America’s spending billions training kids for 2008 jobs while millions of $100k+ skilled trades, cybersecurity & AI roles go unfilled. We’ve sold a prestige lie that’s bankrupting a generation. Episode 22 rips the Band-Aid off.
It wasn't the government that told people that they needed to go to college. It was all of the parents who felt that manual labor was below their children. Millions of people may be having meltdowns right now because they did what their parents told them and it didn't work out.
Oh, it was also the parents who started working in HR and raised the education requirements for work. When I started my last job, a degree was desired but optional. Five years later I wouldn't have been able to get the job because a degree was mandatory but the job hadn't changed.
So there's a section of America that's stuck on prestige regardless of how painful it may be. Talk those people off the ceiling and maybe people can feel okay with not going to college. Talk them down and more companies will drop their requirements. Talk them down and we can stop blowing holes in state budgets for tuition vouchers because people will decide that the public school system is worth fighting for.
Love this! I've wanted to get into Cyber security, but I've been heavily negligent on progress. 🥲
These are all very solid points! History has a way of showing drastic shifts losing and gaining more jobs. 😊
Our education especially, needs so much more help. They want so much out of our people, yet put large barriers for entry. At least that's my opinion.
Great post! ❤️
It wasn't the government that told people that they needed to go to college. It was all of the parents who felt that manual labor was below their children. Millions of people may be having meltdowns right now because they did what their parents told them and it didn't work out.
Oh, it was also the parents who started working in HR and raised the education requirements for work. When I started my last job, a degree was desired but optional. Five years later I wouldn't have been able to get the job because a degree was mandatory but the job hadn't changed.
So there's a section of America that's stuck on prestige regardless of how painful it may be. Talk those people off the ceiling and maybe people can feel okay with not going to college. Talk them down and more companies will drop their requirements. Talk them down and we can stop blowing holes in state budgets for tuition vouchers because people will decide that the public school system is worth fighting for.