First off, apologies for format, mobile life.
I’m almost at the end of my rope here, I’m not even sure where I went wrong or if I was set up to fail. I was told to do 2 things in life to live comfortably: get good grades in school and get your degree. The rest would fall in line. I did just that. Graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA and got a Bachelor’s degree in computer science. What do I have to show for it? A staggering about of bills, a pile of rejection letters that grows by the day, and an awful retail job where I get abused by customers and management alike for barely any pay.
Everywhere I look, I see nothing but senior level roles, jobs that require 3+ years experience in professional settings, and non-paid volunteer positions. God I can’t even apply to internships, paid or otherwise, since they require school enrolment. Covid killed that option for me while I was in school, and I can’t afford to get a Master’s or a second Bachelor’s to risk not getting accepted.
I feel so lied to. Where are those amazing jobs I was promised after getting a degree? Where are the homes I was supposed to afford? What’s the point of paying tens of thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that isn’t doing me any good? How is literally anyone supposed to keep themselves alive like this? Money is running out and so is my sanity.