Louis,

Your right, it is not improving, and the main reason for that I believe, is because that "state of mind" that I spoke of above has resulted in a "culture shift' in this country over time. Whether anyone wants to recognize it or not, we have morphed into an "entitlement culture'. I'm not sold yet on whether that is a "great trait", as you tend to infer. I still look for hard working DBA's in interviews, not intellectual+lazy ones.:-D