I think a lot of us think that we will beat the odds. We see people struggling to get tenure track jobs and say &quot;well, that won&#x27;t happen to me.&quot; 
Of course, now it has happened to me and my friends that have gotten tenure track jobs aren&#x27;t happy. I&#x27;m giving it one more year to find a tenure track job before I give up. (Of course part of the problem is my degree is in the humanities so I don&#x27;t really know what I&#x27;m qualified for...)