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In reply to the discussion: This country is so majorly fucked up [View all]mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)and he was laid off 3 times in about 2 years from 2005-2007. He's now working for a software
company developing apps for phones--loves it--and is doing well.
My youngest graduated last May from UNC-Chapel Hill--got a job right away using
his German (one of his majors) but was laid off end of August. He's now working
for a group--minimum wage plus commission--fighting Citizens United. Wants to
go to graduate school in 2013 and has applied for a Fulbright Scholarship in Germany
for next year. I'm hoping he'll get the Fulbright--like Germany so well that he'll find
a way to stay. This son is legally blind--has a juvenile genetic form of macular
degeneration--so he can't do a lot of jobs and has to rely on public transportation
to get to a job.
Good luck!