My dad got me a job at his company when I was a school. It was a boring data entry job but I stayed there for 2 years because the hours were flexible and the little extra money was nice. All I did was take hand-written invoices and typed them into an inventory application. At first they did not have such an application so I built one myself using Access, but as they opened more branches and I had to manage more data they purchased an off-the-shelf system. Every day I would get hundreds of invoices and most of them were written in a hurry and you have to figure out what they say. It is very easy to make mistakes like entering 100 instead of 10 for some quantity.
This kind of job could easily be automated by having the invoices entered to the system at the sale points when the purchase is made. It was a small office with 3 people and since there was no place for me my desk was in some medicine storage room which had to be kept cold. Sitting alone from 6 to 2 in a refrigerator was terrible. On the other hand, you don't have that much choice when you are starting out. Having worked 3 jobs after that, it seems that you (or at least I) can never be content, with few exceptions jobs are not meant to be fun. There are better environments and there are careers you care about, but you'll always have annoying coworkers, a stupid boss, bad customers, small desk or some other annoyance that will be exaggerated because you have to deal with it on daily basis.
So what you do is get the most out of what you're doing now, and look for better opportunities. In the worst case, a job would teach you some basic people skills that are useful in life. It might also gives you some perspective on things. Even if you don't get anything from your job, it's not worth getting depressed about something temporary. As cheesy as it might sound, being positive about things is better for you in the long run.
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Speaking of making the most of what you've got and being positive. Even if you're stuck in a mind numbing job, there are probably other interesting jobs in the same place you work, and if you talk to people you might learn about them. For example, when I worked in data entry I used to talk to several accountants who worked in an office next door, and I learned a lot about what they do (mostly out of boredom, and sometimes because I had to prepare reports for my boss). I got a developer job later, and since we were developing financial applications that knowledge was useful after all.
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Haha, I love you Ramci. I originally skipped your post because your posts tend to be hard to follow, then I thought it's not fair and that particular post started normal. I guess I was right after all.
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Soul numbing jobs!