Going to lose my current, non software development job due to replacement (not by AI, but by other humans), and I have a quite limited number of skills. I especially bad with waking up early, so most “local” (requires 2 hours of travel) factory jobs are out.
I don’t have a portfolio of great companies I worked at, nor with games I worked on, nor with websites. I also live far away from job opportunities that are relevant for me.
I’m personally more afraid of my mother, who believes, Hungary has easy to access “DEI grants”, so she sent me all places for an “official autism diagnosis” (including an asylum, in the middle of a pandemic), so employers will be lining up for me with all kind of job opportunities, because she read that on a nazi news site. Reality is ableism is so rampant I get called slurs at worst, and otherwise I have to deal with conspiracy theories aimed at me straight out of Forrest Gump. She wants me to apply to all unqualified positions I can, because she read that as a suggestion online.
Seeing how you’re considering factory jobs, have you considered trucking?
It’s fairly easy, quick and cheap to get a license. You’ll be your own boss. You don’t have to deal with annoying colleugues, just the regular calls from your planners telling you to do their imposisble schulde and you tell them you’ll do what you can and the rest can wait till tomorrow. The job is often much easier and less tedious than factory work, because you can just listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks. And if you have to wait, or sleep over, you can bring out your laptop or your switch and do some gaming, coding, netflix, whatever.
Most trucking jobs require you to get up early,but some don’t. There are overnight trailer switch jobs. There are supermarkets and fresh-food stores that need over night stocking. Those are just some examples from the top of my head.
I did supply for a bakery chain. 16.00 till 22.00 and 6 days a week. The salary wasn’t getting me rich, but it payed the bills.