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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by michaelt on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:34AM (#22985851)
Isn't "building your personal brand" just a synonym for "building your resume" or "building your reputation"? At least, unless you're planning to become an Instagram influencer with their own line of cosmetics?

I can assure you, kids have been doing extracurriculars that look good on college applications for longer than most of us have been alive.

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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by foldr on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:49AM (#22985916)
My resume when I was 16 (in the UK) was "passed high school exams, did paper round". That was perfectly normal, and I wasn't worried about it how it compared to my peers'.
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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by nil-sec on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:40AM (#22985883)
Well that’s a bit my point. This isn’t really a thing where I grew up, but has become very normalized in the US. Building your resume certainly wasn’t on my or any of my friends mind when we were 16. To me this is insanity. Maybe it’s awesome though, what do I know.
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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by itronitron on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:23AM (#22986329)
True, but a lot of people on this thread have not been alive that long. The difference now is that extracurriculars are done in order to look good on applications.
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