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I've taken time out of job-searching, to come to the Fastlane Forum and VENT.
I'm a recent graduate. In my first year of university, that's exactly when I knew I messed up, BAD. This will be funny to some but please spare me, I was 18. Not to justify my decision, but just some context for your understanding. I chose to study a course called 'Business Management and Entrepreneurship'. *Facepalm*.
University is OBSOLETE. If you are young and considering it, avoid it. There are specific exceptions, which I won't go into here.
So to keep going, I've been searching for jobs while working a miserable part-time construction job filled with airheads fueled by unhealthy amounts of coffee, cigarettes and red bull. Yes, that's the worst part of the job. Not the heavy lifting, the sniffing up of dust or horrendous pay.
LinkedIn has shown me what I'm in for. LinkedIn is like the Matrix headquarters, filled with agents of the system. Everybody is so fake, you can tell. It's either that or they've been indoctrinated past the point of potential rescue. This is what a job post may look like (exaggerated version):
'She/Her/Him/Them/They'
Maggie Robbins (ACTA, GTA, BTA, LTA, QTA)
Looking for a promising role in *enter here* ?
Look no further!
Are you a motivated, dedicated individual?
Your job responsibilities will be:
...
...
...
Defeat Optimus Prime
...
...
(not exhaustive)
We will provide you with top-tier benefits for your mental wellbeing, as we will drain you to the point of suicide! Woo! It's because we care.
- 24hours annual leave
- Pension scheme (get rich!)
- Free lunch on Wednesdays!
...
Is this what awaits me? I'm 20 but I want life to end now. Are there other people that, not think like me, but THINK, period? I feel like an imposter to all of this, even though I've been a part of Western society all my life.
At my part-time job, during my 30min break, as I yam on my sandwich, I think to myself, that 1 whole hour of my time is worth £11. That's depressing. See it for what it is.
Yes, older folk, I know and I apologise in advance. i am complaining. Yes, I should go and change my life, I know. I'm here for it, I'm trying and I'll try harder. But when there's a powerful system put into place, one that has been implemented long before your birth. You feel hopeless. Hope is an illusion anyways, but hopelessness for lack of a better term.
Now, I will go and continue with my life. Maybe one day I could tell you lot that it all changed. My life changed. Mashallah. I've got boxing at 8pm, perfect for releasing all of this into the bag. Won't go back to job-searching for today.
Quick one. I've recently been rejected for a position, because a representative said 'I didn't answer the questions in enough detail'. That's cap. He didn't like me, maybe felt intimidated. The corporate world is all political too, and that's hard for me because I don't dabble in politics. I don't beg for money from the government.
Anyways, if you've read this far, thank you. If you're frustrated with what I wrote, I ask you to forgive me, I felt like this is the best place to let it go. Maybe others feel this too. Shoutout DeMarco for writing a book that resonated with me from the first page. Credit to him, so much value in his books, but I will say my mindset has been alike even before the book. I'm one of the chosen ones.
My time shall come.
I'm a recent graduate. In my first year of university, that's exactly when I knew I messed up, BAD. This will be funny to some but please spare me, I was 18. Not to justify my decision, but just some context for your understanding. I chose to study a course called 'Business Management and Entrepreneurship'. *Facepalm*.
University is OBSOLETE. If you are young and considering it, avoid it. There are specific exceptions, which I won't go into here.
So to keep going, I've been searching for jobs while working a miserable part-time construction job filled with airheads fueled by unhealthy amounts of coffee, cigarettes and red bull. Yes, that's the worst part of the job. Not the heavy lifting, the sniffing up of dust or horrendous pay.
LinkedIn has shown me what I'm in for. LinkedIn is like the Matrix headquarters, filled with agents of the system. Everybody is so fake, you can tell. It's either that or they've been indoctrinated past the point of potential rescue. This is what a job post may look like (exaggerated version):
'She/Her/Him/Them/They'
Maggie Robbins (ACTA, GTA, BTA, LTA, QTA)
Looking for a promising role in *enter here* ?
Look no further!
Are you a motivated, dedicated individual?
Your job responsibilities will be:
...
...
...
Defeat Optimus Prime
...
...
(not exhaustive)
We will provide you with top-tier benefits for your mental wellbeing, as we will drain you to the point of suicide! Woo! It's because we care.
- 24hours annual leave
- Pension scheme (get rich!)
- Free lunch on Wednesdays!
...
Is this what awaits me? I'm 20 but I want life to end now. Are there other people that, not think like me, but THINK, period? I feel like an imposter to all of this, even though I've been a part of Western society all my life.
At my part-time job, during my 30min break, as I yam on my sandwich, I think to myself, that 1 whole hour of my time is worth £11. That's depressing. See it for what it is.
Yes, older folk, I know and I apologise in advance. i am complaining. Yes, I should go and change my life, I know. I'm here for it, I'm trying and I'll try harder. But when there's a powerful system put into place, one that has been implemented long before your birth. You feel hopeless. Hope is an illusion anyways, but hopelessness for lack of a better term.
Now, I will go and continue with my life. Maybe one day I could tell you lot that it all changed. My life changed. Mashallah. I've got boxing at 8pm, perfect for releasing all of this into the bag. Won't go back to job-searching for today.
Quick one. I've recently been rejected for a position, because a representative said 'I didn't answer the questions in enough detail'. That's cap. He didn't like me, maybe felt intimidated. The corporate world is all political too, and that's hard for me because I don't dabble in politics. I don't beg for money from the government.
Anyways, if you've read this far, thank you. If you're frustrated with what I wrote, I ask you to forgive me, I felt like this is the best place to let it go. Maybe others feel this too. Shoutout DeMarco for writing a book that resonated with me from the first page. Credit to him, so much value in his books, but I will say my mindset has been alike even before the book. I'm one of the chosen ones.
My time shall come.
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