This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons.I lost my job at a bookstore due to COVID. Spent 20 years of my life there, had a kid, divorced, now a single parent trying to make it through this pandemic alive. Have any laid off booksellers had success moving into a completely new career path?A little about me: have fantastic communication skills, undergrad English degree (hey, I got this in the '90's when it was slightly more socially acceptable to get one, and this was my skill set), am very good with people, but admittedly struggle with an Excel spreadsheet, have no idea how to code (but wouldn't be a good fit for that career anyway). Sadly, I have no bestselling novel about to get published. Do you remember that Hugh Grant movie called "Notting Hill?" Where he works in a bookstore with goofy customers and Julia Roberts comes in and they start dating? Well, I am basically that Hugh Grant character (charming as hell, book smart, not tech smart) without the Julia Roberts bit. My store was full of dinosaurs like me. Now we are roaming the desolate earth after the meteor hit.I'm not afraid of hard work, or doing temp work to pay the bills. But, I'm wildly curious if any other Reddit booksellers have happily moved on to more lucrative pastures? I am done with bookstores and refuse to work in a Barnes and Noble on principle. Any advice would be most welcome. And NO, I am not going to graduate school because I don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life. I don't need student loan debt. via /r/careerguidance https://ift.tt/34zkEhA
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