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Part of the problem, money is flowing more towards sinks like "Social Influencers", "V-loggers" and other similar jobs. Younger generation is focusing more on i
by CodeSheikh 9y ago
Part of the problem, money is flowing more towards sinks like "Social Influencers", "V-loggers" and other similar jobs. Younger generation is focusing more on instant fame/money/reward/acknowledgement than investing in long term initiatives like pursuing STEM based programs. Sadly we live in a time where a 15 year old is making more money posting his/her pictures than someone holding a Phd. Forget about academia jobs there are no more jobs in post-docs positions in USA anymore.
- panopticon 9y agoIs that really any different than kids going to college for kinesiology just to play football? There's a huge education problem in the United States, and it has existed long before the advent of the vlogger.
- balthasar 9y agoThe entertainment industry has always had pop culture icons making more than skilled-professionals. Are you getting social media confused with companies who innovate just because they both use computers?
- CodeSheikh 9y agoAgree that people in entertainment always making more money than skilled-professionals. But my point is that younger demographic is heavily influenced by current social-media-preneurs rater than STEM achievers.
- leereeves 9y agoThat's nothing new. Sports, acting, and music attracted a huge fraction of young Baby Boomers and GenXers.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> The entertainment industry has always had pop culture icons making more than skilled-professionals. And vast hordes, often indistinguishable but for luck, making far less. But they are less visible, inherently.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoHow much actual money is flowing towards social influencers and vloggers? It's all just advertising. Print advertising is dead (hyperbole), replaced by social advertising.