Me at 46: I want to dismantle the machinery that makes trillionaires.
Almost 38 & This Is Where I'm At Now
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Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 hours ago
If you take away their right to break the law, how will you become the next trillionaire?! - Stupid right wing people
Uli@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
This is me at all ages I can remember. By extrapolation, I can only assume I spent my toddler years fighting for the rights of the proletariat.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 day ago
So you want to become a librarian?
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
SSSHHHH not so loud or i’m gonna have to ask you to leave
frog@feddit.uk 1 day ago
^Great job. I’ll keep it down.^
GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I want to be a bookstore employee
Eq0@literature.cafe 1 day ago
Or: is there a job… where I can just live my life? Like, spend time with friends and doing hobbies and still getting paid?
Trex202@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You mean… you want to live your life and not add value to someone else’s wallet?
chisel@piefed.social 1 day ago
I for one love to work for soulless schmucks who profit from my labor and make the tough decisions like not giving raises this year.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Do what you love except hold a camera in your offhand and shout “bro bro honestly like actually what just happened!? Like and subscribe!” Every 30 seconds.
chocrates@piefed.world 1 day ago
Get independently wealthy. Can you marry someone rich?
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 21 hours ago
Hey wait a minute! I did not said i wanted to meet a woman
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Wealthy investor.
qarbone@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s just called “being rich.” Work duties do include disenfranchizing the poor, with quarterly reviews by peers in the Illuminati.
So not quite as chill as you might hope from “having no logical fears or needs”.
teslekova@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
Trust fund kid.
toynbee@piefed.social 1 day ago
During my first “job,” I was too young to be legally employed, so I volunteered at a library with my mom. Initially I worked in one of the back rooms, hidden from the public, helping to scan and sort books put in the return bins. (I discovered several great books by seeing them come back; among them were Dogsbody, Lovely Bones, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. Those are listed alphabetically by title and that wasn’t even by design!)
After I volunteered long enough, I was deemed sufficiently experienced to put books on the shelves in the stacks. I was titled a “page” and proudly announced that while attending a LAN party. One of the other attendees of said party said “and if you do that long enough maybe you’ll become a full book!” I laughed quite heartily.
If you’ve never read anything else I wrote here, the post above will probably tell you everything you could possibly want to know about me.
dkppunk@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Man, my first real job was at the library as a student page. That job fucking rocked so much and I wish I could have stayed there forever.
I got to shelve books, play with microfilm and microfiche, and listen to my CDs all day. It was the best job ever.
Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
So have you made it to a chapter of your own? :3
toynbee@piefed.social 15 hours ago
Ha!
DrStanleyGoodspeed@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
I work in a hospital in a lab where I look at small pieces of the human body through a microscope in a quiet office where people apologize for interrupting me. It’s heaven
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
jj4211@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Never wanted to climb the ladder, but it was the only way I could really get better pay.
The higher I go, the more I can’t stand the conversations. Being straightforward is a career killer. Competing with folks that talk big without knowledge, knowing I need to carefully balance working with them while making sure my ass is documented and covered for any blame when they screw up and want to throw someone under the bus.
I have generally still loved talking to the “grunts” and customers. People who have real problems and doing real stuff without so much office politic crap going on. Not people trying to write blog posts to try to sound smart without actually doing anything or actually knowing the material.
the_q@piefed.social 1 day ago
Librarians require a master’s and make like $34k a year.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
The fuck you need a master’s for? The dewy decimal system ain’t that hard. 🤨
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Because it’s meant to be the case that a librarian can help me if I need to join a correlation between etchings of revolutionary France and the poetry of William Blake
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Because most people who work at the library aren’t librarians. Librarians maintain and manage a collection, set up the database, etc etc.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
does it have to be a masters in librarian? ive got this engineering degree i wouldnt mind using for something a little less corporate.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
yea its a requirement for libraries, Universities might be more competitive, since you likely need another area of expertise to complement your resume to.
smh@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
Yes, but you can work in a library without being a librarian. Check out code4lib. It’s a (free online) techie conference with associated slack channel, and it’s for folks that, roughly, code for libraries. Tbh, I think the techie route to working in a library is easier than the master’s degree. Source: engineering undergrad, have my mslis, work in a library, current position doesn’t require an mslis.
the_q@piefed.social 1 day ago
Yup. MLS or MLIS.
M137@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
I never wanted the former, even as a kid.
All I’ve ever wanted is something that’s unstressful and fulfilling by doing good to others and gives me enough, both time and money, to be comfortable (and my view of comfortable in the money part is a lot less than the vast majority of people want).cinoreus@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I think most of Genz doesn’t want it.
