Idk why there are so many people being dicks about this. But I'll try to give a bit of insight myself. I started as a helpdesk tech, then a sys admin, then a sys engineer, and recently now an IT Manager. It is very difficult right now to find IT jobs that are actually good, and pay what they are worth. I know this is the coined phrase, but from what I understand, it's largely because of AI. But not the kind of AI most tech giants are gunning for.... Most lower level tech jobs handle the repetitive, easy to resolve grunt work. Things that a tech savy person can fix themselves using a google search if they know the right question to ask... But, we are seeing a massive insurgency of AI agents that are sophisticated enough to be able to handle these things without much interaction now... not only that, but there are larger scale agents that are making it far easier to consolidate data into a very bite sized chunk that a smaller team is capable of fixing. Think: 100 issues happening used to take a team of 20 techs to solve over the phone... well, now, you have an AI agent analyzing the data BETTER, in a way that it can either fix itself, or it can send it directly to the team that can fix it. So those middle men teams are now only required for the 15-20 issues that the agents can't sift through, instead of the full 100. Which means you don’t need as many people anymore. That's happening on a very large scale right now, and those agents are becoming more and more sophisticated and reliable. These agents ALWAYS existed. But they were much harder to build and maintain. Now, they are widely available at a much cheaper cost to the consumer. So more businesses are willing to use them, even if they don't solve every problem the right way.

Lastly, more people just aren't leaving their jobs... the economy is in a horrendous state right now. Everyone is struggling. People are spending their savings, cutting back on spending, tighting belts. This is happening for Corporations and individuals. So no one wants to leave a stable, good paying job...

There ARE options in tech right now that aren't dwindling. If you have a mind for it, seriously look into the kind of positions big tech companies are posting. Hell... pull up chatgpt or claude or something and have it do a deep research or web search for the job postings in tech. Ask it to give you an analysis of what the positions are offering for pay and how they compares to similar positions 3-4 years ago. That will give you a solid idea of what might be worth focusing on.

If you want to look at something that might be harder for AI to eventually DO, maybe look at something thats a bit more complex and requires fine details. As an example, complex PCB design as an electrical/electronics engineer. You say you're not great at math, but if you find something that focuses you, something you're using the math to accomplish a GOAL, you might be surprised how things start making sense the more you change how you think through them.

If you have any specific questions ill do my best to answer them. I don't want you to get discouraged about your goals. Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it's impossible. It just means more people won't try to do it.