catch-me-if-you-can
(verb) to con your way into a job/role/situation like Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the movie "Catch Me If You Can"
Example:
**At the grocery store, Max is comparing prices to find the cheapest oatmeal. Tim stands by.**
Max: This is bullshit. I need a job.
Tim: I think they're hiring for cashiers here.
Max: Meh. I want a GOOD job. I'll just catch-me-if-you-can my way into being a doctor or something.
Tim: Do it.
**Four months later, "Dr. Max" is arrested and charged for manslaughter, but is set free by "Warden Tim" who catch-me-if-you-canned his way into an interesting new career.**
**At the grocery store, Max is comparing prices to find the cheapest oatmeal. Tim stands by.**
Max: This is bullshit. I need a job.
Tim: I think they're hiring for cashiers here.
Max: Meh. I want a GOOD job. I'll just catch-me-if-you-can my way into being a doctor or something.
Tim: Do it.
**Four months later, "Dr. Max" is arrested and charged for manslaughter, but is set free by "Warden Tim" who catch-me-if-you-canned his way into an interesting new career.**