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yournamehere · 01-02-2010, 10:58 PM

The decade in general was a good one for me - a steady career climb with the accompanying standard of living boost - but the defining part of it has to be the past 16 months and the recession. It has put me out of work for well over a year, exhausted our savings, eliminated any possibility of comfortable retirement, and puts us just months away from being homeless. Even though my profession is reeling with over 50% unemployment, the few jobs that do come up all go to "recent graduates" to save money for the employers, and give them an excuse for age discrimination ("You're overqualified; we're looking for someone with less experience"). As it stands now, I was much better off in 1995 than I am now, 15 years later.

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yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	The decade in general was a good one for me - a steady career climb with the accompanying standard of living boost - but the defining part of it has to be the past 16 months and the recession. It has put me out of work for well over a year, exhausted our savings, eliminated any possibility of comfortable retirement, and puts us just months away from being homeless. Even though my profession is reeling with over 50% unemployment, the few jobs that do come up all go to "recent graduates" to save money for the employers, and give them an excuse for age discrimination ("You're overqualified; we're looking for someone with less experience"). As it stands now, I was much better off in 1995 than I am now, 15 years later. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.