Stuck goin no where!
So I work in the casino industry for 23 years as a table games supervisor. I hate it! I work every holiday and weekend and barely see my wife and kids. I dont get holiday pay, no holiday gift or bonus, no bereavement pay just straight pay. My salary is $78,000 a year. I've been applying for every job you can think of and get rejected repeatedly. I'm great at what I do and probably top 3 in my position. There's no growth and if there was its $5 more a day with more responsibility. I've been screwed over by friends and family who are in the business and promised better positions but pretty ghost me. I just wanna succeed. I'm 42 and feel times running out in someone hiring me. I'm miserable especially around the holidays because I work. Any advice would be appreciated.
Oh I don't know I'm new to this
This isn't really "gaming career"... 😂😂
While you're not in tech, your predicament can happen to anyone, including those in tech. One way is to see if there's any other position within your casino that gives you more like a regular 9 to 5 job. You should start by talking to others in the casino and network from there. Good luck!
Write a book titled "Beating the house: Inside secrets from a 20+ year pit boss". The contents could be bullshit but you know there's an audience for stuff on the topic. Use the book money to start getting better at something you actually want to do.
Good advice
This is boss advice. If you can get a publisher great, if not try self publish and figure a really good marketing person/influencer/micro-celebrity otherwise you’ll not be rich.
OP could be an engineer or work on the EGM or video poker side of casino gaming. OP, what role are you in?
I've applied for many positions with big companies like DraftKings and Evolution games to run their online casino on the east coast. After 3 phone interviews and the old "you'll definitely hear from us" I was ultimately denied the position.
My position is a supervisor of table games. Ive watched billionaires, millionaires, celebrities, musicians and more.
Go get your degree or another degree.
Hardly worth it at 42
If you're working weekends and holidays, maybe you can try for a masters during regular business hours in programming? It might take 2-3 years, but you'll probably make more right out of school as an entry level engineer than what you currently make. But I have no idea where you live. Those salaries are more attainable in Bay Area, Seattle, NYC, but with obviously higher cost of living, and with wife and kids, it's going to be tough.
I would suggest you to go to a bootcamp first and see if tech is the right thing for you. Either a web dev bootcamp or a dev ops bootcamp.
Wait is this a general population app now? I thought it was tech workers... My advice is work in tech and not in casinos.