I hate the College Major Wars bc they don't tend to clearly see how/why the job market is rough and whose fault that is https://twitter.com/damiengwalter/status/840400428055461888 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Two points I'd make are 1) how "flexible" you are in your career depends mostly on your social connections, which is strongly classed
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2) Trying to circumvent this with an "in-demand" major - classic strategy of model minority climbers - works, but is riskier than ppl think
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Any field that seems like it's easy money gets flooded pretty quickly and then turns out to not be that easy
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Saying "I'm a smart person, I can make myself adjust" to work you don't like/aren't suited for has costs
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Idk, I don't have a good answer, the question of what you "should" do is dependent on so many variables
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Replying to @ChristineDBaker
Yes. There are so many stories of ppl who hit crises bc they're locked into a life plan they can't stand anymore
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Replying to @arthur_affect
The money isn't worth the bullshit, or - importantly - there isn't ENOUGH money to be worth the bullshit bc they were lied to
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I have a friend who washed out of Big Law and now makes his living counseling people who desperately want to get out of law
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Thank you. I feel like that's a huge thing to say. My partner was an engineer before dotcom crash. Out of work for years
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