# Official 2008 election day thread

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-day-thread/200496>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-day-thread/200496 "2008-11-04T04:59:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 119

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tksmr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tksmr2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tksmr2)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-day-thread/200496/119 "2008-11-05T13:32:42Z")

</div>

> [@Hello From Clearwater](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hello-from-clearwater/38599/30):
>
> Wrong. Some people just expect to have a good job handed to them. You actually have to work to find/keep a good job. I went to a normal college, worked hard, and sent out resumes for internships every summer. I got internships by going on interviews and applying myself. My internships helped me build a resume and gain experience. This helped me get a good paying job straight out of school. I don’t claim to be the best or smartest accountant in the world, but I worked hard to get where I am. I didn’t “catch a break” when I found my job, I didn’t get experience from working with a family member in the field (which I could have since my dad is an accountant), and I am not exceptionally gifted in finance/accounting. I just worked hard through college and went on lots of interviews to find a job…its something that most people just don’t understand how to do right now because they are spoiled/lazy and expect “the american dream” to be handed to them.

Well congratulations… but still… if you work hard, that doesn’t guarantee that you will be sucessful, even if you go about things correctly. You also are taking into account that everyone is extremely outgoing, and confident when speaking to people about interviews, and networking with others in order to find jobs. Which means you are taking into account that everyone has the same outgoing personality.

If you have someone in the family that is an accountant, you are 10 steps ahead. I don’t care what you say about not being gifted in accounting, you have a major advantage, unless your dad didn’t teach you squat about accounting. You make it sound like it’s easy to get an interview.

Even with follow ups, calling everyone in the phone book, Internet, etc… And, even with gettting counseling on how to write up a good resume, does not guarantee you countless interviews. Now, maybe it does for accounting, b/c it’s such a boring career choice IMO, and no one wants to be an accountant. No wonder you got countless interviews.

Also, internships are not like Mustangs, they are not everywhere, and easy to get. So, you can’t expect everyone to be as fortunate as you were to get a good internship, which really aids in getting interviews and finding a good job right out of school.

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-day-thread/200496)._