How many have learned a language they hated just to get a job? 
btilly: My first programming job was in VB 3.0.  It was a horrible and awful experience at a churn and burn consultancy, but it was a job and gave me a chance to make connections, learn Perl, and get a better job that I liked much more.If you don't have any experience you should accept that your first job is going to suck in some ways.  I would suggest not worrying about the quality of the company or environment so much as the presence of opportunities to do different things, grow, and move on.  Which you will do at some point.And in this market, being picky is particularly unadviseable. :-(