It's getting so frustrating I must say it out

makitCount said:

Since January I have so much free time. Quit my manager job in December 2025, and I have vow never to engage in any physical jobs in my country. Spent over 5 years on a 9-5 job for a pay of $71 monthly. No promotion, no salary increase, most times even work overtime with no extra pay, worst of all I get to see my family just twice a month. Having no other option I had to call it quit, and final good bye to the corporate world.

Early this year, I concluded on learning a skill. I'm more of the analytical, and logic type, so I settled for programming, python automation to be precise. But I kept having doubts if this is a viable and worthwhile part. These doubts have made my learning process very frustrating. This week I'm learning, the other week I'm searching for something I think is more viable, the week after that I've dumped that and searching for even more viable path.

I've wasted half of this year hopping from trying to learn 1 skill or the other. Truth be told I enjoy python automation, but I just don't have that firm believe of it being viable with AI spitting codes, logics, algorithms in seconds, that would have taken me hours to figure out, let's not even talk of automation platforms like zapier, n8n, and others.

I've been on my bed all day feeling lost, confused, and overwhelmed. My goal is wanting to earn online even if it is $2/hr. And I'm ready to put in the needed effort, and time in learning these skills, I'm just feeling overwhelmed on options to take, don't know if it is because I'm under financial pressure.

A few info about my personality. Strongly introverted, camera shy, have access to stable electricity, average internet access (No money for starlink yet), can be very focused when engaged.

In summary even though life itself is not sure, what skill or something I can do online that can increase my chances of earning at least $300 monthly if I remain focus and consistent for the remaining part of the year? I'm ready to do anything no matter how tedious, boring, time consuming, provided it is not illegal.

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makitCount said:

Since January I have so much free time. Quit my manager job in December 2025, and I have vow never to engage in any physical jobs in my country. Spent over 5 years on a 9-5 job for a pay of $71 monthly. No promotion, no salary increase, most times even work overtime with no extra pay, worst of all I get to see my family just twice a month. Having no other option I had to call it quit, and final good bye to the corporate world.

Early this year, I concluded on learning a skill. I'm more of the analytical, and logic type, so I settled for programming, python automation to be precise. But I kept having doubts if this is a viable and worthwhile part. These doubts have made my learning process very frustrating. This week I'm learning, the other week I'm searching for something I think is more viable, the week after that I've dumped that and searching for even more viable path.

I've wasted half of this year hopping from trying to learn 1 skill or the other. Truth be told I enjoy python automation, but I just don't have that firm believe of it being viable with AI spitting codes, logics, algorithms in seconds, that would have taken me hours to figure out, let's not even talk of automation platforms like zapier, n8n, and others.

I've been on my bed all day feeling lost, confused, and overwhelmed. My goal is wanting to earn online even if it is $2/hr. And I'm ready to put in the needed effort, and time in learning these skills, I'm just feeling overwhelmed on options to take, don't know if it is because I'm under financial pressure.

A few info about my personality. Strongly introverted, camera shy, have access to stable electricity, average internet access (No money for starlink yet), can be very focused when engaged.

In summary even though life itself is not sure, what skill or something I can do online that can increase my chances of earning at least $300 monthly if I remain focus and consistent for the remaining part of the year? I'm ready to do anything no matter how tedious, boring, time consuming, provided it is not illegal.

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makitCount said:

what skill or something I can do online that can increase my chances of earning at least $300 monthly if I remain focus and consistent for the remaining part of the year?

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• stick to Python for 1 full year
• build small boring automations
• freelance cheap at first just to get proof/results
• ignore AI killed coding doomposts

xmastox said:

Stick with Python automation and go all in for 6–12 months — AI won’t replace people who can actually solve problems and build working systems for businesses.

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WPGads said:

Stop switching paths every 2 weeks. That’s the real thing killing you, not AI
Python automation is still very viable because businesses don’t pay for code, they pay to save time and remove repetitive work

If I were you:

• stick to Python for 1 full year
• build small boring automations
• freelance cheap at first just to get proof/results
• ignore AI killed coding doomposts

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Korovka said:

What exactly are you going to automate? I could be wrong, but I think you need to have a deep understanding of specific domains to know what needs to be automated. All the easy and general stuff has already been automated and there are established products on the market.


Media buying is a good niche, but you either need your own budget you can afford to lose or you need to find an internship role to learn.
You can create accounts and sell them or use them to sell services (reddit, trustpilot, fb, etc.)
You can become a VA.
You can start a Youtube channel. There are tons of tools that make creating videos much easier than before. Just not the typical AI slop. Create something of quality.

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