I'm a bit confused, DS9VOY.
In this thread you say you work selling video games at Target and have done that for 7 years at basically minimum wage.
In June you said you "work in IT at a local telco."
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In August you said your last job was as a state government clerk and your employment history was:
Target - 4 years after high school - two promotions ended up a department manager.
AT&T after that as an I&R technician. Did that for about 2 years before being laid off.
State government after that as a clerk. Did that until 6 months ago when I got laid off.
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Now you say your brother is the one who worked for AT&T and he currently works for the government.