Ariselas@piefed.ca 22 hours ago
me at 50 after the latest round of cutbacks and layoffs, “are there still jobs that will allow me to pay my bills?”
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I had a 25-year career as a programmer, ending up making nearly $200K a year. Now I’m a school bus driver making about $30K, although fortunately that also includes subsidized (and really good) health insurance. I’m also fortunate because I already own a small house and was able to save a good bit when I was making good money. I quit programming (read: was laid off) just before the AI “revolution” so I’m thankful that I’ve missed all that bullshit.
Maybe I’ll be able to get back into coding after all the AI slop fails catastrophically and there’s nobody left in the industry who still knows how to actually code, but I don’t have my hopes up for that. Corporate bullshit is simply too strong for catastrophic failure to be a real problem.
Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Maybe I’m still too young. Early 30’s and asking a lot of questions about “why did we have a restructuring and layoffs if we had a record year for financials?” Not getting any answers of course, but I sure am getting a lot of information. Also getting to be the voice of all my coworkers. Literally all of them. We all hate it.
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You know the answer, we can make number go up more. And if it’s a public company, they literally have to play the game as fiduciaries
Rooster326@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Be the change you want to see. If you are the voice of your coworkers. U n I o n I z e
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Me after surviving the layoffs, great all my bosses are gone it’s going to be months if not an entire year before they notice me again. Time to do the bare minimum!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
My company got purchased and then the purchasing company got purchased by a huge west coast tech giant. Everybody from the original company got reassigned to new teams and we all ended up with new bosses who had no idea who we were or why we were even there. I had a very enjoyable six months “working” from home doing absolutely nothing before I was laid off. I even got a severance package about equivalent to a year’s salary for the first (and presumably last) time in my career.
rabber@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
I dunno if thought I wanted this and took a job at a datacenter
Some days I don’t even interact with another human
5 years into this and it’s completely killed my social skills and therefore social life, im thinking about moving on for this reason actually
Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
If it pays ok, why not volunteer?
You get to socialise, you get to feel a part of your community, you get to feel like you’re making a difference, etc.
rabber@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
I don’t know why but the hermit nature of the job leaks into my real life and I tend to not want to socialize outside of work either
It’s all been a slow burn in this way
jj4211@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I’ll second the volunteering, though I never really feel comfortable socializing among the volunteers, it still feels good actually doing something I think matters, but at the same time know I’m utterly replacable and no one would specifically need me to do any of it.
quadrant5835@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Off topic but out of curiosity, how many people actually work in a data center? I’ve always wanted to work in one but got the impression that there are only a small number of people, maybe a dozen or so, dedicated to keeping the hardware running.
But hearing how it’s affected you makes me think it might not be the best choice for me. I worked from home for about 5 years up to and during COVID, and honestly can relate to feeling less comfortable in social situations after a while. I think the first year or so I was fine and then started to notice the decline of actually wanting to interact with other people.
rabber@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
I work in a very small datacenter and there are around 100 people overall. But majority of people usually work from home. I am one of 3 people on site who rotates shifts to have someone onsite at all times. But everyone comes to the datacenter for various things
fluxcap@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I actually started climbing the ladder and to be honest, I fucking hate it and am looking for a way out. I have never dealt with so many people that are willing to sacrifice their own dignity to be a sycophant for the sake of money.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
Same. It fucking sucks but it’s the only way I’ve found to making enough money to do the shit I actually want to do. Which I’m still not making enough money for because inflation keeps up with half my pay raises…
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 hours ago
The greatest gift of my career was getting old enough to not care.
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 day ago
Buddy of mine was a night janitor during college. I had to help him a few times, and it wasn’t a bad gig, run around and vacuum, mop some stuff, take out the trash. Dude listened to music the whole time and basically never saw anyone. Sometimes I kinda want to quit doing software just to do night janitoring.
Viceversa@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And you can! Chase the dream!
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 day ago
While it was kinda fun “mindless” work, I just bought a house and need my software developer pay to keep the house.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
My bro is a dishie and never changed jobs once. I always used to try and push him to study or get into a career and would bang on about having a ‘respectable job’ - now im fantasising about listening to music while washing dishes all day
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 16 hours ago
Yeah, at times just having a nice simpler job sounds nice. Not needing to deal with stupid error messages and poorly documented libraries.
Rooster326@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Why did you need to help him?
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 16 hours ago
He was one of 2 people that would clean like 4 buildings. Sometimes the other person wouldn’t show up (or one time his boss was arrested and given 22 years) and sometimes he’d call me to be the other janitor (sometimes he’d just do the job solo and keep the extra cash).
