like a square peg in a round hole

it's a horrible feeling when you feel like you don't belong. i've felt it often enough, especially throughout my schooling years. things became better when i started working when belonging to a clique mattered less than your ability to get things done.

but when you feel that you no longer belong in your job, in your position, then it becomes a little more difficult. you want to leave, but you can't because you need the cash, the bonus, the experience, etc, etc...

it's a very painful feeling. and so the job search will become a little more desperate, a little more earnest, and alternative plans will have to be made.

and one more thing...when you work with incompetent people? you either need a lot of patience, or you really need a new job really really fast so that you can slap them the way they need to be slapped.