I stumbled into the university world years ago and it has overall been a very pleasant experience. There are spots for every knowledge set within staff openings and it is inspriing to be around grad students who want to learn. On the other hand, DD's first and only job has been in the nonprofit world and she is starting to grumble very loudly about all the overtime and personality issues. Only once in my time at work was there that sort of craziness and that was when we partnered with a nonprofit group who worked within our unit; they were there physically every day with all of their dysfunctional personalities the like of which I had never known before. After they left, it was an ocean of calm again.