Between 1991 and 1994 there were NO JOBS. In 1990 and 1995 they were like rocking horse poo.
In 1998/99/00>Sept11th there were jobs all over the place and in 2005/6 they were getting desperate and hiring whole courses of self sponsored type rating guys over the phone.
This industry is boom and bust personified.
We are currently in an early stage of bust. The difference to you as a low time wannabe is like night to day. I just wouldn't bother. Do something else for a couple or three years. Then come back to your dream. Its about to morph into a nightmare so you may as well be somewhere else.
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