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Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

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191 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 15:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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TuringNYC ◴[02 Sep 25 15:28 UTC] No.45104348[source]▶
I live in a community full of high-achieving GenZ who did 4-7 AP courses, studied their butts off for the SAT, got into good universities....only to not find any jobs when they graduate with STEM degrees. A dozen neighbors' kids have been asking me for zero-salary jobs just to get experience.
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the_snooze ◴[02 Sep 25 15:40 UTC] No.45104550[source]▶
For any current students reading this, it's entirely doable to finish your program with real experience and connections under your belt. Not just with internships, but TA, research, and student org leadership experience absolutely count too. There are tons of overlooked low-stakes zero-experience opportunities available only to university students, and it's really useful to develop the habit of identifying and pursuing those.
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mathiaspoint ◴[02 Sep 25 15:54 UTC] No.45104746[source]▶
Do not go to college if you have to spend any money on it. If you do that's everyone telling that you don't belong there and you'll have a hard life if you ignore them.
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1. nostrebored ◴[02 Sep 25 16:13 UTC] No.45105047[source]▶
This is a take that maybe makes sense for wealthy children or the upper middle class?

I paid for school (admittedly not that much, I stayed in state and lived in relatively poor accommodations). I’m also the only one of my siblings to not be a felon or dead before 45. Life is often a game of deltas: given the same or similar starting conditions, where did you wind up?

If you keep making delta positive outcomes, eventually you’ll wind up somewhere interesting.