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This is more just to get this out there. I don't know how much advice I can reasonably expect from you people. I found out the end date for my temporary job. This past Monday, I was told that the long-term contract signed with the client was for one person and would come into force in two weeks. I received the news this past Monday. I had a nagging doubt it was coming soon, as things were slowish there and some crazy summer months. The problem is that I am scheduled to go on family vacation starting Monday, so that I won't get most of that second week and won't have a job to go back to.

I am trying not to tell the people around here just yet, as I think it would hamper enjoyment of the vacation for others. I'm running into problems because I have the opportunity to extend my stay, but my parents are asking about the difficulty of getting time off to do it.

This is the third job I have been let go from, despite receiving good reviews. I feel like a failure. I did well in school and thought that I had the tools needed to do well in work. Honestly, I have struggled outside of school, as I studied things and data and dealt with people who did not mind awkwardness or slowness to warm up. Society, however, has no patience for that. I have trouble getting interviews and have the uncanny ability to say the wrong things in them. I am very sick of the feeling of spinning my wheels and not developing skills and advancing my career. I have done what I was told was necessary to succeed, and it has seemed to bite me at every turn, as I get passed up in favor of showmen. I am at my wits' end.

I tend not to want to work in something that I have done before and found wanting. Most of what is advertised for my degree is stuff I could have done right out of high school. I am sick of taking work far below my abilities, as I stay there, even if I get good reviews. I also am sick of having to start over and being the new guy. How do I confidently ask for something higher without coming across as inappropriate?