It's okay if you want to call me a Boomer. I've paid my dues.

[LisaM]

60. English.

I had jobs - I worked in a bookstore and liked it. But finding a job as a technical writer, which I kind of wanted to do, didn't pan out (funny, my mom gave me some old papers; recently and I found a bunch of rejection letters), nor did working at a publishing company. I had the skill set to do either.

My friends who got good jobs right away were mostly engineers.

I still stand by my liberal arts degree. I am happy I have it. I wish I could have afforded grad school, but it wasn't in the cards.

I eventually got a job at a law firm, so it worked out okay, but it certainly wasn't the gravy train GenXers think existed. I have never owned a house or condo, for instance. I have a lot of friends who had the exact same experience (including student loans to pay).