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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get a corporate job.  Seriously, any kind of professional job, while working on your policy area on the side.  This is a lot like the 2008/2009 job market was in DC:  it blows.  It will get better.[/quote]

OP, I'm 20 years into the career you want, and I second the advice above. DC non-profits/ think tanks are soul sucking, underpaid, and home to some of the nastiest people you'll meet outside of DCUM. Oh sure, they're well enough socialized to hide it for a while; but the level of micromanagement, bullying and backbiting, especially from colleagues who did time on the Hill, is wild.

Go corporate. There are jerks everywhere, but at least a corporate job won't bludgeon you with "the mission" and you'll be paid enough to make living here affordable. And you won't be taking shlt from a egomaniacal former Hill staffer who thinks she's the queen wonk of all wonks.

I am the frog, and the water is up to a simmer. I'd love to be where you are and never get into the damn pot in the first place. [/quote]

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