You're assuming he has a lot of skills. I have a business degree myself, and it wasn't very hard to get, and it doesn't guarantee I'm good at any one useful thing.<p>He may have gotten laid off from his six-figure job because of the economy, but if he's capable, he should be able to move down the chain, but stay a little above bag-boy at Publix.<p>Why can't he get a lower-paying office job? What's this guy's real story? Maybe it has more to do with unwillingness to relocate and the state of the micro-economy he lives in.