Anyone else frustrated by the ivy league types in DC?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have noticed that there is one particular poster on this board who exclusively uses the phrase, "Jealous much?". Usually, what she says after that is not very interesting.

HA! I was just thinking the same thing when I read this. Along with what an odd thing it is for an adult to say! LOL...

Funny. And I thought that d***** was an odd thing for an adult to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have noticed that there is one particular poster on this board who exclusively uses the phrase, "Jealous much?". Usually, what she says after that is not very interesting.

HA! I was just thinking the same thing when I read this. Along with what an odd thing it is for an adult to say! LOL...

Funny. And I thought that d***** was an odd thing for an adult to say.

Is it the same person who is saying "bite me" and "eat me" on other boards? I haven't heard those expressions since I was a teenager....

[Anonymous]

I also noticed the jealous much poster. Unusual but interesting expression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also noticed the jealous much poster. Unusual but interesting expression.

I believe it is an expression the young people are using. perhaps she copied it from her children?

[Anonymous]

I use d-bag all the time, it is a nice change-up from a-hole! Hee hee! But it is all pretty immature, especially when it is moms describing other moms. We only grow up so much, eh?

[Anonymous]

OK, I must confess I find this whole thread absolutely ridiculous. I have lived in DC for most of the 16 years since I graduated from a no name private undergrad. I have known people who went to the Ivy League and mostly people who didn't. I never talk to people about where I went to undergrad, nor do others raise it. I would think that bizarre.

three points:

1) Anyone who thinks they are still not getting jobs 10 - 15 years out of undergrad b/c of where they went to school rather than job experience or who they know is seriously delusional.

2) Most people I have met personally and professionally in DC are from all parts of the US but lots of folks from the Midwest so therefore not a lot of east coast universities.

3) If there is anything to be jealous of in the job market in DC it is how important your network is. Sure, for some that may be about undergrad, but mostly it is about former colleagues, friends of friends, etc. This is THE city for knowing lots of people and using personal contacts.

For the record I have worked in government, private sector consulting and the defense industry.