I'm 39(M).
I'm an industrial engineer, grad of 09', and also a registered nurse from 17'.
I've done many, many lines of work in my life, and all of them deranged my mental well-being. Many of these jobs were exploitative in nature, and I applied myself to learn valuable degrees and skills in order to have a meaningful career.
I. 2020 I was lucky to find the first job in my life that didn't sturr up crippling anxiety – I was a product manager for a cutting edge medical device in the ICU field. It required both my engineering skills and clinical expertise. They pay was 52k dollars a year and I got a car, life was good.
18 months later, I got laid off because the Covid bonanza was over. I have been searching for a similar job frantically since then. I even excelled in a subsidized cyber security course, to bring more added value to the table.
Long story short – I'm still unemployed.
Money is so tight, that I had to start working for a nursing home as a nurse, the pay is 14.49$/hr.
Thinking of the circumstances, I should be grateful that I have a job as a safety net.
But I'm totally lost and utterly miserable.
All this potential, and my life is just fucked.
I hate capitalism, I hate my work instability and lack of stamina.
I'm tired, defeated and pessimistic.
I just had to vent…