The millennial labor force is *profoundly* underskilled, having been met with the most top-down education system ever (stripped of trade skills, free play & everything else that cuts against test prep), helicopter parenting & the rise of FOMO/consumer (vs. maker) lifestyles
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It's never been easier to be an autodidact, but first you have to reacquaint yourself with the mastery process and the ability to notice interest/curiosity — two things that come naturally to children, but which get snuffed out by helicoptering, over-scheduling & discrete tasks
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from looking around my office, most people go their whole lives without useful skills
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Very interesting point about college degrees... a lot of degrees don’t really provide a skill set per se... even with CS, i felt unprepared to take in basic industry tasks at work.
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How well do big companies understand this? Do they invest heavy into new-grad training or are the requirements for success just that low?
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