don’t like coming to work and it’s very upsetting to work hard do well and ask for opportunities and see male counterparts given them instead. I need to fight for many months to get simple things.

That being said, I want to find something I like more in a more welcoming environment! About me- I’m very creative and work my best when working with my hands and not having to use a computer too much like cooking,cleaning,painting, crafts…anything like that. I love the outdoors and am ok getting dirty or working in rough conditions.

I’m looking for an ok paying field (>65k in Canada) that’s more woman based/equal. I’m happy to go back to school for a year but as a homeowner I don’t want to go to long without a steady income.

Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you

I recently graduated with a degree related to post-production, and work as a runner in a great studio with a clear path to progress, but it could take 7 years to reach a senior role. While I’m passionate now, I worry it may eventually feel like just a job. I’m financially motivated, seeking the freedom and security that comes with a high income, especially as I plan to settle down with my partner. I want to use my 20s to build a solid future, and I wonder if sales or IT might offer a quicker path to a high income as I’m confident and sociable. I’m 23 and unsure who to ask for advice—anyone been in a similar situation? I feel like I may be having a little bit of a “quarter life crisis”, as cringe as that may sound.

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on work that I could do as a 16 year old Australian that would allow me to earn minimum wage, work from home and set my own hours e.g. a certain task needed to be completed that week or a quota.

When I was really little, I always wanted to be an inventor, astrophysicist or a marine biologist... but those aren't really jobs you can do much with unless you get incredibly lucky.

Later on I wanted to be a video game developer, and I went and learned all sorts of things that go into making a game, took several classes growing up, and so on. I even learned how to use Unity, Unreal and Godot, but never went anywhere with them beyond a bunch of tutorials -- even though game dev was always a dream of mine growing up.

At one point I thought I wanted to do cooking, and was highly considering culinary school. I worked at a Michelin starred restaurant for a few months but was let go because I "wasn't friendly enough with other staff," whatever that meant. But I learned that, while cooking at home is fun, cooking as a job is soul sucking and boring. So I haven't gotten into another food service job.

I tried writing, and wrote like 200 hand-written pages of notes for a book, but it ended up in a box somewhere to gather dust, eventually being thrown into the recycling.

I learned several instruments, only to never touch them again.

I picked up four languages and never spoke anything but English anyway so lost most of what I learned.

Then I thought I wanted to do art, and spent a lot of time poring over material related to art, only to go nowhere with it, and draw maybe once a month if even that often (last time I drew anything was August) -- and it's not really like there's much job opportunity there since I don't draw enough to actually be good at it, especially with AI being the preferred medium for a lot of companies.

... I just don't know what to do, or how to get to a position in a field where I can make it into a job. Any time I try something, I just burn out to the point I can't even force myself to do it anymore.

How do people find a career they can actually stick to? I'm 30 years old and the longest job I've held was like 8 months -- I feel like a loser, y'know? I go and do one of those career aptitude / matching tests, and it's always telling me to do research science or something artistic / creative (even most of the things I mentioned above, they just don't talk about cooking), but I've already burned out on all of the things it suggests.

Am I missing something? I want to have a purpose.