I've written about these thoughts before, but this bears repeating. The tech industry has nothing to offer anyone unless you're an H1B visa holder with 20 years experience in software and hardware that have only been out for 6 months. That can probably be said for a lot of industries nowadays.

Given the situation with my disabilities, I have nowhere to go as far as employment is concerned. There is no industry in my area, only service and retail. And I have a seething hatred for both not only because of the shitty management in most places, but the asshole customers who insist on trolling employees every chance they get.

There are no places where one can ply a trade i.e. farming, baking, carpentry because 'Murica's Bourgeoisie have destroyed all of those in the name of being ever profitable. Health has been destroyed by the pharma and hospital racket. Education destroyed by the push for privatization and for-profit diploma mills that drive young folks into debt with absolutely no prospects for employment and teachers forced to take second or even third jobs just to keep their heads above the water. Movements for social and economic change have been turned into objects of capitalist conformity. And with all that, families, neighborhoods, friendships and community have all been forsaken in the name of endless profit and empire.

People are aware of these things, yet they don't know what to do about it. We have one side telling us to blame the immigrants, feminists, millennials, people of color, gays, Jews, Muslims, etc. while the other tells us to blame working class white guys who are feeling the squeeze as much as anyone else. Either way, neither group offers solutions that are even worth considering. More of the same with a fresh coat of paint. Young people have all but given up because society has given up on them.

I can't be the only one who's tired of this shit. And it's plainly obvious that voting won't solve anything whatsoever, as if it ever did anyway. The Bourgeoisie will do all it can to destroy any coherent movement for real change as they always have.

So for now, I'm choosing to walk away from an industry that will never accept people with disabilities, save through tokenism in the name of image and profit motive. Most industries are like that, to be sure. That's just how capitalism works. But the tech industry is the worst in that respect. All over the news there are stories of executives talking about the 'untapped resource' of people with disabilities while discarding them when the cameras and watchdogs disappear.

So in closing, if you have any aspirations of going into the tech industry, I have this suggestion: Run. Run hard. Run fast. There's nothing but misery and boredom from lack of purpose and employment.