“Sorry, you need experience to get this job’s experience to get the experience you need for another experience.”
“Oh? You want an internship to help you gain the knowledge and skills you need to get the experience you’re striving for? Sorry, you have to currently be in college slaving away for a degree that probably wont help in the future since you wont have the experience you need to get your desired experience.
“If you want to go off on your own to create your own content, better make sure it gets popular enough or it’ll be worth no more than brownie points to you. You can’t live on brownie points, kiddo.”
“You will always need money to live, and all entry level positions have nothing to do with what you got your 4 year degree in; what you love to do and what you would like to be doing for the rest of your life. Better settle for working at Walmart for the next 4-10 years, because that bachelors you hold is no better than someone else’s.”
Why does everyone think this is okay??
I’ve been out of college for 2 years. Aside from working 2 Summer jobs that didn’t lead me anywhere, I’ve just been sitting at home scrolling through jobs in my field that say things like “10+ years of experience required” or “Professional demo required.” There was a saying that the crew on my ship always mentioned: “The people who work on ships are the ones who can’t make it on land.” I ignored them then, but every day that I’m sitting here applying and getting turned down, I start to see how right they were.
I don’t have time for fun. No time to make the things I love because they’re silly and won’t help me in the future because the content is considered unprofessional. No time to catch up on episodes of things like everyone else. Friends and doctors have told me to relax and take some leisure days, but every moment that I’m sitting idly, I mentally feel like I should be doing something important instead of just sitting around.
Doctor offered to give me anti-depression medication (not just the one I’m taking to claimingly help my stomach.) I don’t have depression. I have unfulfillment. But I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know what that feels like since he’s working his dream career prescribing people like me pills.