>>17155989
Look for a job in the music industry?
>>17156006
I have. Jobs in the music industry are 99.9% nepotism.
>>17155989
maybe you should go to a culinary school or trade school if cooking's not your thing? it's not like you're prevented from getting more education just because you have a degree.
>>17156013
ill be honest with you, that is kind of a step backwards.
>>17156096
i dunno, you work as a waiter. on the bright side, only 27% of college grads have a job related to their major. maybe look into truck driving or night security?
>>17156122
I do work as a waiter and any trade school job I get will pay about the same.
Truck driving is a dead end too.
Night security is a dead end.
>>17156134
>>17156122
by about the same I mean starting. Obviously I could be a welder, live in bumfuckastan and make 50 bucks an hour but I don't want that to be my life.
>>17156134
i guess the answer you're looking for is programming then. get an entry-level programming job and you'll move up if you're good enough.
waiting tables is a prison it took me seven years after college to even find work in a fucking call center because nobody would take my serving experience seriously. get out while you can
>>17156285
I mean I have only worked as a waiter for 2 years but it got me a job. Also if you're working at a call center it seems like you traded one prison cell for another.
>>17156375
yeah everything sucks
but serving was destroying my body. hopefully the call center will lead me somewhere better
"I would really appreciate if you could dispel some myths/ general pointers so I can start fixing my life"
ok
"Obviously I don't want to be a waiter forever."
First, note your choice of language. You didn't say "I don't want to wait tables forever", you said you don't want to "BE a waiter". What does that truly mean? It means you're identifying with/against a label. The first myth is that you need to "BE" (or not be) something. Truth be told, if you're waiting tables, that's what you're meant to do right now. Stop asking "are we there yet?" and enjoy the ride while it lasts.
I know you love labeling yourself because you got a degree and haven't once mentioned a possibility of putting it to use. "But there's no work out there!" You probably knew this before you went into it, and still did it. You even used the word "niche" to describe it. So hipster, with the ironic music degree.
"I really need a salaried job soon" again with the labels. Why not a good, honest wage, equal to a respectable salary? Because you feel you're above wage work, you're a college grad, so you shouldn't have to, right? Proof: going into culinary school, basically a trade, "is kind of a step backwards." for you. Would it be if it got you that salary? From the sound of it, you feel like you should "be" running that restaurant, don't you, without having to go up through the ranks, because again, you're a college grad, amirite?
>>17156474
Holy fuck are you a fucking prick.
"I would go into the restaurant business but I feel as though"
No proof, talking out of your ass. Have you tried and been literally stopped a statistically significant number of times? In other words, put your hypothesis to the test? By hypothesis, I mean the lie you keep whispering in your own ear like a homo.
"I interview terribly" way to leave yourself an easy way out of trying.
"35 hours a week, which... keeps me good and tired when I get off work. It also seriously limits my time to spend looking for a new job."
Outright horseshit. What is your commute, 3 hours both ways? You said you have "fun money", are you saying you don't have time to enjoy the $200/wk? You don't deserve to be having fun until you're on track to doing what you need to do.
"I think I just need confidence and a goal to aspire too. Should I just choose something and focus in on it? Or branch out and try and shotgun a bunch of different areas."
Yeah, if only you had those intangible qualities, then you might "be" something. As a former temp, don't waste your time. Play to your strengths religiously. Go into a job interview like you're qualifying them to be your bosses. Ask questions like you've got options.
>>17156394
There's hope for you. Buy "The SPIN Selling Fieldbook", implement it, and get a cold calling job with a commission.
>>17156519
I'll bet you ignore your family's advice, too.
>>17156474
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>>17155989
You are your only solution wouldn't you agree? You are simply being lazy and making excuses.
Bad at interviewing? Just practice and learn how to get better. You are not even working 40+ hours full/overtime and others ARE doing that and in their spare time after work, do MORE work to get/create MORE money. You're the reason everything around you seems in despair. Just wake the fuck up and create change instead of waiting for it. Otherwise you can stay right the fuck there with your sorry ass self.