Sometimes it's hard to calibrate and compare expectations about something far in the future. There's kind of a "haha, we're screwed" undertone to a lot of thin

Sometimes it's hard to calibrate and compare expectations about something far in the future. There's kind of a "haha, we're screwed" undertone to a lot of things. How is a young person really supposed to know which ones are really horrible dead ends and which ones are actually workable if you care? Is a singing career or a professor more of a dead end? English PhD or history PhD? Lawyer or video game programmer? Those all have different chances for success, different time horizons, and different off-ramps when they don't work out. Tracks that allow you to have some kind of job earlier, even an unskilled/unrelated one, at least allow you to potentially collect some savings or maybe even start a family. It grounds you in reality somewhat so you can compare your life against the world around you rather than only seeing your peers struggling with you.