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I dunno growing up in the 80's I always heard 'Get a job do that work for 40 years (with only a couple of company changes) and retire'. 'Changing a job more o
by solarmist 12y ago
I dunno growing up in the 80's I always heard
'Get a job do that work for 40 years (with only a couple of company changes) and retire'.
'Changing a job more often than every 5 years is job hopping and that's a bad thing.'
'Most people only have a couple of jobs over their working lives.'
Basically all kinds of baby boomer propaganda that was considered 'conventional wisdom'.
And I pretty much believed it until I actually started working in the private sector.
- bequanna 12y ago>And I pretty much believed it until I actually started working in the private sector. Indeed. There is usually a pretty large difference between what people are told about the world growing up and reality. In my experience, people who never figure this out externalize blame when things go wrong: Greedy corporation fired me, CEOs make X when I only make Y, someone should have made sure I had healthcare, landlord raised my rent, etc. Where in this article does she take ownership of her life and decisions?