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I was in a similar situation after graduating; I couldn't find a job because I lacked work experience. So, I went into construction, focusing on residential remodeling. Did I dislike it? Absolutely. But I kept learning and never gave up. Over time, I developed a construction project accounting application for the company, which gave me the relevant experience for my long-term career. This opened up many interview opportunities and improved my interviews since I could demonstrate how the application worked. Eventually, I secured a job related to my career.

They say life is a scam but no one believes it until they scammed. Everyone who took out college loans should banned together to have them reduced or wiped away if they dont have a job in the field they went to school for, which are many college students.

Hahahahhaha.....what a waste of $100,000. I went to xray school and paid zero. Now I make $100,000+ as a traveler.

I dropped out of community college after like 2 weeks😂 I was making 6 figures when i 18-19 but got too selfish/greedy and burned a lot of bridges.

Accounting degree turned electrician. I'm definitely not upset by that transition.

life is not what you know, its who you know

I started out working the front desk at a church in 1989 for $3.75/hr. I work in national security now for $61/hr. You young pups need to shut up and grind.

studing the books and getting a letter grade is different than street smarts and common sense. Intelligence is all about what it looks like on paper. I've seen foos with degrees stumble like a clown when it came to legit knowledge. glad people are getting humbled. its all about getting out there and knowing people. everything else is pointless

Any of u , being a native English is booming . U could easily get a job teaching English in Thailand , Cambodia, Indonesia. Decent income n stuff are super cheap here. Japan, Korea , Taiwan also need lots of English teachers but cost of living is high. In my country Malaysia if u have a specialised degree u can even be rich in 5-10 yrs.

Thanks (:

If more people would just do their research, study the job market, be more realistic, use common sense, they're would be more people graduating with degrees that aren't useless to the real world. Thank you for doing this video so more people can wake up before setting themselves up in a tough situation. Hope the future works out better for you in the long run. Very realistic perspective.

If you are $100k in debt with no income, that is the first big strike against you regarding your intelligence.

Bro is on his way to be a content creator and hes complaining lol

Lol i have two degrees one in Sociology and one in Radiology. I drive heavy equipment for a living making more cash than I would with my degree's. I also paid my college loans off doing it. To you young folks, life is not fair and nothing comes automatically to you. Everybody does not get a trophy like you learned in school. Once you are out of school you are on the killing floor fighting for it. You are in competition against the millions of other folks and your government for the same dollar. You can sit back and go broke being passive waiting on the wright job or go out and do what you have to do to get yours. Your choice but the winners are playing the long game. We all get old in the end no avoiding it.

my only option is to get IT job i will not take another job

I need other construction workers to speak on this. I started in construction during high school. After learning foundation and roofing and setting walls. People get a CDL license. It pays more but the continuous work is in siding, plumbing, carpentry and electrical. Every grad I seen in my years. Started in sales or management position. Never having to mix cement or tie wall or hang a window or compact ground or carry shingles etc… I’ve seen foreman straight out of college. Maybe I’m wrong!!!

The Great Myths of our society: 1) You have to hold a college degree to be successful and happy in life; 2) You need to work in your 60s and only take SS at 67 or 70; 3) You have to tip 20% at every eatery including walk-up service.

my dad owns a construction company so between 12 and 18 during breaks i was working. i am now going to start my salary position, pretty close to SWE, soon after a long search. super grateful for learning what hard work is.

I graduated in 2008 and I think the low point was riding around in a landscaping truck with people with criminal records. Took 7 years but I climbed up and out and work as an insurance underwriter now.

I am in favor of apprenticeship and placement program. Did you guy see a video on UA-cam some guy was asking was asking new graduate what the degree they got. I was shocked some of those degree are completely useless. i got EE degree and worked at Verizon for 3 years as contractor. The office politic, budget base project, the layoff was stressing me out. I saw a sign on a side walk that city was sponsoring an electrical apprenticeship program and decided to check it out. It was a struggle living with apprenticeship salary but got better when I became a journeyman. Years later now i am a Master Electrician with my own crew. Best decision ever.

I'm a SW engineer now but thinking of an electrician apprenticeship. Those commutes you mentioned is what is scaring me. Working from home is too nice.

That looming grayness when your major doesn't pay off, I’ve been there. I struggled, but I was diligent and turned to investing. Now, with over $2.8M in returns and inching closer to my retirement goal, I took one move into a life changing trajecory

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We will welcome you back to the blue collar club once AI replaces your cushy software job. See you in 5 years!

I also failed for 3+ years to become a software Engineer as self taught . Happy to see a real story! I really do not like to see SDE in 6 moths like most of the stories.

