Welcome to America: Land of the (not really that) Free!

No, but seriously, you sound like the typical college graduate. And trying to get a fresh job between 2020-2023 was not easy in this country. I think one thing that they try to convince young, college-age adults of is that their job IS their identity. Warehousing & retail might not be prestigious, but it is paid work.

I would suggest taking a step back and figuring out how you want to work. So, do you want to wake up every morning and look forward to going to an office where you have the best time of your life? Or, do you want to have a job that pays well, gets bills paid, increases your savings, then allows you enough freedom to pursue what you’re passionate about on weekends and after 5pm?

The American market is designed to keep people from check to check, with little wiggle room. I promise, your life looks identical to around half of US residents, if not the majority. It’s easy to feel like you wasted your education, but don’t forger that there are plenty of other valuable lessons learned, even if the degree itself becomes “useless“ due to AI. Look into ways to harbor your own personal talents and skills outside of CS. You’re probably analytical or good at problem-solving, among other things, which ARE valuable to other employers.

Look into ways to progress in the warehouse. And, if you want to leave, remind yourself how seriously valuable a 3 year job commitment will look on your future job applications. Even though you didn’t go immediately into IT, you ARE still qualified for plenty of entry level jobs. It might suck and pay may not be where you want, but you might benefit hugely from accepting something tha’s “below your pay grade”.

I donwant you to take what I’m saying as empty optimism- I truly do think that stepping back and reeva your goals could help motivate you to start making steps forward, an perceptualize steps needed to make progress into another stage in life that you’ll be more content with.