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Originally Posted by nostatic

No offense with this question, but how old are you, and how much experience in the "real world" do you have?

Insiders getting jobs is the rule rather than the exception. You shouldn't be shocked by this, and it happens in big cities as well. A degree (or impending degree) means little - you have to work the problem from all angles.

Ditto. I'm in a very technical field, but it's rarely the best qualified person that gets the job. It's often the one that knows someone whether it's a big corporation or a small company. And cities don't get much bigger than Houston.

Still, in a small town with such limited options, running up against that is probably more frustrating.