I have an idea: send the youth of America off to institutions of higher-learning for 4-8 years. And for what? Once they graduate they must enter the "real world" with the burden of debt weighing on their shoulders. Great system!
Here's the kicker: Even the dudes who graduated at the top of the class cant land jobs but the dudes who just skated by on C's are getting hooked up. Or even better, the people who DIDNT go to college and barely graduated high school got jobs (4-5 years before me!) and now are paid better than the dudes who got hooked up with jobs right out of college!
I understand these are shitty times, but realistically, accepting that doesnt help anything.
Even further, there is no more American Dream. You know, come to America where hard work and determination will get you somewhere. All the great American endeavors have been conquered. The idea of becoming whatever you want to be died with my generation along with the dotcom bust. It has become increasingly difficult to break into new avenues of business considering all of the big players have been around for a while.
My parents generation wasnt hellbent on higher-learning, but somehow University became the so-called breeding ground for America's great minds. Thats bullshit. If anything, Universities just got a great PR/Marketing firm to boost their attendance.
So whats the point of this rant? I really dont know, Im just frustrated that someone like myself (and people much brighter and more gifted) is having a hard time finding employment when all my life I was lead to believe that with education and determination, anything is possible. Thats not true. That was my parents generation. My generation has had it too easy with utilization of the internet that meritocracy has become obsolete.
I was expecting to hit 6 figures before turning 30
any other jaded twenty-somethings?
Here's the kicker: Even the dudes who graduated at the top of the class cant land jobs but the dudes who just skated by on C's are getting hooked up. Or even better, the people who DIDNT go to college and barely graduated high school got jobs (4-5 years before me!) and now are paid better than the dudes who got hooked up with jobs right out of college!
I understand these are shitty times, but realistically, accepting that doesnt help anything.
Even further, there is no more American Dream. You know, come to America where hard work and determination will get you somewhere. All the great American endeavors have been conquered. The idea of becoming whatever you want to be died with my generation along with the dotcom bust. It has become increasingly difficult to break into new avenues of business considering all of the big players have been around for a while.
My parents generation wasnt hellbent on higher-learning, but somehow University became the so-called breeding ground for America's great minds. Thats bullshit. If anything, Universities just got a great PR/Marketing firm to boost their attendance.
So whats the point of this rant? I really dont know, Im just frustrated that someone like myself (and people much brighter and more gifted) is having a hard time finding employment when all my life I was lead to believe that with education and determination, anything is possible. Thats not true. That was my parents generation. My generation has had it too easy with utilization of the internet that meritocracy has become obsolete.
I was expecting to hit 6 figures before turning 30
any other jaded twenty-somethings?
