Man, I grew up in Canada too (kind of), and totally bought into success = suit ideology. Went into economics, then switched to engineering (UBC). I came across

Man, I grew up in Canada too (kind of), and totally bought into success = suit ideology. Went into economics, then switched to engineering (UBC). I came across PG's essays <1 year ago, and it was life changing to say the least. I often tell my American wife that you don't go to a party in Canada and say you're an entrepreneur, because that translates to something between unemployable (permanently unemployed) and/or some kind of a small time crook like a used car chopper. She does not believe me when I tell her that for new grads from our engineering program the most sought after company to work for was BC Hydro – the gas and power utility company, as an Engineer In Training. Maybe it’s just a BC thing, where most of the money is imported from China or the US, I have no idea, and had no idea.