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The biggest lie young adults get told nowadays is they need straight As and lots of work experience with an amazing resume.

From my experience, for myself and observing people I went to university with is that its all about “who you know”.

I know people who got terrible grades in high school but are way ahead of me because their parents had great connections.

And I know people who have Masters degrees and/or 2 degrees who can’t find a job.

So yeh I learned the hard way that university scam (Wasted 4 years of my life getting a degree in Economics) for the vast majority of cases. *Exceptions include engineering, computer science, medicine, etc.

Now with Youtube tutorials, ChatGPT and other AI tools you can learn almost anything you want very quickly with the right prompts.

Its got nothing about how smart you are or skilled you are or how much experience you have. Yes it helps

All that matters is who you know and having a good attitude. Most importantly, have some faith in yourself.

Maybe this advice is obvious to a lot of people but I only recently figured this out. 😅 nostr:note1n4rh7mvndur772pp7skx0qc4qrpycum7mf775skcwv6ljtt5ycvqv7qtag

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Enki 2y ago

Need to work on the "faith in myself" bit.

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

What I mean by that is just have positive outlook that everything is going to workout for you.

Things might feel uncertain/struggle atm but having faith good things will come eventually. My anxiety is lot less with this kind of thinking.

Sourcenode 2y ago

This is true. My dad was very helpful in my education process. Not because of his connections, but because he knew that getting a degree was just an achievement hurdle I had to complete.

He told me that if I worked hard up front it would make my life easier later, but that it's all about setting my resume apart from the crowd. So I went out of my way to find a masters program that had a direct pipeline into industry, rather than one that was more research focused.

The connections I made at my internship enabled me to land a job right out of school.

If I had a highschool age kid right now I would be happier to see them learning a trade like electrical. Much more practical and a much faster route to self-employment. I also think jobs like that will be impossible to automate, at least for the foreseeable future.

If your job consists entirely of touching a computer or talking to people you're in danger. The university pipeline only feeds those jobs at the moment.

phil 2y ago

Very good points here that match my own experience.

I personally wasn’t great with traditional school and university education, not because I wasn’t capable but I think more because I was disengaged with the way it was taught. I did initially struggle to find work, I wasn’t considered for graduate programs etc due to poor grades, but once I did find work with a smaller company I was able to demonstrate my skills and build valuable connections.

It was through the connections I built at that time, and skills I built on the job that got me my next 3 jobs without even needing a resume or going through formal job application and interview processes.

Having the right attitude and building connections I think is far more important than formal qualifications.

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

This is pretty much my experience too. I just got a basic pass at university. Struggled to get good grades. But once I got my foot in the door at a small bitcoin startup. It helped me grow my social network in the btc industry. Finding new opportunities becomes much easier.

xiangcai 2y ago

even many graduate degrees in engineering disciplines are just scams

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

Really? Please do tell.

xiangcai 2y ago

I majored in electrical engineering , master, 99% professors do is to get grant of fiat money from government or big corporations by doing fancy topologies and theories which are in most cases useless shit and papers.

fiat higher education in general is a scam.

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

Yeh same when I studied economics at top 20 university. Just a bunch of old phds writing completely pointless academic papers on economic models with insanse assumptions.

None of them had any real world life experience. They just live off government grants.

xiangcai 2y ago

fiat grant driven academia

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

Oh yeh this also make you buy their textbook that they wrote themselves that for some reason costs £200 per textbook every semester. They have that side hustle as well.

200+ students every year paying £200 for their textbook ~£40000 every year is easy money for them.

xiangcai 2y ago

200 pounds per book that's insane😂

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

Yep and the exams would rarely cover the content in the textbooks. Such a scam ha

Nobody 2y ago

I'm a straight A student in a world top 50 university and I'm doomed? 😔😕 I've always suspected you need to know people, but since I don't, I just went for top grades. I'm terrible at networking, feels dirty to try to enter relationships to take something from it.

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

No you’re not doomed. Just get your foot in the door somewhere. Could be an internship or friends workplace or parents connection. Make sure to keep tabs with everyone you work with and exchange contact details.

Of course, not every person you work with you are going to get along with but try to. Just see every new person your meet/work with as opportunity to learn from.

If you approach people with the idea that you are smarter or better than them then they are less likely to respond positively to you.

If you focus on your job these relations happen naturally, it doesnt feel forced. Everyone is in the same boat trying to figure out the game of life and get ahead. Once you understand this you will want cooperate with everyone you work with for future success of your career.

Hope im making sense.

Nobody 2y ago

Thanks for the great advice... I really don't know anyone. The one family member who has a high position in the UN is way too professional and woke, but he always said I could get a job in foreign affairs with my international experience... Wait I was offered an internship in South Korea... Too bad it was for the UN organisation that monitors emissions outputs in 37 already impoverished nations, making it basically the most immoral work I could imagine doing with my degree 😑

I've never wanted to tarnish my conscience for pay even if there's some aspects of all of the above which could be awesome.

Sovereign Matt 2y ago

You not alone. I knew no one at age of 22. Finding the first job is hardest part.