Look at all the 'follow your passion' articles that appear on HN. Young folks also take bigger risks, like doing music or art in the hope that they can make it

Look at all the 'follow your passion' articles that appear on HN. Young folks also take bigger risks, like doing music or art in the hope that they can make it. Add in an education system that rarely considers humility a value and realistic assessment of your skills and that's why people don't have marketable skills. Mind you, there are places like the School of Music near me where for every incoming class they tell them that they won't get a job and most of them will not make it. It's really honest, but on wildly optimistic 18 year olds it doesn't have much impact.