plus temping can be more fun to take a bit of a tour of a company...you may like the atmosphere enough to stay. They can help coach you and act as an intermediary.

And, like all of the rest of us, you may have to "get over yourself" and take steps that, while odious in the short term, are in your best long term interest.

Bummer, but it is pretty much universal if you're not born into great wealth