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[–] ManchesterT 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yeah, this area was disproportionately affected by the drop in travel and tourism.

Based on your advice I'll try again to get a service job. Retail and grocery seem like dead ends (no offense), but if you get good at serving tables, you can climb the ladder to high-end fancy spots and eventually rake in high five figures.

Thanks for the response, honestly

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[–] cyclops1771 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I started as grocery, got into supervision - didn't pay dick, but it gave me the skills to manage large groups of people and have responsibility for a huge operation ($1 million/week in sales in the 90's). I also took on extra projects, and got myself involved in the POS system upgrade, spent two years implementing it, and used that to launch my career as a software implementation consultant. And now., after 10 years fighting through those learning years in the bottom 30%, 20 years later I'm in the top 5%.

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[–] ManchesterT 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

and used that to launch my career as a software implementation consultant. And now., after 10 years fighting through those learning years in the bottom 30%, 20 years later I'm in the top 5%

This sort of anecdote instills hope. It sounds like if you're honest, hard-working and a little creative you can still make it in this world, even from absolute rock bottom.

Even if I just crawled my way back up to a normal IT job I would be overwhelmed with relief. I'm glad to be wrong about grocery work. It sounds like what's important is to keep fighting