Title: Quit a low-paying C++ job (which was a horrible mistake) and now being unemployed for god knows how long.<p>So far, every single company I applied for, rejected my job application.
(Told me that they found a person better qualified than me.)<p>Some weeks have passed, I didn&#x27;t find anything new.
Have large amounts of debt and barely any savings.<p>I am exhausted and stressed to the point where I am already thinking about &quot;taking the easy way out&quot;.
Those rejections hit hard and the fact that I am not qualified enough (as they told me), just makes me question my existence even more.<p>It seems like I am going to be unemployed for a while.
I don&#x27;t know when this war will end and whether they want to nuke the Northern Hemisphere away or not.<p>However, I know, I am not alone in this and god knows how many people have it worse than me.
The uncertainty for me (and probably for many others) is really hard to endure.<p>So maybe I shouldn&#x27;t be exhausted or depressed as I am right now.
Maybe I should learn things and get distracted in these uncertain times.<p>Naval Ravikant suggests you to learn math.
Math and physics happens to be a hobby of mine.
Currently, (re-)studying linear algebra and analysis in R^n (multivariable calculus).
Those 2 areas in math interest me the most and I enjoy studying them.
Other than that, I like to watch physics lectures from Walter Lewin.
Trying to learn some Japanese with Genki.<p>All that is &quot;useless&quot;, but at least they bring me joy, and they distract me enough from this harsh economic reality.<p>On the other hand, I can learn something &quot;useful&quot; for whatever the job market demands of me.
As being mostly a C and C++ dev won&#x27;t cut it for me anyway.
However, I simply don&#x27;t feel like it.<p>Yeah, so I tried (looking for jobs), I failed (getting a new job), and now it looks like I need to come in terms with my unemployment and the fact that the world tanks right now.
Trying to do something &quot;useful&quot; in the meantime...<p>Signing off.
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