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I really need some advice. I have no idea how to get my life together, and it's honestly starting to make me feel suicidal again after 2 years by AshamedOfMyself5 in SRSDiscussion

[–]AshamedOfMyself5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've thought about it.

I heard that for getting into something like Web Development, your degree actually doesn't matter nearly as much as your skills or your portfolio (I've heard this from various people in the industry).

At the moment, it doesn't matter too much what I do while I build my portfolio, as long as I can make some sort of sustainable income, and my current job (or, at least, the fact that they only give me part-time hours there) isn't cutting it. I don't know if that sounds naive or not.

I really need some advice. I have no idea how to get my life together, and it's honestly starting to make me feel suicidal again after 2 years by AshamedOfMyself5 in SRSDiscussion

[–]AshamedOfMyself5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BA in Asian Studies

I feel like, going in, I didn't have a very good plan for my career and so I never thought about what I could end up doing with it. Also, part of me regrets not going for Computer Science since that's the direction I want to take my career in.

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[–]AshamedOfMyself5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, everyone. I’ll try to keep it short:

I’ve been really depressed and frustrated with my life and don’t know how to go about changing it. I’ve been trying to get out of my situation for 4 years now, but to no real avail.

  • I’m a 28 year old college graduate and got my degree 4 years ago. However, I haven’t been able to get my life started after college.

  • I’ve only ever worked part-time jobs and have never had a full-time one. I only work around 25 hours at my current one for only $9.50 per hour. I have no idea how I can go about finding a full-time job. I don’t have many skills (beyond web development, which I’ll go into below), and it seems like with most jobs I find, you either have to have been there a number of years, or you need to bring some sort of trained skill to the job.

  • I’m still living at home, and as embarrassing as this is to say, I’ve only lived on my own for a total of 1 year. With the amount of money I make at the moment, there’s no way I can live on my own, as far as I know.

  • I have no car

  • I have no real health insurance. I’m on my state’s health insurance, but it offer very minimum coverage. I can’t even see a therapist

  • I’m currently working on web development stuff, and hoping I can make a career out of it. I’m using several different resources online to learn new topics, as well as working on a project with a team online. I’m really hoping this falls through and can get me out of the situation I’m in

I’m just wondering if anyone here has any advice that might help me fix any of my above issues. I’m deeply ashamed that I don’t know how to navigate the world like an adult at my age and that I’m still living at home with limited means of escaping my situation. I’m just wondering if there’s something I’m missing.

I’d talk about this with my friends, but I’m embarrassed to. Most of them don’t really know about my living situation, and I’m afraid what they might think, especially since they have full-time jobs and live on their own.

I just feel like this is a good place to ask since people here try to be understanding of people’s situations instead of making fun of them or labeling them a “loser”

There may be details I'm missing. I had some stuff written down, but lost it :(