One finished a graduate degree in English last spring. She is now working as an admin assistant for $28k a year. People told her that she had too much of a sense of entitlement, when all she wants is a job doing what she's now very qualified to do: write. She is getting a teaching certification because public schools hire English majors and apparently no one else does.
The other has three degrees in business (two associates and a bachelors). He wants to be a manager, so he's applying for jobs as a manager. He has no experience (he worked as a sacker in a grocery store for about five years, but that's it), no skills (other than supposedly "management"), but since he has a degree in management, he thinks he can just jump right into it. Of course, this hasn't worked out for him so far, so he's working phone support for an ISP and living with his parents, rather than take a job beneath him (I've actually gotten him a higher-paying job at my company, and he didn't even show up for the interview).
One of these people has a pretty large sense of entitlement, the other one just doesn't want to use her masters degree as a secretary.
If you'll think about it, there is actually a huge difference.
The comment I replied to was talking about how as (mostly) programmers, we have a skewed perspective on the job market. Most people in our age range don't get the kinds of job offers we do, and are badly underemployed.
She took a job she was overqualified for anyway, because there was nothing else available, and hates it. He decided to mooch off his parents because he was entitled to a management job (he makes a small amount of money, but spends it all on entertainment).
Being underemployed, and realizing it, is not a sense of entitlement. Asking for handouts because you can't get the job you want (when others are available) is.
> People told her that she had too much of a sense of entitlement, when all she wants is a job doing what she's now very qualified to do: write.
There are plenty of jobs for tech-writers. Advertising and marketing is a lot of writing and pays well.
If she can write and can't find a job writing, then either she's in a "no employment" zone or she's unwilling to write what other people will pay her to write.
Yes. The average liberal arts major makes almost $9,000/year off their writings. You can make twice that much by rehearsing the phrase "Would you like fries with that, sir?".
The sad thing is, that blurb should be read in the beginning of every English class. Writing, like music, is a "night gig" for 99% of the people passionate about it. You still need a day job to cover your rent and lifestyle.
One finished a graduate degree in English last spring. She is now working as an admin assistant for $28k a year. People told her that she had too much of a sense of entitlement, when all she wants is a job doing what she's now very qualified to do: write. She is getting a teaching certification because public schools hire English majors and apparently no one else does.
The other has three degrees in business (two associates and a bachelors). He wants to be a manager, so he's applying for jobs as a manager. He has no experience (he worked as a sacker in a grocery store for about five years, but that's it), no skills (other than supposedly "management"), but since he has a degree in management, he thinks he can just jump right into it. Of course, this hasn't worked out for him so far, so he's working phone support for an ISP and living with his parents, rather than take a job beneath him (I've actually gotten him a higher-paying job at my company, and he didn't even show up for the interview).
One of these people has a pretty large sense of entitlement, the other one just doesn't want to use her masters degree as a secretary.