This is a brilliant article by @clairecm on how our obsession with overwork contributes to the gender pay gap https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/upshot/women-long-hours-greedy-professions.html …
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For most of history, overwork was the plight of the masses. Then something weird happened. Today, ppl who work the most tend to be richer. For a certain sliver of the US elite, work has become a status symbol—and practically a Veblen good.pic.twitter.com/yMkfXiZXyo
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I think the weird thing that happened was the erosion of the "corporate ladder." Now instead of paying your dues early in your career and coasting later, people increasingly get paid market price for work they do now. That's highly motivating. http://paulgraham.com/credentials.html …
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Man, the entire premise of this article seems backwards. If you're in a big company your whole career, your credential only matters once, when you got hired. After that your success depends on impressing your peers and bosses.
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On the other hand if your career involves a lot of job-hopping or entrepreneurship, then you're being regularly judged by strangers who might take you more seriously if they know you went to a prestigious school. (Also job-hopping and entrepreneurship have been falling in the US)
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