>>19887168> I grew up with people "astounded at my intellect" too. Turns out that it doesn't mean shit. You have to actually work really hard to get anywhere. I spent years and years in shitty jobs I hated, but I worked hard and learned and networked.I mean yeah I get that, but I can’t even get a foot in the door. All my “networking” is the rich (mostly finance) people at my church and from tour guiding which is a more individualistic job.
> My advice is to find whatever you think you could be passionate about. Not necessarily what you actually like, but what you feel like you could really put some effort into. Go out in person and try to get meetings with important people in that field. Try to show them why you actually care enough to make a difference. Find something and dominate it.Unfortunately, I’ve tried this. My degree was history, and my passions include pretty much anything surrounding that plus stuff like language, nature/outdoors, art, physical fitness, and really anything that isn’t hard sciences or heavy on math. It hasn’t gotten me very far, because if I get offered anything it’s basically stuff that pays even worse than what I do now and with worse benefits. The only networking I’ve done that seems successful is artistic, I like acting, theater and modeling and I’ve actually gotten further in those departments than I have with like a concrete “career” job. It’s just that I was hoping to do something that pays okay while I pursue those things to give me a stable base, but that hasn’t happened. So I’m just going ahead with the artistic stuff and maybe applying to being a bartender somewhere that allows me to network, like the social clubs in Boston.
