I'm hitting 6 months of unemployment and funds are running dry. My journey into becoming a Stock Marxist is going... ok I guess? I'm learning a lot and know so much more than I did in December, but the money isn't there to prove it.
So I'm looking for something to do that will not make me go insane. I had a temp job that ended in November, and before that I was working in a Software Dev role that caused my autistic self a lot of grief. My mind was in a dark place. It still is kind of there TBH.
I don't want to get back into software. The tech changes too much, the frameworks methodolies and endless meetings are frustrating, AND because everyone was told to "learn to code" I have close to 0% shot my resume gets picked out of a pile of 1000s of other applicants. I've been branching out into more data analysis/database type work and there's an AI tool I'm paying for to automate applying. I know it's not what I'm supposed to do, but I also know spending all day filling out job apps is not where I want to be either.
What other options are out there? Things I'm considering:
Rover (pet sitting)
Data Annotation (AI training)
Flipping things I can find for free or at thrift stores?
Fiverr? Help people with their WordPress sites or something...
IDK, any other ideas?
You looked into GIS jobs? Basically all Geospatial automation is done through JS and Python. ArcGIS Pro has some C# SDK for building tools as well. Basically every county is constantly hiring for these positions.
It's also nice because no framework rot. You're stuck with the API that Qgis and Esri push out and they barely ever change anything because so many counties and government rely on legacy code that they've never updated.
I've done some work with Esri in getting type hints into their Python library to make the dev experience better too.
Qgis is open source and used by most European (totally funded by the German government) municipalities, and ArcGIS/ESRI is the standard in the US. You can get a personal license to learn it for ~$100/yr and the forums are very friendly. Getting a bit of knowledge then applying to your counties GIS department would be a great way to get one of those cushy government jobs that doesn't pay the greatest, but it easy and has a fantastic pension.
GIS is pretty cool. I've looked into it before and kinda wish I went into the field.
This is a decent tutorial video if anyone wants to get started on QGIS: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=SovdBaus7pM
Apparently inv.nadeko.net is down so here's the YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SovdBaus7pM
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: