I Feel Like I'm Running Out Of Options.

[Guest Chance]

I got my Welding certification recently but its just the arc welding. Most people are looking for more experience with MIG or TIG, blue prints blah blah. I need more training in otherwords. Then there's MATH. Oh god, math. I don't even have a high school education skill of math. It's like elementary based. It stops at multiplication. I'll have to take a math class but I'm afraid I can't even pick up on that. The funny thing is, I'm a fantastic welder, I've knocked people out of their shoes how good I am. I don't want to give up because of my math barrier but what the hell?

So I've been trying to come up with side jobs I might be able to do to pay for more schooling. I had an interest in manufacturing but then theres shop math. I have interest in truck driving, but I need my license which I should have soon, but damnit then I wouldn't have time for school. Then I was interested in the Military for last resort, but I don't think they will allow transgenders, that would probably ruin me. I hate, people. If I have to I'll find some crap retail job, but even then nobody wants to hire me.

I feel like I'm not worth anything. By the time I finally get a job my friends will have had 6+ different jobs.

I'm starting to think I have to go to the bottom of the pit. Fast food.

I'm not the only one whose in similar positions, I'm more farther than my friend is at making progress. He's hopeless. So why do I feel bad? Because little things will set me off.

[Guest Emily Ray]

You should really check out Job Corps. They will give you training in a usable skill and support with housing and food while you are being trained.

Huggs

Emily

[JJ]

Take a deep breath Chance. You still havelots of time and lots of possibilities. From your post it sounds like you really like welding as well as being good at it. Rule number one for having a happy life (Unless like is you are trans then it becomes rule number 2 ) is to find what you love doing and do it. If you need schooling then fond a way to do it. Sacrifice now if you need to because the payoff is the rest of your life. A pretty good trade off. It often helps to write things down instead of going round and round in your head. Like what you really want to do followed by possible ways to get there and then what you can be doing now to make those ways work. Because it organizes thoughts and gets them out of a grove often things you hadn't thought of will come to you when you write thing down.

Life isn't a sprint to see who gets what fastest. It's a process and what counts is finding what you want and how best to do it. Then giving it your best. It really is as hard and simple as that.

And the math problem? I am dyslexic in math-I change the order of numbers that I see or hear when I process them. If it is a problem like that many schools will accommodate your special learning needs. If it is just not ever getting it down then hire a tutor. If you hire a student it's relatively cheap and some schools offer tutoring services. Might not be fun but it's doable

Any job is okay and not something to be ashamed about as long as it is part of a plan to get you where you are going. It doesn't define your worth or your future

Johnny

Johnny

[Guest terra]

Hey, just thought i'd chip in a bit and say "we're not so different, you and i"

I am also really awesome at welding and have huge problems with maths as i'm inflicted with discalculia (i'm not sure if thats the right spelling but number dyslexia basically).

You should keep in mind that welding s a very artistic thing, people usually think its not but it is. You kinda got to feel what the metal is doing and get the temperatures just rght... Wait you know this lol. What i mean to say is artistic people, in whatever form thier artisticness is shown, find these irritating logical things nigh on impossible. You'll crack it eventually though, try finding a way to apply the maths to what you know, give the numbers letters n stuff and generally fiddle about with it so eventually you find a way around the problems

But yeah, being jobless gets a bit overwhelming at times, and maybe even a bit dpressing because you lose you're rythme. It'll get better with time and you will begin to see your options more clearly. Try exorcising to burn off exess energy and you'll get into a way of working that allows you to know when you can take action.

I hope this makes sense to you and i hope everything works out, it will in time, gottA jump through the hoops and take some **** sometimes to get where you wanna be

sorry for the terrible typing as well.

Good luck

[Guest terra]

Was meaning to finnish that off with; good luck young welder

terra the blacksmith

[Guest Chance]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I'll try to figure this out. Just need some reassurance I suppose.

[Guest terra]

It'll be groovy eventually i'm sure

[Guest Nebulous]

Hey there, don't give up!

I got my first job when I was 24 (I'm 26 now) working in a kitchen, I had no previous experience and I have always had major problems with maths. I only learned how to read analogue time shortly before highschool! I had been looking for work since highschool, no one gave me a chance. Got there eventually though!

Keep at it, and you'll find something. If you can do a job and it's paying, doesn't matter if it's not your ideal work situation, there is no shame in that.

Would be a shame to give up though. You're not ever worthless, what someone does for a job doesn't have anything to do with what an individual is worth. Leave no stone unturned in the search for employment success, and if people don't want to hire you, it's their loss.