I’ve been applying for 2 years now and I’ve no more hope.

As the title says, I have no more hope. I’m desperate. I graduated with a double major in finance and IT. I do well in my work, but I chose the wrong path. I’ve always been interested by IB, PE, T&S, corp dev and all, but for immigration purposes I took the first job that I found as a financial Analyst, didn’t have the choice. I’ve been trying to pivot for 2 years now, did all the training possible, networked asf, sent more than a thousand CV’s (I’m not joking), but nothing, bc of my experience « not related »… I’m so motivated and ready to learn, why not giving me a chance? I got an interview for a T&S position few weeks ago, everything went super well, but didn’t get the job. It honestly broke me into parts. I’m a strong person, but I’ve been crying for a week now. I can’t keep up with my actual job, not motivated, not paid enough for the efforts and long hours, no growth perspective for me in that Exchange. Waking up for work is a pain, you can’t even imagine..

I’m sad 24/7 and lost all the little hope I had left. I can’t anymore.. I’m trying to get into a top MBA, taking debt for that if required, but any help and advices to pivot directly would be extremely appreciated.

Thanking you in advance

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