I’ve been out of work since September. I may yet be reinstated (the decision-maker has been stalling since November), but supposing otherwise, I need advice.
My one known marketable skill is wordprocessing, which will eventually be obsolete as voice recognition improves (or more people do their own typing). It has been suggested that I try telephone tech support; but the suggestion did not come from someone with any idea how to seek such a job. Other ideas?
It seems not unlikely that the San Francisco Bay has an excess of people like me, while some other place (perhaps with cheaper housing) has a deficit. Where might that place be?
Some years ago I took a Unix admin course; insomnia and a series of colds (it was a chilly November) conspired to prevent my absorbing anything. I might try again. My One True Ex thinks I ought to learn accounting. What other skills might I acquire in less than a year?
Teaching perhaps? Math? Or more specifically geometry?
I had a teacher push me in school (computer science, fwiw) in ways I did not completely comprehend until I was well into my engineering program….
I don’t claim enough patience for teaching.
My union rep didn’t answer my last three messages, so I sent a note to my shop steward, who tells me that the appeal was denied on Jan.20. (I didn’t howl in despair for almost an hour. Dunno whether that’s a good sign or not.)
I think you are doomed to be a writer. Perhaps writing a column ala The Straight Dope, perhaps for a daily or weekly whose company isn’t going bankrupt, or for a savvy web site that pays.
There’s a surprising name out of the woodwork!