Quote:The sad thing is in my small town if you don't have a degree in a medical field (a big employer here is hospitals and doctor's offices), not a Mexican male to do labor or not from around here (the "it's all who you know/went to high school with" mentality) you're pretty much forced to work part-time retail or the service industry. I'm trying to get into a medical coding course here at the college but it's tough. My unemployment is not for lack of trying, just lack of what I mentioned above.


When you're a female who tells a construction builder you know how to frame, house wrap, install Windows, shingle a roof, etc., they look at you like you've done lost your mind. The good old boy network is still alive and well here. But I'm not giving up.