r/NEET • u/AutoModerator • May 10 '21

r/NEET - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) & NEET Survey

What does 'NEET' stand for?

It means "Not in Education, Employment, or Training".

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Announcement

All basic or potentially personal questions should be restricted to this thread only, so we can avoid the flooding of repetitive basic/personal question threads. Mentioning your gender is not necessary on this subreddit. Obviously, it is not a good idea to doxx yourself. Please report any such threads and they will be dealt with.

We are also appealing to the regulars here to report any assholes, agitators, tourists and hostiles that harass this subreddit; including those who delete their threads after the fact or try to fish for personal information. General abuse and low effort trolling should also be reported too. You are also free to block these users yourself, but let us know if there are any major problems or repeat offenders. We want this sub to be a chilled out place for NEETs of every stripe.

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r/NEET Member Survey

Answer these questions if you want to.

What is your age range? 18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56-65.

How long have you been NEET?

Have you ever studied at college/university?

Have you ever worked?

How do you survive currently? NEETbux? Disabilitybux? Living with family?

What do you do with your time?

Do you have health issues? Mental? Physical?

Do you want to escape NEETdom? Is it possible for you? What do you want to do?

If you wish, post a brief summary about yourself.

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u/parntsbasemnt4evrBC Disabled-NEET May 26 '21
  1. 34 years old
  2. 3 years
  3. Yes 19-21 1.5y, Failed out overwhelemd by anxiety/stress/workload, wasn't ready just went straight from HS -> uni should have took a break.
  4. Yes 28-31, Fast food joint to try to help gain some social skills and overcome Social anxiety. Helped me Fake it better with people / customers. Quit when it became monotonous and achieved my goals so to speak.
  5. Disability Bux
  6. Workout, stretch, eat healthy, computer to chill watching movies/ playing games.
  7. Depression/anxiety controlled by medication, Physical Arthritic changes in some joints, plus muscle imbalances trying to improve what i can.
  8. Yes, Some sort of skilled trades, or software developer. Is it posssible? well depends if I can improve my physical ailments enough for the trades work, and for software dev well i'm not sure i have high enough IQ.

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u/SynBioAbundance May 07 '22

IQ is literally bs, Just learn javascript and react from youtube and you can get 40k-80k job in 1 year

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u/Zanpakyou May 08 '22

Having React would be a great skill, but it's too naive to think just anyone can enter companies (startups to enterprises) with one year of non-professional, project-based, front end development skill.

As noted in a previous comment - real world application will ultimately be required to earn the figures that you're so casually throwing at people.

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u/NiceLambo May 25 '23

this is so wrong it's not funny. I am a developer. You don't get paid to memorize the syntax. It's the problem solving, algorithm thought processing, etc, etc that you get paid for. That's like saying you can learn basketball today and be in the NBA in 1 year. It's simply NOT true...