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I had the job shelving books. I’d show up in a button-up shirt and slacks and I could shove all day with no problem at all. No one would bother me. I’d show up in ripped jeans, a Metallica t-shirt, and 4 years since my last haircut and people would ask me for help every moment of the day. Libraries are weird.
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good example of outfits sending signals.
Slacks and a button-up probably made you look like management just out picking up slack, and people subconsciously left you alone - “oh, they’re probably really busy with management stuff and also had to go shelve books… I’ll leave them alone”
Casual clothes in contrast would have signalled “worker” - “I’ll just go ask that person, it’s not like they’re doing anything important, they’re just shelving books!”
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It probably didn’t help that I was a 17-year-old that looked like I was in my late twenties.
Rooster326@programming.dev 18 hours ago
The job you are looking for at 38 is Page but like every job within the library system. It pays worse than teaching for the no-exceptions required in education
jj4211@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Have a colleague who went from over $300k/year to like a $50k/year job. Basically something to vaguely keep the lights on while his savings took care of itself. Way too young to retire, but he figures he can be ok with his savings and bonuses he had over his high paying career.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 14 hours ago
I applied for Page like 3 times at my local library, but my resume reads as disillusioned tech bro so I don’t think I have much of a chance. t_t
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You should legally change your name to Page, that should put you way above everyone else
Rooster326@programming.dev 12 hours ago
They mostly hire high school, college are students. Sorry :(
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I found a nice quiet job in a lab that’s like this. No one fucks with me, some days I’m completely by myself, but the one drawback I’ve discovered is I find myself getting stuck in my own head a lot. Sometimes I have to go find something or someone to distract me.
AmyAye@nord.pub 1 day ago
Yeah, being alone on the job is not necesarily great. I have worked in a small data center for a large company for like 15 years now. I am the only one in the building many days but it gets quite lonely and boring.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Get your library science degree now, there are only a few accredited programs. I thought about doing this earlier this year and was surprised at how complicated it actually was to become a librarian.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
you need a masters for the most part. a covoluted booking system, dewey system(i was helping them in my HS years very confusing to put which books where. plus also internet research for the unitiated from reputable sources.
grahamja@reddthat.com 15 hours ago
Don’t librarians in the US have to have masters degrees? I thought it was another underpaid very competitive career path where you had to wait for people to retire to find a job.
neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
One of the best jobs I ever had was night shift stocker at a grocery store. I’d clock in as the store was closing and would clock out about an hour after it opened. I’d get stoned out of my mind, listen to music or audio books the whole time and restock cereal and stuff.
My job now is pretty cushy now, but I do reminisce when I didn’t have to think about work during off hours.
The_v@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve climbed the corporate ladder and traveled all over the world until I got near the top where the nepotism is thick. Said ‘fuck that’ and bailed out early.
New plan: “Work for myself.” Took me a decade to get here because of little things like health care and capital.
Been on my own for almost 2 years now and it is glorious.
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
If I could organize the arkane library daily with my current salary, I would be happy
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
So uh…we are all clearly unhappy, is any of us going to do anything about this? (I already stated I am, some community idea).
Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Honestly, at 45 with a very patchy CV because I was forced to become a full time carer more than once (fuck cancer), I’m probably fucked.
Feel like I might as well flush my degrees down the toilet. Luckily I live in Europe, so I didn’t have to go into a huge amount of debt for them.
That’s life I suppose. Sticking around for the life ending asteroid Hollywood has promised us.
dejikero@lemmy.world 1 day ago
at least once a month i’ll text my friend: i’m so tired of working, let’s just live in the woods! as i begrudgingly get ready for my shift.
Mac@mander.xyz 14 hours ago
I wish factory jobs paid better. Many of them are chill and easy.
db2@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
FishFace@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Bernard! Bernard! Bernard look! Look Bernard! Bernard!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m 41 and getting my massage therapy license out of nowhere. Similar line of thinking.
CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Every interview: “oh great! You have a lot of manager experience! We’ve been looking for somebody with those skills!”
Me: “I’m not really looking to be in charge of people. I find the generational differences too tiring. I can’t relate and I’m tired of having to tell children to put away their phones.”
And within a year I’m a manager again. Just can’t seem to shake it. Which is why every damn job on my resume is manager. At least this time around I am managing things and not people. So a little better.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 hours ago
I actually had a job shelving books as a teenager. It is to date the best job I ever had. No one bothered me. I just took books from the return slots at the library and put them back for a few hours after school. Sometimes I even dared to get a list of reservations to find and shelve elsewhere.