3 ms·
It's great to see people being able to pivot their careers later in life. That said, > folks overcoming challenges just to be on the same playground as everyon
by skort 2y ago
It's great to see people being able to pivot their careers later in life. That said,
> folks overcoming challenges just to be on the same playground as everyone else
This has the same energy as "Kids raise money to buy classmate a wheelchair" news articles, where sure it makes you feel good to see people doing good in the world, but completely ignores that the system we live in keeps certain people down on purpose.
- akira2501 2y ago> keeps certain people down on purpose. That's what makes it so pernicious. No one is being targeted and being kept down "on purpose." It's a failure to correctly orient priorities and to see that the balance of tax money is spent on improving individual citizens lives and outcomes. > It's great to see people being able to pivot their careers later in life. It'd be even better if we just paid them what they were worth so they didn't have to put a bunch of effort into moving sideways across the labor market like this.
- 77pt77 2y ago> the system we live in keeps certain people down on purpose. That's the main objective of the education system. To teach you that. If you are supposed to be "kept down" succeeding or god forbid excelling will be met with either resistance or extreme punishment. Sometimes covertly but many time overtly behind closed doors and with small groups of people.
- jmkni 2y agoI strongly object to 38 being later in life
- downrightmike 2y agoOver half the average lifespan for the USA average and male, slightly under if female.
- jstummbillig 2y agoUnless you want to jump from "early" to "late", that puts 38 decidedly in the middle.
- ta1243 2y agoHowever only about 15 years into your career (assuming college so starting work aged 23) with about 30 to go (retiring at 68)
- pantulis 2y ago50+ here. I think the point is it is ok to consider 38 as "later in life" if you take into account that there will be at least one or two other "laters in life" in your career.
- user_7832 2y agoI know reddit isn't universally liked here on HN but there's the community r/orphancrushingmachine which is exactly this. "Class gets together and makes donation to save orphan from orphan crushing machine!" "But why does the machine even exist?"