Rigged Interview/ other bullshit

I'm drunk. Watching hockey and drinking Molson. I'm also about to smoke some insanely good weed. The advantages of living in Colorado.

I've had massive opportunities in my life. Some have been incredibly awesome. I will say that my experiences in 1st Armored Division of the United States Army was probably the most dynamic and wonderful experience of my life. Probably the worst experience I have ever had was deciding to leave the same unit because I didn't want my wife's family to be worried about my combat tours. Bad choice. I have kids now, so that's in the past. They are my life, and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Even the year I spent in Iraq doing nothing but watching goats from a guard tower.

This blog is about something that I never thought I'd experience. The Army had it's fair share of bullshit. People would get promoted over you because they knew the right people. Even though promotion ran off of a points system run by the Department of the Army, the female's putting out on the side seemed to always max out on points.

I took part in a rigged interview this week. I was on the wrong side of the rigging. It sucked. I walked into the interview with a suit and tie on my body. I had my notepad and pen in one hand, and a waiting handshake in the other. On my resume was at least 2 years of relevant experience highlighted by the bachelors degree that I worked so hard for. Turns out, I wasn't selected because a young lady who had no relevant experience and no education knew the right people. This was a position for which I easily qualified. There was nothing else. It was just me. But then I learned that my experience in the Army wasn't as unprofessional as I thought. Turns out, the Army and the military for that matter are almost exactly like the civilian sector. Well for pay purposes. If you know the right people, you can stave off that bullshit deployment to Korea. If you know the right people at your job, you can get promoted over anyone else. The department will even supply the coaching, and your new manager will tell all the other candidates that he doesn't want an employee that needs to be taught everything. Even though that's what is going to happen with the candidate in question.

Honestly, I'm tired. I studied for 4 years to get my degree in accounting. Unless I get my CPA, my degree is worthless. I might as well have studied basket weaving. I would venture to say that 95% of the people who get accounting degree's (bachelors) find themselves doing fully cycle accounting for a profession. Nothing that you spend your 3rd and 4th year studying. Such bullshit.

That's also why I took a broad range of courses. I can still remember my first course in communication. My first semester. I took classes that were easy. I could ace anyone of them, and never look back.

Now my life is jumbled. It just doesn't get any easier. Even the things that I have worked for have become difficult to progress in.

WTF?