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Haha yeah especially with an ENTRY LEVEL position. Anyway I currently fall into the ranks of the underemployed in terms of the field. I love the company I work for as a met and wish they could take me on full time. I am treated very well and it is the complete opposite of the "sweatshop" mentality without question. The budget and the work is just not there for it to reach 40 hour weeks though. I have been applying for NWS and private positions for a year and a half or so now without much success (except for being referred the hiring official with one interview and making to a final interview with Accuweather (That last part can be an entirely new thread all on its own). As for the grad school option it appears near impossible to get a spot with funding because of the down economy. Aside from budget cuts within universities there are alot more people going for advanced degrees simply as a safety net in hopes the job market will improve by the time they are done. Sadly Meteorology is a second Bachelors for me as my first one proved useless. I always loved meteorology and always wanted to be a part of the field and I finally did it only to end up getting it done in these horrid times (I am currently just turned 34). Anyway that is my story and I do have internships / volunteer experience under my belt. I am starting a second job that has nothing to do with Met simply to make ends meet. Some of the talk may be hyperbole but regardless it is pretty depressing. When you know this is what you wanted your whole life and you can't quite get there it leaves you feeling rather lost and down.

This is true although with Anchorage the questions seemed more geared for a professor with the paper crap.