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Your story sounds a lot like mine.

I'd say unless you have really experienced it first hand, or know someone who has, it is hard explaining to others how having a short stent of misfortune can really snowball and keep you down. As much as we hear the great fortune of those that get lucky at the right time, we never hear about those that miss out at the wrong time.

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I spent the first two years of my post college time deeply unemployed and then severely underpaid for a few months. I get it. I had to interview with about 80 companies and do over 15 half-day or full-day onsites to get an okay job. Even that job was terrible in its own ways and I left only a year or so later.

So, I get it. I just don’t get the part where it seems like you’ve given up.

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