Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Are Young People Financially Doomed?" video.

  1. “Learn on the job” assuming companies even give OJT anymore, rather than leaning on the public sector (schools and military) and private competitors to do the training for them.
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  2.  @WorstPaperCut I have a social science degree yet make six figures. Turns out there’s a huge need to identify and shape human preferences towards best practices in cybersecurity.
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  3. Ironically that also means more officers with bachelor’s degrees to command them all. Also there is a budget and cap on the size of the ranks, so it can easily become comeptitive just to enlist.
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  4. Older people didn’t used to have as much political weight though because the youth used to consistently outnumber the retired as political constitutents.
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  5. Colleges are still arguably better than career bubbles where the social environment is a lot more bland and uniform. At least you’d be reguarly exposed to out-of-state and international students who can’t easily become your coworker where you put up professional social barriers on.
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  6. That basically collapses the economy for everyone even if you do the “right thing” with your finances. Check out the structural issues China is facing with an overly thrifty consumer base.
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  7. ⁠I have a sociology degree and make six figures. Turns out there’s a huge need to identify and shape human preferences towards best practices in cybersecurity.
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  8. I can see those fields rolling into jobs in data analysis and marketing, though those careers aren’t straightforward to break into.
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