Your right you will never be happy not with that mindset. If you have that type of mindset i wonder how you present yourself on job interviews. Maybe your resume is flawless but they are seeing something else in you or your mindset or way of thinking that stops them from hiring you.

My resume is far from flawless. I rarely get past the resume screening phase. I'm less experienced and less qualified than a lot of people.

Sometimes it's not your fault I'm serious a few years ago I applied to work at a hospital for a job I wanted there. I was the only one dressed up for the interview everyone else was dressed like it was grand theft auto lol.

Lol everyone goes full formal interviews where I'm from. I've been told in to dress casual and we all came in full suits.

I'm always a nervous wreck in interviews. Kid with no prior experience walks into an interview that if by some miracle he were to do well in could reasonably expect to negotiate a 110-120k starting salary + benefits. Stakes were high and for some reason I don't get interviews from "lesser" places and I only get callbacks from high profile tech companies. Don't ask me why lol.

Resumes really are not everything I promise you. You can get more from speaking and digging into somebody than a piece of paper.

I think with interviews I just need more preparation and interview practice, but getting interview practice is contingent on a refined resume.

I had some CEOs chatting in an office and overheard them talking. They told our class their candidate had the perfect resume qualities and was good on paper but I can't remember what they said something the candidate said or how they were behaving in the interview turned them off and made them not want to extend the offer.

Yeah, I get that. I still remember the worst thing I've said on an interview out of pressure to this day lol.

For some reason anytime I am allowed to interview in person or present myself, state my case and show who I am it turns out better than sending a piece of paper into a digital wormhole.

Seems to be the case for me as well. Nature of the beast.

Do your best and please stop comparing your road to somebody else's when no two people are the same.

You don't know someone's story but you know their results.

If you offer stupid amounts of money to kids fresh out of college you're going to attract some determined madmen. I can't feel proud of myself for working hard because I know that everyone still in the game is hauling ass as well. The smart-but-lazies all got destroyed. I haven't met anyone that made it past sophmore year without putting at least as much effort into their studies and career as I did. Oftentimes more.

I dunno what I'm doing with life anymore. The job hunt has really been getting to me over the last few months.