How fukking stupid is that? You need a job to gain experience, but you need experience to get a job. You need money to go to school, but the purpose of school is to make money. Man life is a paradox. But as far as the declining job market someone was talking to me the other day and what he said was really profound. He said his boss took him outside one day after work, and pointed to this house on a hill. His boss then said, "Hey Rick. Do you see that big house up there all the way at the top of that hill? Someday, if you work extremely hard, follow all my orders, and show up every day on time, that house that you see up there will be all mine." You have to take the wheel sometimes.