Üniversite diplomamı almak için geri dönen bir aptal gibi hissediyorum.

27 yaşındayım. 22 yaşımda üniversiteye geri döndüm. Bundan önce inşaatlarda genel işçi olarak çalışıyordum. Bilgisayar mühendisliği mezunuyum ve alanımda iş bulamıyorum. Bu yılın mayıs ayında mezun oldum. Yerel okul bölgemde temizlikçi olarak çalışıyorum ve yoksulluk maaşı alıyorum.

Bu arada küçük erkek kardeşim (23) IBEW’ye katıldığından beri gelecek yıl lisans alacak. 2. sınıftayken kendine bir ev sahibi olmaya, yeni bir araba kullanmaya, güzel tatiller yapmaya, daha iyi kıyafetler almaya vs. yetecek kadar para kazandı. Ben ise gün içinde mühendislik dersleri aldığım için oda arkadaşlarımla kira ödemekte zorlanıyordum.

Ben onun izinden gidip sendikaya bile katılamıyorum çünkü 2 yıl bekleme var.

Öğrenim kredileri yüzünden 25 bin dolar çukurdayım ve diplomam bir işe yaramıyor.

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  1. Yuun___
    Kasım 17, 2025 - 8:07 pm

    How are you applying to jobs ? Don’t give up ! Everyone told me my degree was useless ( art ) but now I work in museums ! No degree is useless if you know where to look. Have you considered moving where there is more work in your field ? I live in Europe and plenty tech jobs

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  2. Zoning03
    Kasım 17, 2025 - 8:07 pm

    Keep your head up brother, we’re all meant to walk our own path for a reason, I’m sure everything will work out for you 💯

    What does your brother do exactly for work?

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  3. EqualAardvark3624
    Kasım 17, 2025 - 8:07 pm

    you’re not an idiot
    you’re just in the pain gap between effort and payoff

    college sold you the long game
    your brother played the short one
    they *both* come with tradeoffs

    what helped me stop spiraling was treating my job hunt like a product launch
    [NoFluffWisdom](https://NoFluffWisdom.com/Subscribe) had a system for career pivots that got me out of “wait and hope” mode

    regret is loudest right before things shift

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  4. TawGrey
    Kasım 17, 2025 - 8:07 pm

    Starting out in any career area is going to be “at the bottom.” Programs from non-profits like “credit car counseling” services – not sure if that can apply to you? But, also may be some sort of govt compensation – I heard of something like that where some debt is taken care of, but not sure what may be extant now.
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    Ideally, you would have got some skill and ability which is of enough value that a corporation would pay you something for it. This is the first I have ever heard of such a degree not being worth it. I can imagine that things like AI or other such advances may have reduced the need over the years?
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    One good site that I use and benefits myself is LinkedIn. You may find something such as a sales engineer type position where the main requirement is the degree.
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    As to finances, there is a organization called “Crown” – you can look them up. It is primarily a Christian ministry with resources of how to do financial planning. Am a Christian, myself, and even if one does not like that, I think that it may be worth checking out.

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