Lovely

[kierthos]

Can't log in to the student loan website, apparently because they did maintenance on Saturday and fucked something up. And they're not open today, because of MLK day.

So tomorrow, I call them and explain what their fuckwittedness is, as I can't access the same account I had a week ago.

(No, I'm not going back to college. I'm still paying off my student loans.)

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[jdack]

I think you said before once, but don't you have a degree in something? I forget.

[kierthos]

I have Bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. And I make copies for a living.

[jdack]

That's right I remember.

Why was that again?

[kierthos]

Well, to be honest, my grades weren't the best (lots of C's), and when I graduated with the Mechanical Engineering degree back in 1996, there was a dearth of Engineering graduates on the market.

And I got the Computer Science degree in the spring of 2000. Yes, I planned it perfectly, as that was when the dot-com crash happened. So all of a sudden, there's a lot of skilled programmers on the job market who are asking for the same amount of money as a recent graduate (me) with no experience.

Honestly, I joked then that with my luck, I should go to law school, because then lawyers would become superfluous right after I graduated.

[kierthos]

Not dearth. Excess. For some reason, I always assume dearth means 'lots of'.

[jdack]

Damn. Shitty timing indeed ;/