> The point I am making is that a qualified software engineer will eventually figure out something to do with their life.
Fair enough. A true scotsman will never put sugar on his porridge.
> I'm saying that an intelligent human being needs to realise that the world is not necessarily set up for them and they either need to fit in, or carve their own path.
Indeed, a human being must either do one thing, or, failing that, do another thing.
There's at least two ways of reading what you are saying. In the one reading, you are giving questionable encouragement. In the other reading, what you are saying is a tautology.
I assumed the former, but apparently you meant the latter. You were right all along.
The better analogy would be - if you have no oats, stop trying to make porridge. Or go and get some oats.
It is indeed tautological.
Which is my primary complaint about the prevalent attitude displayed in these hiring posts.
Porridge isn't going to change its' recipe for you.
Not, however, if they stick dogmatically to the idea that it's Google or bust.
I'm not talking about a lucrative job; a middle class existence; a big fancy company; any of that shit. I'm saying that an intelligent human being needs to realise that the world is not necessarily set up for them and they either need to fit in, or carve their own path.
And about debt? Yeah, don't do that. The US college system looks like a racket to me.