slantwise

I was looking through this forum and found this thread. Some interesting discussion here. The OP is right on many accounts but definately seems to be overstating the negative a little too much. I graduated in '03 and was aware of these challenges toward the end of school. I was fortunate enough to get a good job in the private sector and now was recently hired as an NWS intern. Knowing what the challenges were, I made sure to make myself standout by going the extra mile and after 7 years had a lot of good stuff I could put in my resume. Bottom line, there is opportunity in this field for those who have the passion and are willing to work hard but you have to know what you want and what you need to do to specifically to make yourself stand out from the competition when applying for that job.