Conversation

A related question: At what age do people switch to wishing for cushy jobs, if they do.

Quote Tweet

Aug 13, 2021

When kids imagine their dream jobs, they rarely imagine easy cushy jobs. Do they overestimate their love of prestige, or their aversion to hard work, or what?

Replying to

In my experience (with a weird sample of people, almost all under 30), it's after they burn out. I know lots of smart and initially ambitious people who burned out in college and just drifted into a cushy job after