This isn't how it was supposed to be...

Seven years of college, including nights and weekends while working full time, two degrees and I'm a glorified secretary.

This isn't what I was promised.

Study hard, get good grades, work hard, put in the hours. You'll get ahead and be justly compesentated.

When does it start?

I've been working since I was 16 - worked through college to pay for school. Started working full time within a month of finishing undergraduate work and even found work here and there after being laid off during the miserable 90's. And I'm still in the same boat?

When do the promises and rewords for hard work start kicking in?

(Original draft in notebook - 3/23/06)