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I wonder if there will be jobs for any of these people who have heard for the last 12 years of their lives that college and success are synonymous. My guess is
by jswinghammer 17y ago
I wonder if there will be jobs for any of these people who have heard for the last 12 years of their lives that college and success are synonymous. My guess is not so much and we will be hearing more stories about massive debts that can barely be serviced by people working in restaurants or Starbucks. I expect a lot of people will end up be disillusioned with the narrative they've been given their whole lives and that doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. I just wish they could avoid it in the first place though.
- blackguardx 17y agoI have recently been struggling with how one defines success. Many people (including those on HN) define it in terms of accumulated wealth or social status ("successful startup," IPO, etc.). More and more I and finding that this definition of success doesn't necessarily lead to happiness in life. There is probably no correlation between the two. If this is the case, why do we always speak in terms of "success?" Shouldn't we instead speak of happiness? Shouldn't the question be, "Will going to college make one happy?" That Starbucks barista with a B.A. in Polynesian languages might actually be happier than the hotshot programmer at the startup of the month.
- jswinghammer 17y agoYeah but that programmer probably doesn't have a ton of pointless debt weighing them down.