Agreed - particularly in my early career I wished more experienced folks would tell me what potential they actually saw in me, rather than constantly being aske

Agreed - particularly in my early career I wished more experienced folks would tell me what potential they actually saw in me, rather than constantly being asked what I wanted to do. In particular, this kind of withholding of advice disadvantages people who are first generation college students, from the wrong social background, or lack access to networks. People who don’t know what their options even are, let alone which of those options is suited to them. Denying those people advice is especially cruel.