I don’t have a degree but I’m good at lying on my resume, it was how I was able to get a job that I maintained for a year. I hate working as does everyone but I’m more vocal about hating it and often get myself into trouble. I don’t have college credits or degrees or any certifications or training. I’m autistic too so most the jobs I’ve had have been extremely uncomfortable. Ideally I would like to work with flowers even though I have no experience I really like them and think it’s quiet but I think these are few and far between. My unemployment runs out soon so I really need to find work but I just don’t know what to do.
No qualifications, no drivers license, no college degree, nothing just a loser NEET
Warehouse pays better than retail and you don’t have to deal with customers. If you work in a large warehouse you can basically dissappear into the background
Legal weed work hires with no education and is sort of like working with flowers
IDK how things are in your area in this regard, but what you need to get a software development job can be made/achieved without a degree.
Namely, you need to make a portfolio of projects on GitHub or analogous platform. Those projects should demonstrate your ability to work with relevant technologies and understanding of some of the relevant concepts.
A way to look up relevant technologies and skills is to go to a job-searching website and read the requirements of relevant jobs.
coding “boot camps” are a thing, and i’ve had several colleagues who’ve emerged from them.
i’m also a non-degreed developer, fwiw.
Note, I am a degreed developer. The only thing that you can’t replicate without a university is working with a supercomputer. Everything else can be studied and done on one’s own and/or with the help of forums (such as Hexbear itself) and developer groups of open-source projects that you can (and should, if you pursue this path) join.
Also, only a few universities even have supercomputers to begin with.
Trade work.
The weakness takes care of itself, don’t worry about that. The trans stuff… Yeah I’m sorry the trades can be rough even for cishet people, can’t imagine how it’d be as a trans person. You shouldn’t discount it entirely though, there are queer tradies out there and some of them run their own companies.
Ideally I would like to work with flowers even though I have no experience I really like them and think it’s quiet but I think these are few and far between.
It’s usually seasonal work and the pay is probably bad, but look into horticulture roles with your local/regional parks departments. It’s the only job I’ve had where I’ve gone home feeling like I did something good every day. I plant flowers for the benefit of people who will never pay me, the public constantly compliments that work, and the moment I get off work to walk my dog I’m my own customer. Everyone there was motivated by values like environmental stewardship and community so it’s a super supportive workplace that’s more conscious of labour/discrimination laws. In terms of training/degrees, most of my coworkers have no formal horticulture background and the department pays for their training.
UPS package handler/warehouse jobs are pretty good from what I hear, but it’s fairly hard work. It’s part time, but it has benefits, a union and has opportunities to get extra hours. I think it pays the same $21 starting pay everywhere, which is good for my area at least.
Absolutely no qualifications needed, you just apply online when they have openings and they give you a start date.
