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The chart that showed which generations work most in which fields showed that gen-X and boomers work in areas that are less precarious than those populated by m
by motohagiography 7y ago
The chart that showed which generations work most in which fields showed that gen-X and boomers work in areas that are less precarious than those populated by millennials.
I use the triad of "money, stability, and prestige," to weigh the value of a role. Young people are naturally attracted to the money-prestige roles, where older workers want stability-money roles. People who value prestige-stability roles tend to be in academia, where prestige-money roles are in the arts/media/politics/non-profit sectors. I am sure there is a gender/sex axis for these preferences as well.
In terms of what you need in a role, admit you need prestige to increase your profile that gets access to greater opportunity. Commit to valuing stability if the things that are important to you are not in the marketplace, and if money is truly your goal, recognize it's almost always made by forgoing prestige and stability - those things come after, if at all.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoMoney and prestige converge as the income gap grows. Also with more consolidation, the concept of stability changes since businesses themselves aren’t as stable as before.
- motohagiography 7y agoArguably, prestige is a euphemism for "not worth it," in that it's what people offer you when they don't want to pay market rate. See: title inflation, exposure, opportunity, etc. When you are making a decision about whether to take a role, stay with your current one, or be content with it, the problem tends to reduce to a balance of these factors. Mistaking one of these for another is the recipe for being unsatisfied.