🍿 300 apps later and still no UX job

Burned a year chasing UX, padded the resume, even got prof praise... still nothing but unpaid gigs and silence.

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CareerSnacks Team
August 17, 2025

Inside today’s Insider exclusive snack: An Informatics grad padded their resume with projects, sent 300 applications, and is now debating if nursing is the only way out. Today’s Snack Drop is a surprising policy role that pays up to 75K and doesn’t need grad school.

🎁 Snack Drop is UNCOMMON.

🎟️ Pickle Draw odds: 1 in 21 (4.76%).

👀 Figuring out your career alone sucks.

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