#it's either jobs i'm way overqualified for that would be deeply unpleasant. or jobs i don't quality for that would be boring. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

hylianengineer · 2 days ago

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Applying for jobs is REALLY fucking demoralizing. Every potential employer expects you to bend over backwards for them while juggling frogs, meanwhile they won't give you the time of day, or usually even the common courtesy of telling you they don't want you.

I feel very not-given-a-shit-about.

#it's either jobs i'm way overqualified for that would be deeply unpleasant. or jobs i don't quality for that would be boring.#would you like to Suffer via jobs not requiring a degree? or via jobs requiring your degree AND ALSO experience you don't have and can't ge #because no one will hire you in the first place?#to be clear: I HAVE DONE UNDERGRAD RESEARCH FOR THREE YEARS! very specialized high level work for an undergrad! to the point people #regularly think I'm a grad student!#and still no one will hire me for a job that has jack shit to do with my expertise!#aaaarrggggghhhhh!#hylian rambles #vent post #and i suspect if I went to grad school i'd just come back to a job market full of the same nonsense! my degree is not opening doors the way #i was told it's supposed to!#i have! two goddamn undergrad degrees!#or i will in two weeks anyway

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