This is like looking in a mirror. I got a chemistry degree and couldn't find work. Joined a trade where I worked on remote weather stations in Northern Canada. Sometimes i'd be working in -20C and wiring things with my bare hands because gloves had no dexterity. I barely knew how to hold a drill. It was such a humbling experience but I learned so much about life and the importance of skills. I was able to use that experience and moved up from there, but it was those years that really shaped my career, not my degree

I have a bachelor's degree in science and I work part time at Wal mart as a stocker and live with my mum

Same, had my first entry level web dev job after college. Overworked and underpaid. Jrs are struggling rn! Going into diesel tech this month

Being utterly objective here: This is by design. And we have Big Tech to blame for this, too. And capitalism. Late stage capitalism runs out of truly innovative markets so the only way to 'grow' and force people to work is to make them life long debt slaves by huge college debt and artificially inflating the prices of homes and cars since the majority of real innovation has been discovered and we have saturated markets. With globalization and NAFTA, we had a bipartisan-supported destruction of the working class America over the past 40 years. Because capitalism's ultimate goal is profit, you are disposable - there are no allegiances anymore. Now with AI and automation HERE, forced on you by Big Tech and in concert with corporations reducing costs, no jobs are safe and will be automated away. I am FOR TRADES but I get sick of so many people say 'just go learn a trade...' - not everyone is suited for that kind of work, having not the physical or mental capacity. Everybody becoming tradesmen and women won't magically fix a broken economic system. Best regards!

For everyone of these successes there is 100 guys who failed

I've been in construction 16 years, I had a good office job but it wasn't paying enough and we went down to a single income household. I had to quit and I started labouring in construction with no skills. The hours were brutal the work hard but the money was good, I doubled what I was earning in an office. Ive constantly earned over 6 figures for the past 8 years. Hate it but at least I can pay the bills.

Thanks for being honest with your struggles. Too many "Coders" come up here on UA-cam acting like it's so easy and that they know everything. Like it's "smooth sailing" and it's all about money, luxury apartments, gourmet coffee, "work from home", etc.

GED guy here. If you told me pick one, 100k cash or a stem degree, I'd take the cash.

im 24.. i hope i can through what you did Did the same thing but my degree was soil scientists and GIS

If you are stuck (employment wise), learn a useful language. Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish or French…it makes you that much more marketable. Just start watching UA-cam videos to learn the language. Minimum 1 hour per day. You’ll be surprised of the indirect benefits as well. Imagine getting to an interview where you click with the interviewer because you speak their language. 🫵🏻💪🏻🔥

That’s a huge thing now time for money in those jobs

i got my BA degree in Literature and proceeded to have a 50 year successful career fixing HVAC equipment. Lesson learned but I couldn't get many young people to listen to me because their 25 year old "guidance" counselors knew better. It's a scam and colleges train guidance counselors to send kids to college and not trade schools. This can only change at the school board level. Get involved. This young man's story has happened millions of times all over America. Colleges are in business to sell dorm rooms and cafeteria plans, they don't even care if you graduate. It's a business and they are selling the educational version of used car "undercoating."

Here’s the honest truth. People who have jobs have loyalty. You can’t buy that, you can’t replicate that, and you can’t negotiate that. That’s why you need a group of likeminded friends to move around and scheme shiet.

Gratitude is a superpower.

Business degree -> sales rep -> account manager -> Conductor. Its odd, no matter where you go, you're going to face challenges, i do feel that i would be farther ahead if i went to trade school, but oddly enough my old man was and electrician -> electrical engineer. Uncles are welders, truckers, electricians etc. Ive learned and experienced a lot over the years... i just wanted AC 😂

Interesting presentation. I think there is an oversupply of tech people, resulting in many getting squeezed out (partially due to H-1B and other visa programs).

I wanted to go back to college to learn business but I realized how expensive it is and being in debt is not what I need. I figured it was a gamble, either I get a job or don't. Our education system is a scam.

A employer once told me “people pay you money because you can do something they want/need not because you have a lot of letters after your name.

And what was your STEM degree?

Congrats on your growth sir, you drop alot of gems for the people aspiring to jump into SE/IT

Probably because you went to a school in Oregon.

Same here except it was my GI Bill instead of 100K. I had just enough benefit left after college for a CDL. Wish I just got the license and passed on the benefit of use it for another certification

Join the military!

Some kids are real smart, intelligent, genius even…. But even rarer are ones with wisdom. For wisdom begins with the Fear of God.

I graduated with a degree in graphic arts and ended up just like this. 22 yrs old, school didn't assist with internships or job placement. Jobs I applied for did not take me seriously. Eventually I had to go back into retail to make money and not stunt my adult life. Fast forward 15 years and I work in recruiting trying to make the path easier for others than it was for me.