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Originally Posted by Porkchop
True. I'm a people person at heart, and a good communicator. I mean, that translates well almost in every field. And talking about aptitude, yea I probably should have gone into something medical, but business and entrepreneurship always peaked my interest.
This thing that bothers me is it seems like every open job that I'm finding is asking for 5-6 years of experience in the field. Everybody keeps telling me to not undersell myself.
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It's a bad time. There are a lot of people out there in the US, who are out of work, who have some serious experience. The flip-side of the problem that you are having is that people in their 50s, with 20 or 30 years in an industry, are not being hired either because they're considered to be 'too old.'
I graduated in a similar time, in the mid/late '80s, when there was a glut of people in technology. Despite being an award winner and top of my class, my first job was for $12,000/yr.. I persisted, though, and now I'm in a good place, with people who appreciate my knowledge and performance.
It doesn't happen overnight and, regardless of what you think of your own abilities, you have to get yourself into a position where you can demonstrate them to someone else.