@pwm @sun @noyoushutthefuckupdad

> I know people your age and yeah, the world as you guys knew it doesn't exist. Which is so strange a thing to happen to someone that I don't fault anyone for not getting it.

i'm also of sun/dad's age(ish). it's been over for ~10 years. the only way i can persist is by keeping a network. recruiters are shit. crying-ceos are shit. culture-hires are shit. linkedin posts are shit. it's no wonder gen(sub-30) is having problems. i think the trick is to learn how to hack the system. want to find a job? don't bother applying. slide into the hiring manager's dms and say ohai! no experience? go make something (anything) and use it as a portfolio or example. there are still hiring managers out there that hire based on balls and grit.

> Imo you guys were the last to get a real education, and have real job prospects based on choice, merit, and drive.

i bounced from a full-ride in the early 90s. university wasn't going to teach me much of what i felt was important, thus i went the big brain route and fell on my face more times than i can count. i have the scars to prove it. in the end, i couldn't be fucked to learn bleeding-edge computer science or anything else from professor stanley (i made him up for effect btw)

i have seen several corpos hire based on age, location, and other things i won't regurgitate. meanwhile some old-goats or even truly smart younger people with strong potential are falling back to mcd's or worse.

> After that the ladder got pulled up and if you weren't born into upper middle class (enough to have parents pay for your multiple degrees) then you can pound sand and hope 13/hr at mcdicks covers your expenses (it doesn't).

i had to do that sort of thing when contracts ran dry when i was ill. worked at two restaurants by night, by day handled clients. whatever fills the ricebowl as they say.

the only problem i have with those younger in their "career journey" (wtf that means) is many of them often think jobs fall out of the sky, or they aren't willing to get on their hands and knees to scrub the floors omitting the fact that the last ceo started plunking turds out of the pot too.