I would love to be able to find something I enjoy. Unfortunately, my time and money are limited. I have a number of things I'm interested in, but there's no way

I would love to be able to find something I enjoy. Unfortunately, my time and money are limited. I have a number of things I'm interested in, but there's no way to get a free trial to see if I'd truly enjoy them. It has to be an all in decision, whether that sacrificing time to try to build the skills necessary (which could very likely be in vain as as you can teach yourself skills, but you cannot teach yourself experience, which is weighted much hire than skills in many areas) or something else. It's very rare for me to see a job that makes me thing "oh this looks very cool and is something I'd like to do", and when I do see one, I almost certainly do not have the skills or experience to obtain it. If I were to try to work towards it, I'd probably fail too, as by the time I find myself at a point where I could comfortably apply, the job is gone, and I've wasted time that could have been spent elsewhere. Additionally, despite what many people here seem to think, many careers and companies (even with SW development) still heavily rely on credentialism, where if you don't have any, or the right type of credentials you're out of luck.