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mh, age, ageism 

i've spent so much time obsessed with computers, and at the end of the day, software and engineering are such toxic environments to try to make a living in.

also, i'm in my mid 40s, and i'm a fat trans woman with a spotty employment history and chronic mental and physical illnesses. don't know where that leaves me.

feel like i would have been better off as a person studying something like sociology, but i feel too poor and broken to start all over. having a rough couple of days.

mh, age, ageism 

@confusedcharlot Sending support 💖

Some thoughts:
Tech is extra yuck, but maybe if you're interested in sociology and the like, you could get involved with orgs using tech for social research? It might put you on a path into a different life but without the debts of schooling?

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