The only reason I have any amount of hope is that the Democratic party is still functional. Because of where I started I had to accept in childhood that there was a very good chance I was going to die without ever making it into the middle class. What I did not expect is that I wouldn't even be able to make it into the working class. I am not optimistic regarding this and the only thing that will change my mind is finally being offered a full-time non-temporary job. I have applied to around 9,000 positions, including internships and temporary work, and have been hired for about four of them, all unpaid or temporary.
I am, however, optimistic regarding the student loan issue in particular, though this could be because I have little debt from college myself.
9000!?!? Sheesh.
I remember I was trying to apply to a summer internship thing at the math musuem here in NYC. However, I soon realized all it was was basically making high schoolers perform "normal" jobs to maintain the museum for free with minimal stuff in exchange. They basically high schoolers to work 6 days a week 9-5 unpaid which really seems messed up.
Unless your a student trying to build your resume/gain experience, is there any reason to apply for unpaid positions? That seems really messed up.
I think one downside to our generations is that applications to jobs are increasingly becoming more competative and demanding more prior work experience and stuff on employees part. It used to be college guarenteed you a good position, but now it's often just a baseline.
However, once you get going it seems you can make decent or even good money depending upon your degree.
Building connections.
Obviously it’s better to be paid but even gaining connections in certain field is worth it if you are in a position that is a financially plausible path (Aka if your parents are rich)
