Joblessness, mountains of debt, prophecies of monetary meltdown and the rare prospect of a secure professional career muddy the view.
Before setting off on his one-way journey to Rotenburg, Brandes was, outwardly at least, a successful, financially secure professional, with a live-in girlfriend.
In 2010, the University of Oxford enrolled just 11.5 per cent of its students from working class backgrounds; it is ranked within the top three universities whose alumni secure professional jobs within six months of leaving.
It isn't clear how many interns flood the city each summer to secure professional connections and add muscle to their résumés, but many of the internships that once paid a few hundred dollars a month no longer do so.
It is telling that in 2013, the state that gave birth to the anti-immigrant ordinances that flourished across the country, but have not been able to pass constitutional muster, was now almost unanimously granting unauthorized aliens the ability to secure professional licenses.
The United States argued in its amicus brief that the California court was, in fact, a state agency and issuing a license would run afoul of this prohibition in the absence of a state statute specifically authorizing unauthorized aliens the ability to secure professional licenses.
While Foster obviously thinks well of himself, his writing style is self-effacing, and he doesn't mind admitting things that a less secure professional might find too embarrassing to publish.
If these hale, financially-secure professionals encounter a bag left unattended or a homeless person, they immediately inform the NYPD via Bluetooth, and the cops silently appear as if melting out of the walls and dispose of the problem.
In spite of a tremendous effort on the part of security professionals to secure computers, Mr. Rubin said, "I'd say the attackers have the edge".
London is the European centre for venture capital, and entrepreneurs with good ideas no longer have difficulty raising funds or securing professional help.
Just what will happen to Mrs. McGuckin is unclear, though local authorities have strongly suggested that they are less interested in prosecuting her on the neglect charges than they are in securing professional help to deal with her mental illness.
