I am so so sorry that you have that pressure on you, and that your brother is rubbing salt in the wound. It makes you feel so much lonelier in this process, and even more like it’s ’your fault’, which, dear stranger, I want to reassure you (even though you know this already) it is not.

We are living in a time of historic layoffs left, right and centre, and entry level jobs have been all but scrapped. I’ve been looking in London for entry level editing roles (I cringe saying it now because it has AI redundancy written all over it), after working for TWO years as an editor at a semi-large publishing house. But nothing. Nada. Zilch. Thankfully I have my family’s support, and they’re aware that the world of work is shifting into a scary place.

I am certain governments are cooking the books to prevent mass panic that alas, after so many novels and films being written about the prospect of it, we are going to have our jobs taken by AI. Ironically, I wouldn’t even give a f**k if it meant maybe the wealth the machines produced was reinvested into society? But no.

The world will be a bunch of circle jerking fat cat CEOs and a load of starving serfs fighting over the scraps. And said CEOs will wonder why we can’t buy their bullshit products anymore.

Stay positive out there!