The worst thing about being in a situation thats better than what a lot of people have is the phrase
“Sure aren’t you lucky to have a job”
And yes i agree with the general sentiment behind it and agree that what I have is better than nothing. But that doesn’t make it ideal by any means. I didn’t spend 5 years in college with all the trials and tribulations that went with it to end up as a shelf stacker. That’s nothing against people who choose to do this but it isn’t me. Working in a warehouse/retail environment I can almost feel my brain start to shut down. It’s commonly said that the brain is a muscle and failure to use it means the same as stopping exercise does for any other muscle. It begins to deteriorate.
The worst part about my current situation is that there seems no end to it. No way of breaking out of the mediocrity of it. The job interviews I’ve had have been equally frustrating is that all the feedback I’ve gotten relates to my degree being to general. Not IT enough for a programming job and too general for an engineering job. So I dunno going back to specialise seems to be the best option at the moment. I suppose the only consolation is that I could always find a job while looking at postgrads……
“illegitimi non carborundum”
