I'm a recent engineering graduate but I can't find professional work. No one is hiring, and I've been looking for a year along the Northeast Corridor.
I am working currently as a temp engineer for a local power utility. It's not profesional pay, but I've been there two years now and at least I make a living wage. For the past six months my supervisor has been trying to get me hired startiing at a six figure salary, but I haven't heard word yet because it takes months for the company to even go from a submitted application to getting an interview.
But I know buddies who have graduated a year before me, and still haven't found work. That's two years without getting a good job. I ran into one buddy working at the gateway store just before it shut down. He was getting laid off.
But no one is hiring around here. And when a job opens up, there are twenty overqualified applicants. Competition is fierce.
But I am working on a P2P program idea. Even had a couple economists from Michigan State become interested in it. Hopefully if I can actually code this stuff I'll be saying, "I'm rich bitch!"