Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Graduate: Why Should Everyone Else Pay for Other People’s Dumb (and Hedonistic) Career Choices

Barry Rubin  "Here’s the secret: He cannot make a living because the market for people with degrees in linguistics and in Oriental philosophy is limited. He should have known that. Someone should have told him that. The calculation of practicality should have been made. It wasn’t.

"As I said, this individual does not want handouts and he has not taken student loans. Many others have. A large proportion of the Occupy Wall Street-and-other-places movement seems to consist of those who have made similar “career” (or non-career) decisions but want others to pay for their pastimes and mistakes.
"There are at least three important lessons here of the greatest importance."...More...

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