Just like you, we were indoctrinated into the old system. But for us, it has totally collapsed.
Who's responsibility was it to maintain the integrity of the game? Or create a path to model to success for future generations?
If not you, who?
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We can't blame politicians. I'm torn; I understand that this may be an emergent property of the system, and individually, I understand there is not much one can do. But focusing all your energy on finding the next Zuckerberg, exemplifies pulling the ladder up behind yourself.
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Have you ever gone to a Finance recruiting event where you're told in a lecture hall of 500, that you're competing for 1 spot? Applied for a job on linkedin that has 10,000 applicants? Then find out big tech is colluding to suppress your wages + not hire each others "talent"?
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I understand the Hero's journey is an internal struggle, but it is an external one as well, where we compete externally in hierarchies for status + success, for mates and fulfillment. How are we surprised that calls for Socialism are resonating across the country?
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I find little usable advice for my generation, caught between the Boomers and the Millenials, in the midst of the collapse of the American dream. We felt we deserved an upper/middle-class lifestyle after diligently applying ourselves. The other end of the deal was not upheld.
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It's become a fad to call this "entitlement". This is a complete misnomer. Theres millions of people who have gone to top-tier schools, competed among the most competitive hierarchies, worked diligently their entire lives, who are actively being held down by this system.
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"This system" referring to the 1.7 year avg career in big tech, weaponizing KPI's + analytics to shake down the workforce, profit-max corporations paying employees as little as possible to retain them, forcing overwork to retain job, shaming those who use vacation days.. etc.
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"This system" that rewards "diversity", whatever that is; instead of achievement, discipline + skill. I have a friend who went to an Ivy undergrad, worked at top banks, now had to double-down for an MBA so that he has a shot at "Diversity Recruiting", yeah.. thats a real thing..
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This problem is so bad, that as a former geopolitical analyst, I view it as a legitimate, systematic threat to the US. The American dream will not die quietly.. it is the foundation of US society, culture, politics, and economics.
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It would be easy to critique this as "defeatist" or "negative"; that isn't my intention. Just some thoughts after listening to Thiel today.. Genuinely interested in responses + advice.
(RT's help for response)
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Inspired by @PereGrimmer's take here:https://twitter.com/PereGrimmer/status/1039951731273154560 …
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For context: I went to a top-tier uni, worked at a start up (brutally cut-throat), saved enough $ and hit tech investments, now I trade derivatives independently, but see no path towards getting back into the workforce on acceptable terms to me.
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