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Hi 29M here. I recently finished grad school in a STEM adjacent field, but it’s been a grueling job search process. Over the past year I’ve been actively job searching and interviewing, and even was a final candidate for a couple of positions.

I have a temporary job outside of my field to (barely) make ends meet, and I’ve been putting in some time to build my skills.

My question are:

1. Would women understand my career transition phase?
2. Is it a good idea for me to date now anyways?

I was having a conversation with a friend that said that even though he liked someone in our church, he didn’t want to date her because she dated someone else in our (fairly small) church a couple of years ago.

I know it’s part of what the secular world calls the “bro-code” but why is it seen as taboo?