After getting a supplementary job as a smooth jazz DJ in the '90s, a co-worker at my full-time job told me, "I feel defeated. I've been looking for a radio job myself. I'm not jealous so much of what you're doing as the fact that you're doing it."
I wasn't sure how to react, but I'm pretty sure I said something like, "Here's hoping you get that radio job you want soon." I thought but didn't say, "I'll bet a lot of aspiring comedians have this kind of exchange."
