Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-status

Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by nickthemagicman on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:14AM (#24869127)

Tech is nice because it's tedious and can be difficult and for rich high status people, an easier quicker way to more guaranteed status is Medicine or Law.

Your summary is both a good point and a little chilling.

I've always wondered in Capitalism how this concept of a JOB for people to have a living wage is sustainable in modern times. Much less for people to innovate and thrive.

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Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by bonecrusher2102 on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:30AM (#24869253)

I'd contend that getting licence to practice law or medicine is neither quick nor easy. Tech definitely has a lower barrier to entry and has plenty of positions that are far less tedious than equivalent (in terms of pay and status) careers in law and medicine.

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Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by nickthemagicman on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:13PM (#24873517)

I think there's much higher status in the average person in law or medicine versus the average tech person.

I don't think you can really have that same kind of status in tech without building something very significant which typically takes years of experience.

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