Re:Ask HN: Friend's 15 year old wants to drop out, I've been...
by viraptor on Saturday February 09, 2013 @05:57PM
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Agreed, but:
> Education and keeping your head down in a stable corporate job are not the ticket to prosperity anymore.
...are not the only ticket...
They still are and entrepreneurs are still a tiny minority. Almost everyone around you lives depending on a stable job with not that many options to go up. World is different from the HN echo chamber. Education and corporate jobs are still valid - in different ways, context and to a different degree than for the last generation - sure. But they're still valid.
> Education and keeping your head down in a stable corporate job are not the ticket to prosperity anymore.
...are not the only ticket...
They still are and entrepreneurs are still a tiny minority. Almost everyone around you lives depending on a stable job with not that many options to go up. World is different from the HN echo chamber. Education and corporate jobs are still valid - in different ways, context and to a different degree than for the last generation - sure. But they're still valid.