Am I doing it all wrong?

I've cranked out 10 resume/applications -all of them tailored to the specific position- in the last three days.

That brings the total to nearly 880 (I'll talk about those number in the next few days).

Which brings me to wonder, am I doing it all wrong?

I almost feel like sometimes I'm just applying to jobs for the sake of applying. Like, I secretly want to brag about the number of resumes I've sent out; I want to boast about how long I've been unemployed; I want to wallow in making poverty wages.

(I really don't want to brag and boast about all that, thus the word "secretly".)

So, am I doing it all wrong?

Should I even bother applying to these places?

Mind you, today I applied to two nearly identical jobs with the city. I'm very qualified for both. The chances of me getting the jobs are probably nil. Or to be more exact, 1 out of 500, which is essentially nil.

So why bother?

Does applying to a job actually get you the job?

I'm beginning to think it doesn't.