My friend has a Masters degree in aerospace engineer and works at blockbuster video…?

He loves his job because he just has to "be there". Is there something wrong with this mentality?

Maybe you should ask him to see his diploma.

Despite his degree, we need people to do manual labor such as working at BB. If you have ever read Brave New World, we can’t be all CEOs or presidents or who is going to give us our breakfast when we do a drive through at McDonald’s?

But I can’t imagine anyone with a MSAE working at BB or even turning in a job application. However, I have no right to judge people so whatever he has to do, he has to do. Maybe he is a prince from a country we have never heard of with his picture on his own currency. I know that the job market outlook for AE isn’t too great compared to other engineering, but he should be able to get a job as some kind of engineer, if he wants.