The next line is even worse - suggesting that rotational job placements are some funky new initiative from Google and Facebook and not something that big, boring public companies have done for a very long time, traditionally with the intention to finding out which department a talented graduate best fits with the idea of retaining them for the next few years. Though "work in our shiny new offices for three months and we'll give you lunch and a reference"-type graduate non-jobs seem to be much more widely advertised than they were back when I was actually looking for graduate roles...

Is the recent growth in contractors in the US really a byproduct of disruption via software, or is it a result of disruption by economic crisis convincing firms it's a good idea to keep some functions off the payroll until the economy picks up? I'd say the latter played a bigger role.

I mean, like the author I'm involved in a startup that's trying to build an infrastructure for self-employed professionals who would otherwise be employees of big companies, but you can take talking your book too far.