The things which I know and am good at and the things I am being utilized for have very little overlap right now, as evidenced by the fact I was thrown in a tool shop and told "go do this" and then had no idea what I was doing. Haven't been in a shop since high school and while it's enjoyable stuff that I wouldn't mind relearning, it came across like I was expected to already know my way around. My boss' perception of an engineer, and what my skillset actually is don't match up at all and it's frustrating, to say the least.

I keep thinking about how the things I've been working on don't actually help anybody, make anyone's life better, and that's what I want to do. Starting to work on the resume again (anyone want to review it?) and thinking about what I want to do...maybe I'll join the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps or something because I'm rapidly hitting the doooooooooon't caaaaaaaaaare point. On the bright side, I've been working on a small team to complete a grant application which would create multiple paid part-time positions related to media equity and digital literacy, which would be amazing. That's been an enjoyable experience. Moreso than work, really.