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Maybe make a list of fields or areas that interest you... and then see if anyone in your social network or friends group are in those fields? Buy them a cup of coffee or a beer and pick their brains. See what the like or don't like about it, how they got started, what they would do different, etc.

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Unfortunately most of my friends were in a worse position than me prior to the layoffs. Most are more educated than me, but work menial office jobs that don’t pay well.

I remember talking to someone working in insurance claims processing, offering that their company was hiring, but apparently you need a degree to do that.

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