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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend of mind with a degree in foreign language and history from university of Seattle moved to DC around 2013. He moved there w/o job. He has a support structure comprised of acquaintances all of whom had a stronger educational background.

1. He spend about 8 months unemployed.
2. Got a job at a temp agency (eventually) as an office assistant.
3. Got let go when contract ended.
4. Got a full time job as office assistant. Wanted that to be is "foot-in-the-door."
5. Still working off-and-on as an office assistant.
6.[b] Has been unsuccessful in the dating market because in DC he does not have any status/income [/b]so nothing but a string of casual dates. He only gets these because he dances and girls like to be taken out for Latin dancing.

As stated above. DC is not a place you move to w/o a job and w/o a strong educational background with a strong skill set in your specialization.  [/quote]

You know, I was sort of agreeing with this thread's consensus, but it's really gotten much too harsh.  I was in the same position over twenty years ago, moved here and slept on the living room floor of the only person I knew in DC.  I took any kind of work I could find, bartending, construction, catering and pretty quickly landed a foot-in-the-door job that paid butkiss (23K paid the $600 rent on my first apartment plus modest student loan debt).  My salary quintupled over ten years and all kinds of opportunities materialized.

Now, the bolded part about dating is true.  I remember young women at parties turning around and walking away from me when I told them I didn't have a job yet.  Seriously, it happened.  That is a suckful DC constant, but the young man in question is already married per OP.

DC can be a very competitive rat race for many whose job skills are not transferrable anywhere else.  I suspect that's where the bitterness is coming from here.  As the saying goes, DC is like a coffin, once you're in it, you can't get out.  That would be my one caution to a young man.  [/quote]

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