what I'm yelling is: "I did it, so can you".
Repeating something more and more loudly doesn't make it true.
If the economy is up the spout and there are lots of unemployed people around, you cannot necessarily get a job at all, never mind one that is the start of an actual career.
Yes, some people will succeed - of course they will by definition unless there's 100% unemployment. That doesn't mean they're any more intelligent, hard working or anything else apart from lucky.
The whole fucking point of capitalism is that the worse the economy, the higher the unemployment, and the easier it is for companies to screw workers. Right up to the point where no one's got any money left to spend on food even, and the riots begin.