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I'd argue that employment data is so manipulated it's basically useless at this point.

I'd say 4/6 people I know working in tech (devs, pm's etc) are unemployed at the moment. Those looking for work are getting maybe one interview per 30 applications. These are people with FAANG credentials and over 8yrs of experience.

And that's in tech, can't imagine how things are going in other industries.

Yeah, I left after one friend in NYC was attacked on the subway and another beaten in broad daylight in Wallstreet after leaving his office.

Sad that even in my prior neighborhood (los altos) there are carjackings and armed home invasions now... Impossible to imagine in 2015 while I was there :(

Yeah, it's also getting less appealing because the whole "game" of fancy cars, expensive houses and showing how much you have just isn't that interesting to me.

I like investing basically all of my money and traveling whenever I want to. I'm not married yet so this has been working out pretty well - especially since I left NYC.

I've been to a number of countries that by GDP are "poor" compared to the US. They have perfect roads, very little crime and far fewer cultural problems that plague america.

Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands all seem to be getting along just fine.

Although I never had symptomatic covid, I'm relatively sure I've suffered some mild mental decline.

Before covid I had mild adhd and in a form that was diagnosed as auditory in nature, which means sometimes I hear words different than I say them.

I never remember having any kind of speech impediment as a kid, however nowadays I'll sometimes slur words or seemingly mess up my speech without realizing. It's been okay, but I'm considering some kind of speech therapy now.

I'm in my late 20s and honestly its just sort of hard to care about this anymore.

I fully acknowledge I'm not attractive and generally weird people out. I'm over it.

That said, since I'm very interested in keeping my health in good shape I'm not interested in anyone who isn't at the very least in half decent shape or doesn't have some kind of baseline college education.

Fortunately, I've still been able to date about ten people in my twenties and I've learned from each relationship but nothing has necessarily been "long term". Fortunately, in these cases I didn't really compromise standards and enjoyed my time dating.

To be frank, I have no idea how people who constantly have girlfriends do it? My best guess is they have way more energy to socialize or are just way more attractive than I am.