8= months now trying to get a full time job it is difficult given my profession. ( now it is a fall back career) My job is directly related to the economy and the lack of disposable funds most people are not spending. I am a bicycle mechanic a pro for the pros I deal in the upper stratospheres of exotic materials and their culmination into a bicycle. my bread and butter are racers and serious cyclist who demand to have the best they can afford some times not afford but make some sacrifice to have it. it is difficult to not get a job that is seasonal or low wage that only wants production not .002" precision. Even my weekend side job of neutral race support is not looking like it is going to be stable either as races are being pulled off the calendar left and right due to lack of sponsorship money. You do not do the job to become rich but you have to survive with out working a constant 70hrs a week just to get by.

I have cut back severallyIi have sold most of my excess tools and other hobbies equipment, and have put off actual purchases of tools that I should have. Just a few week ago I destroyed my hack around Sport Kilt and as of now have no plans or funds to replace it. i have gone into survival mode to keep the coffers ful in the event that this lack of a job continues when the subsidies run out.