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The main issue I see with the “age of first job” question is that there aren’t actually statistically that many likely answers to the question, especially if yo
by NineStarPoint 5y ago
The main issue I see with the “age of first job” question is that there aren’t actually statistically that many likely answers to the question, especially if you have basic information on a person. Compare to make and model of first car, which has a lot of possible options and only slightly correlates to life situation.
- edoceo 5y agoMake and Model of cars are used on credit verification in USA - like historical address, it's likely linked to some previous credit activity.
- mikey_p 5y agoThe author implies, but doesn't make explicit that they think things like "age when you got your first job" are more about inferring socioeconomic indicators about the individual than fishing for password clues. And honestly I bet age of first job probably is a decent indicator of certain economic factors.