Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
by BeetleB on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:45PM
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> I think autodidacticism is a better way to learn vs academic path.
It often is a better way to learn, but that's not why I suggested going back to school. It doesn't sound like your technical skills are the reason you're not getting a job.
> So, it might be just one of those things that I'll have to suck up and just do.
Most jobs are full of things you have to suck up and do. As long as you work for someone else, sucking up and doing will be a big part of your career.
Oh, and if you start your own business and work for yourself, chances are you'll spend even more time doing tedious stuff - although it depends on your business.
Doing what you want is the domain of the financially independent, and (some) tenured faculty members.
It often is a better way to learn, but that's not why I suggested going back to school. It doesn't sound like your technical skills are the reason you're not getting a job.
> So, it might be just one of those things that I'll have to suck up and just do.
Most jobs are full of things you have to suck up and do. As long as you work for someone else, sucking up and doing will be a big part of your career.
Oh, and if you start your own business and work for yourself, chances are you'll spend even more time doing tedious stuff - although it depends on your business.
Doing what you want is the domain of the financially independent, and (some) tenured faculty members.