How to cope with how terrible the job market is?
I live in a pretty rural area so my options are very limited, which is why I'm looking for remote work. I recognize that makes my chances at landing a job a lot more difficult, but I didn't think it was going to be this bad.
I've got 5 years of being a Systems Administrator with a few certs under my belt (CISSP, AWS Solutions Architect, expired CYSA+ & Sec+). I've worked deep in Linux and Windows systems, migrated on-prem to vCenter, migrated vCenter to AWS, scripted menial tasks away, managed M365 environments and local AD environments, worked through various audits, set up Cisco switches and all sorts of Firewalls, hardened networks, managed devices, etc.
And I feel unemployable.
I'm studying Terraform for a couple of weeks and am trying to lab it out more so I can maybe compliment my resume with some mention of IaC, but I still feel like it's not enough. Like, what the fuck is going on? It feels like I am so far behind, and that my career is more or less disappearing. Seriously, I can't believe I am thinking that I might need to pivot careers to survive. And I don't even know what I would do because I have no other major skills, computers have been my think since I was a kid.
Every job I look at wants what I have, and more. I just can't believe it. How can I cope with this, and how am I supposed to land a job in this market? I genuinely wish I could afford therapy right now.