I want to scream my intolerable fear to vent out my horrid frustration!

[Turanil]

Okay, I must SCREAM somewhere!! Because (my) life is intolerable!!

Well! Here is my problem!! Here, in this country of crap (France), my own professional sector is in crisis. But I suspect this whole country of sh*t is in total crisis but the government tries to hide it from us!! (okay, okay, sorry, it's political, but for a far off country you don't care about in any way).

SO MY PROBLEM IS: I DON'T FIND WORK!! For the last six months nearly nothing! (okay, it was good to spend all day long on Enworld but...) AND NOW I WON'T GET MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT ANYMORE!! My six months of government's aid have ran out!!

So: I found two potential clients (in fact three, but the first disappeared 3 months ago). Each of them had a fine project: something that would have given me work regularly, all the year, probably for a long time (and well paid at that). For the three of them I did sample work to show them if it would be what they needed. Each of them said they were pleased with what I did, and said we would work together very soon. So, the first one, I alredy knew it has disappeared (his project must have been a total failure). But the second one, they told me this morning that the project is also dead (their client changed his mind, it is too costly). So there is now only the third one. I brought him my samples this morning. He looked satisfied but will give me his answer by the end of the week. Fact is, he contacted 75 free-lances, then selected 3 of them, which includes me. Those three he asked to do samples. I did my best, but the two others cannot be bad (if selected among 75 professionals!).

SO I AM HERE WAITING IN TOTAL ANXIETY AND RAGE!! By the end of the week, it may be just a 1-2 on a d6 roll to see if I am saved or if I become another hobo on the street!! AAAARRGH!! It's absolutely intolerable! This work is my last chance! THE LAST OR I AM LOST!!! I NEEEED THIS JOB, PLEASE IF THERE IS SOME GOD OUT THERE WILLING TO HELP ME!!! (sorry for the religious infringement).

And you know what. I have just met a fine woman as I want. Things look very promising. However, if I go bankrupt, I am not going to try to see her anymore. So twice the loss.

AAAAHHHH THE SUFFERING...

AAARGH....

AAAhhhh... bouhouhou...

 

[ajanders]

I know

Same situation here, but I do documentation and analysis, not coding.
Time to push a little harder, see a few more people, prepare a fallback position in a cheap temping firm...or the deli around the corner needs a counter guy.
Can't provide help, mon ami, just sympathy.
aja

 

[jonesy]

Become a Finnish citizen.
Apply for unemployment.
Go back to France as a work seeking Finn.
You now get unemployment benefits from Finland, but can apply for jobs in France.

One of the very weird things EU legislation allows these days.

Of course the citizenship part is the hardest and takes the longest and probably rules the whole thing out for you.

 

[Turanil]

Of course the citizenship part is the hardest and takes the longest and probably rules the whole thing out for you.

Maybe I could try to marry a Finnish woman to get citizenship? But well, which woman would want of penniless and jobless (and not even good looking) man who doesn't speak her language?



Life is hard, hard, hard...

Please some god, grandfather of spirits, supra-yogi of the Himalyas, whoever, give me luck!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

You are in my prayers Turanil. I know how frustrating it can be, I have been jobless for almost three years, lucky for me that my family is nice enough to support me in my late 20s. I hope everything works out for you.

 

[Torm]

Not able to provide much direct help - I'm in the U.S., and in much the same circumstances as you are at the moment, with the addition of having a wife and two kids - but a couple of things about what you've posted:

1. If you don't get this client, you say you'll be homeless. Homeless people have to do things we regard as undignified. So why not skip to that? - Call your client and suggest to him politely that, should it happen that the three samples are on par and he needs something else to help him decide, he should consider that, since possibly unlike the competition you have no other clients, you will be able to dedicate all of your attention and talent to his project. Feeling it out, maybe even go so far as to actually tell him that without his project you will be in a financial predicament. You may not like the way it feels to do this, but it feels better than homeless.

2. If this girl you have met is really worthwhile and doing okay for herself, consider for a moment that you have become the Holy Grail for women - a nice fixer-upper. Let her take care of you if she will, just don't take advantage - keep trying to get back on your own feet.

Good Luck. Let us know what happens.

 

[reanjr]

1. If you don't get this client, you say you'll be homeless. Homeless people have to do things we regard as undignified. So why not skip to that? - Call your client and suggest to him politely that, should it happen that the three samples are on par and he needs something else to help him decide, he should consider that, since possibly unlike the competition you have no other clients, you will be able to dedicate all of your attention and talent to his project. Feeling it out, maybe even go so far as to actually tell him that without his project you will be in a financial predicament. You may not like the way it feels to do this, but it feels better than homeless.

Yes that way, if they otherwise couldn't make a decision, they now know that no one else wants to hire him. A fine distinction from the other applicants.

2. If this girl you have met is really worthwhile and doing okay for herself, consider for a moment that you have become the Holy Grail for women - a nice fixer-upper. Let her take care of you if she will, just don't take advantage - keep trying to get back on your own feet.

Good Luck. Let us know what happens.

Yeah, if she's got money, you can become a homemaker. I one day hope to find a relationship like that.

 

[Torm]

Yes that way, if they otherwise couldn't make a decision, they now know that no one else wants to hire him. A fine distinction from the other applicants.

Well, I was counting on Turanil to know from his client whether or not this seems like a good idea or not. And I did preface it with saying that I'm in the same spot he's in - so I may not be the best person to listen to about this. :\

Yeah, if she's got money, you can become a homemaker. I one day hope to find a relationship like that.

NOT what I meant, which I think was pretty obvious from what I actually said - but if that balance works for some couples, so be it.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Man, I hope this comes through for you. Just try to keep in mind that in Seattle, the one time captiol of technology, there's a lot of computer programmers and IT people waiting tables.

Oh, and I don't know how things work in France, but sometimes bankruptcy ends up being more of a blessing than a curse.

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

 

[Darkness]

*hugs*

I hope you'll have the best of luck, Turanil.