What do you have to do to get into “the club?”

It feels impossible to get a job unless you have friends somewhere, especially in Chicago.

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Yeah I'm feeling the same thing. Luckily I've connected with some cool folk, but even then, hard to be considered for a role by them and their network of people in Chicago, when hardly anybody is hiring here.

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Start by being white

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You mean Brazilian white?

Dm your book, i guarantee thats the problem.

Yeah not the insane job market

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