I came from below the poverty line to now being just below middle income, I managed to get enough together to afford tertiary education for myself (mechanical engineering) but once qualified always ended up being overlooked for positions in favour of candidates with experience in the industry (from memory it was something like 10 jobs where i was the runner up candidate from multistage interviews), after 5years of applying with no luck I gave up on that dream that cost me every cent I could save but ended up in me returning to meaningless sales jobs i hate but have a natural knack at, everyone i work woth constantly remind me im too switched on for being stuck in jobs like this but everytime i try to get out something happens (latest being covid unemployment draining 40k of savings for a house deposit).

Not everyone that gets education wins,

Not everyone that gives their all succeeds,

but you just learn to deal with that being life and take pleasure in the little things.