I am currently working a contract job as a research engineer doing software programming at some university. However, that contract is expiring soon and I do not have a job lined up.
I did try to apply to jobs months ago in response to the terrible job market in Singapore. So I am getting ghosted or rejected.
If I am not able to get a new job soon I will see myself working in a retail shop around me. Looking for a job is so depressing with all the applications and rejections you get.
There is also another option which I am planning to do. I can go into entrepreneurship. Its scary, but I have to bite the bullet and get into it. Otherwise my monthly expenses will cause a deficit in my savings.
And there is my savings. It will probably last me about 4 months if I cut my spending to zero. I am living with my parents right now, so I do not have to worry about bills at the moment.
But the challenge still stands. Within 2 months I have to make it or lose it. Just the thought makes me scared, insecure and panic.
I am just trying out things to see which works for me. I have started a game dev account in itch.io and released 2 games over there. I have plans for the third game but I will need time, time that is unfortunately consumed by my job. I can work on it after working hours so I can commit 1 or 2 hours a day to game dev. Since I am using this time to write this blog post at the moment. I have plans to start a Twitter (X) account and link it to that profile on itch.io
I also have a blog about fountain pens too. I am having trouble coming up with ideas to write on the blog. So it is not getting any traffic. It is so difficult to constantly coming up with ideas to write about. However, I have to keep trying if I want to monetize the blog.
I can also abandon the blog and the itch.io profile and start a new one, but that is going back to square one. Maybe if I can write about a simpler niche it is worth starting over. In this case I will have to experiment what niches are worth pursuing.
So these are my options. Either go into entrepreneurship or go into a job that totally unrelated to software engineering. As of now I am trying to balance both options. If I can get a job, I can at least have less things to worry about.