Finding a job sucks thread

Lu Zwei

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321 by Lu Zwei

jimmy spako wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 10:14 am I am still grappling with what I should probably be doing now, how to transition to something that might be able to sustain me through the next 20 years.
I don't have a degree. Thought about going back to school, debatably should have started to do that in the first year of the pandemic, but was too distracted. Have thought about care work. I am spoiled here with my flexible schedule (especially parenting-wise) and my partner depends on it to do her work, which has her on the road over a full month spread out over the year. Bit of a puzzle to be solved.

What would you all do if you were looking to start a new, sustainable career or job existence at 50? Or if you are doing just that, what are you doing?
I could use any inspiration I can get. Remote work, desk job, manual labor, working on your feet, whatever you got. I have various patchwork experience in all those things, gathered through the decades. Thanks in advance!

This is something that I have been asking myself for the last couple years, since my father died. I am divorced, living alone, I left "my" flat to my ex wife and my daughter, and I am constantly thinking about some additional income and everybody is saying that translating stuff is a dying business now and that I should look into something different. I can't work on the weekend because I will never see my daughter then.

I have no idea.

Nothing major here. Just a regular EU cock. I pull it out and there is beans all over my penis. Bean shells all over my penis...

Gramsci

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322 by Gramsci

I’m not sure what the market is in other countries but practical training looks to be the most stable thing going forwards, especially for older people. Plumbing, electrical, joinery etc. Robots aren’t coming for those. In London trades people that are good and reliable are gold and people will pay a lot to hire. Getting clients via friends, then that spreads through recommendations. Then you can get onto things like local community group mailing lists etc. my borough’s Ward has a parents group mailing list with a recommendations only classified. Some of the people on that make a solid living just from that one distribution list.

Honestly if my job became difficult I’d go straight into a skilled labour training course. Plumbers in London can earn more than lawyers.

clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.

Lu Zwei

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323 by Lu Zwei

Gramsci wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 6:18 am Honestly if my job became difficult I’d go straight into a skilled labour training course. Plumbers in London can earn more than lawyers.

I believe you on that one, over here too. Like, triple.

Nothing major here. Just a regular EU cock. I pull it out and there is beans all over my penis. Bean shells all over my penis...

Gramsci

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324 by Gramsci

It probably sounds weird, considering I do a highly technical job in construction but I could definitely see a world were building high quality joinery would be an incredibly satisfying career. Even plumbing… designing and building obsessively tidy piping sounds like heaven…

I’ve always had an incredible amount of respect for skilled trades.

clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.

dontfeartheringo

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325 by dontfeartheringo

I can tell you that you want to find a position where you have Union protections. Tradesmen in the South have backs, necks, and knees that are completely shot at 45 years of age, and they end up living in trailers and trading their pain meds for Captain D's. Dirty hands, clean work, broke body at 50.

I just applied for a job at ProPublica that I am grossly underqualified for, but I respect the organization so much that I'm willing to work at an apprentice's wage until I'm the capable writer they need. You miss all of the shots you don't take, right? I sent my best writing samples that I had, but it was nothing like what they were asking for. I'd be embarrassed if I wasn't so desperate to find something beside IT work.

tbone wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:58 pm I imagine at some point as a practicality we will all start assuming that this is probably the last thing we gotta mail to some asshole.

TylerDeadPine

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326 by TylerDeadPine

Gramsci wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 6:18 am I’m not sure what the market is in other countries but practical training looks to be the most stable thing going forwards, especially for older people. Plumbing, electrical, joinery etc. Robots aren’t coming for those. In London trades people that are good and reliable are gold and people will pay a lot to hire. Getting clients via friends, then that spreads through recommendations. Then you can get onto things like local community group mailing lists etc. my borough’s Ward has a parents group mailing list with a recommendations only classified. Some of the people on that make a solid living just from that one distribution list.

Honestly if my job became difficult I’d go straight into a skilled labour training course. Plumbers in London can earn more than lawyers.

Don’t discount the toll that kind of work can take on your body’. Not to say don’t do it, just it can be wearing when you’re over 50

hyljetronic

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327 by hyljetronic

TylerDeadPine wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 11:02 pm
Gramsci wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 6:18 am I’m not sure what the market is in other countries but practical training looks to be the most stable thing going forwards, especially for older people. Plumbing, electrical, joinery etc. Robots aren’t coming for those. In London trades people that are good and reliable are gold and people will pay a lot to hire. Getting clients via friends, then that spreads through recommendations. Then you can get onto things like local community group mailing lists etc. my borough’s Ward has a parents group mailing list with a recommendations only classified. Some of the people on that make a solid living just from that one distribution list.

Honestly if my job became difficult I’d go straight into a skilled labour training course. Plumbers in London can earn more than lawyers.
Don’t discount the toll that kind of work can take on your body’. Not to say don’t do it, just it can be wearing when you’re over 50

That is true. You can take preventive actions and many craft already has new, more ergonomic ways to do them, but like stonework, you're on your knees all day, rotating your torso with varying loads and hammering on hard stuff.
My hands are shit, I get pains if I do anything that demands a pinch grip (like playing with a pick can be painful). I'd love to get in to trades, though.

I'm looking for a job in a city that recently became the most unlikely place in Europe to get employed. Happy times.

Gramsci

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328 by Gramsci

I guess you guys are right. I tend to romanticise skilled trades. There’s a lot of bending and lifting. Honestly, if the pay was fine I fantasise about being a gardener at one of the public squares that punctuate London… until winter, then it looks awful.

clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.

hyljetronic

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329 by hyljetronic

Gramsci wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 3:07 am I guess you guys are right. I tend to romanticise skilled trades. There’s a lot of bending and lifting. Honestly, if the pay was fine I fantasise about being a gardener at one of the public squares that punctuate London… until winter, then it looks awful.

Same here! Still, I like to see what I'm doing and stuff getting done instead of all the abstract humming and hawing that is comms.
I fantasize being a carpenter or a mason.

Dave N.

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330 by Dave N.

hyljetronic wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:06 pm
Gramsci wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 3:07 am I guess you guys are right. I tend to romanticise skilled trades. There’s a lot of bending and lifting. Honestly, if the pay was fine I fantasise about being a gardener at one of the public squares that punctuate London… until winter, then it looks awful.
Same here! Still, I like to see what I'm doing and stuff getting done instead of all the abstract humming and hawing that is comms.
I fantasize being a carpenter or a mason.

I know several carpenters, and none of them are ever hurting for good-paying work. It’s a good thing to be in a boom state with frequent natural disasters. I have no aptitude for that line of work, and I wish I did.

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