After I Graduated From Comp Sci With Big Dreams Of Working In Game Dev, The Only Job I Was Able To Find

After I graduated from comp sci with big dreams of working in game dev, the only job I was able to find after a year of unemployment during the lockdowns was as a consultant at an investment banking firm and when I say it was soul-crushing that's not an exaggeration. Not quite on the same level as working on killing machines but I couldn't stand it, went back to school to pursue art.

The kicker? It's easy to get a job with a comp sci degree where I live. The military is understaffed. A STEM degree will get you fast-tracked with bonus pay into a cushy intelligence officer or analyst desk job with a pension, benefits, and if you're still able to sleep at night after a couple years that's not a hard pivot into the private sector.

I've been told by career military folks that I should just enlist when I was broke and desperate for a job, like it was obvious and like that knowledge wasn't already haunting me.

I know what it's like to make the wrong call when faced with that choice and I'm never doing that again, but it's made me reflect a lot on the kinds of compromises the system we live in forces upon us.

god I could be so wealthy if I had no ethics. that's so fucking frustrating. I'm living paycheck to paycheck because I'm not grifting vulnerable idiots on TikTok. I feel like I have the ability to very easily scam people. I could make a killing with AI. but god. I have morals and ethics and so I get to be poor as shit. I hate this fucking world

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1 week ago

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3 months ago

๐Ÿšจ !!!!! URGENT !!!!! ๐Ÿšจ

Please offer your support to Sami @samy-family11 and his family in Gaza. They urgently need the funds to evacuate to Egypt. And to buy diapers, milk and blankets for their baby. They were retained by the IDF but they were subsequently released. They currently have no tent to live in and have to endure the cold harsh winter in Gaza. Imagine having to sleep in the streets during extremely cold weather, with no tent to live in, and you see your own baby numbingly cold with no winter clothes or milk to drink.

While you have the privilege of being warm and comfortable in your home, preparing for the holidays. These people have to go through some of the most inhumane, soul shattering and painful things that should not be allowed to even happen in the first place. But very thankfully, you can help them out.

Please, pitch in. I beg you to share, donate, reblog. Even if you donate just a small amount, it would help them out immensely. If you canโ€™t aid financially please do whatever alternative you possibly can. Together, we can all help this amazing family achieve their goal at gaining the beautiful life that they wholeheartedly deserve.

As of Monday, Dec 23, $12,981 / $20K has been raised.

Donate to Help the Hamad family get to Safety, organized by Erin Loftin
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Hello! My name is Erin/Razz, I am an American citizen from Alabama, making this fundraโ€ฆ Erin Loftin needs your support for Help the Hamad fa

This campaign is vetted by association, and the organizer of this campaign is doing art requests for anybody who has proof of donation.


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2 weeks ago

consider though: coffee shop romance between rival sword-wielding vigilantes who look different when they're in action, magical girl style.

we can have it all if only we allow ourselves to indulge

they're meant to die by each other's sword why are they in a coffee shop


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3 months ago

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Every day that passes is a struggle for survival.๐Ÿ˜ข

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I am a 33-year-old Moamen from Gaza. I stand before you as someone who is trying to support my family of 5: me, my wife and my three children, in the miserable conditions we live in after the occupation launched the war on Gaza. We were displaced from our home and it was completely destroyed. We now live in a tent. Due to the circumstances and the lack of income, we are unable to provide the necessary support such as food and drink due to the crazy rise in prices. Thus, my source of livelihood has been destroyed, in fact completely destroyed, as we are no longer allowed to work; and we expect to live in miserable conditions in tents. It is difficult for me to find the words to describe what we face every day on the street; without food, medicine or clean drinking water; with the oppression, helplessness, psychological pressures, doubts and daily trauma caused by everything around us and the inability to care for our loved ones. The fear of danger, illness and death never leaves us.

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โ€œNow I find myself in this difficult situation, and I humbly ask you to help me save the lives of my family, especially my infant, by getting us out of Gaza to Egypt and building a new life outside Gaza, or helping us get out of Gaza. We need money to buy the necessities that we may be able to afford. Asking for help is not easy, but we had no other choice because we want to survive and try to rebuild our shattered lives. We are very grateful for any help you can provide, no matter how small, because your help will go a long way in alleviating our suffering. I hope you will share my story with your family and friends.โ€

Donation linkโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

Donate to Support Moomen family in Gaza, organized by Mohammed Almeshel
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Hello everyone, my name is Moomen Almeshal. A Palestinian man who used to live in โ€ฆ Mohammed Almeshel needs your support for Support Moo

โœ…๏ธVetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #322 )โœ…๏ธ

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2 weeks ago

Not now kitten daddy's googling his symptoms

1 month ago

For added context, Strom Thurmond's record was established while filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

I'd just like to clarify some things about Senator Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech in protest of the present administration and everything they are doing to the American people.

Senator Booker was NOT allowed to sit down, eat, or use the bathroom during his speech. Sitting or leaving the room to use the bathroom would be considered yielding the floor. Eating would have interfered with his speaking and the person who has the senate floor must continue to speak, except when listening to questions that they will then answer.

He only took occasional sips of water.

The person who previously held the record for longest speech on the Senate floor did have bathroom breaks and also did things like read from the encyclopedia.

Senator Booker did not do that. His speech was to point out the damage that this administration is doing and he stayed on that subject.

Senator Booker's speech did reach many people. It wasn't a silly stunt that was done so that he could take the record for longest speech. He wanted to show the country that democrats will do something to bring attention to the problems we are facing. That democrats are listening to them.

Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes to "make good trouble."

3 months ago

BLACK TRANS WOMAN SEEKING MUTAL AID

Thank you for everyone who donated so far Iโ€™m still crowdfunding for dental surgery and Iโ€™m not working right now which is now being delayed even further since not all of my documents match up so I need help with rent and taking care of my mother whoโ€™s disabled and my account is over-drafted so please donate if you can

BLACK TRANS WOMAN SEEKING MUTAL AID

(or If you want to support me pls buy something from my Depop I also source vintage so if you need anything fashion related I got you <3) like if anyone just bought like two things I would be able to really get through the rest of the month and February since I wonโ€™t be able to do anything after surgery.

I still have to pay $250 out of pocket for a Ct scan so pls donate if you can

BLACK TRANS WOMAN SEEKING MUTAL AID

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2 weeks ago

(crawls on all fours with blood drenched on me) I have to do arts and crafts

1 month ago

I am in the midst of a move to a new city and state that is much safer for me as a trans woman.

My partner died a few months ago, i found her body in the apartment where we built a life together for the past 5 years and i had to leave after that, ive had the good fortune to have somewhere to stay, with a change in administration and a difficult past year it's time to move to somewhere new.

I am looking to raise $3,800 to help facilitate this move to a safer, and healthier place for me to start grief counseling. I also have car repairs I need to do in order to continue working and also funds to take my cat to the vet. I also need funds for necessities like groceries and medical care as well

anything helps, if you can spare it

 I Am In The Midst Of A Move To A New City And State That Is Much Safer For Me As A Trans Woman.
 I Am In The Midst Of A Move To A New City And State That Is Much Safer For Me As A Trans Woman.

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