[Moneyguy1]

I know to you guys it is a long time ago, but back in the early 70s the job market really sucked too. I had recently graduated and got a job as an engineer in the aerospace business. A project would be cancelled, and folks would go away bigtime. One I worked on we had a 4 acre engineering area. When I left there were 16 4 man cubicles still occupied. After knocking around and being out of work half the time, selling real estate part time, going out on "contract" jobs for the better part of three years during which I got my master's, I went to work for local government and also started a financial consultant firm on the side (finally went into that full time, sold out and "semi" retired to AZ). I was never happier than to have at least a regular paycheck coming in from the City and happy to leave the uncertainty of engineering behind, although I really enjoyed engineering work when there was any.........