<p>I like the pole position analogy. </p>
<p>Moire, you might have started in the front of the pack but you’re lack of social skills and astounding sense of entitlement has cost you dearly. Work on the entitlement issues first. Nobody owes you anything, no matter where you went to school or how well you did. Your past education is a tool which you can use to get ahead in “real life” but you’re doing it ineffectively right now. Remember, tool, not key. Keys just open up stuff, tools you have to actively use.</p>
<p>Example: I’ve got two friends that just graduated in the same major from the same school. Person A had a GPA of 2.3, Person B was somewhere around a 3.7. Person A is getting around 80k a year starting out at a job he really enjoys (this is in engineering) while person B had to take a job they didn’t really like because all the ones she “REALLY DESERVED!!!” turned her down. So she’s working for something around 50k somewhere she doesn’t particularly like. Why?</p>
<p>Person B thought that her GPA had “earned” her a good job. It doesn’t work like that. All your GPA does is get you the interview. Once you get to the interview your GPA and school Do. Not. Matter. Repeat that for me. Once you get to the interview your school and GPA Do. Not. Matter. They want someone who’s going to be easy to work with and has some relevant experience. And even those don’t entitle you to anything, everyone’s just as free to not hire you as they are to hire you.</p>
<p>That’s all you need to hear, although I doubt you’ll listen.</p>