You are the first voice in the career and job space to express the backlash/dissent so eloquently. Came here from your linkedin post about the dad-kid analogy. As a millennial and former uni lecturer, I agree that for every entitled young person, there are loads and loads of driven individuals willing to work hard but are simply so burnt out being chased by a phantom matador. Many students keep in touch and those fortunate enough to land some form of employment aren't doing well mentally cos their creative education and thinking skills don't seem to be attractive to employers-only a handful are. A group of them recently told me that Singapore shouldn't even have art and design schools as it seems idealistic to promise creative work to the masses when the reality is "a desert"-the country should stop deluding itself. Income precarity is high for most of them if they wish to venture out independently, not to mention the use of scraping of original work for AI training which is another conversation altogether...
As someone who constantly suffers from imposter syndrome, I really appreciate such a comment to shut my monkey brain. I think it is just so common for us to pinpoint the issue on others and not at ourselves (just because one survived), which is quite a sad thing. As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats. Just pinning the problem on others does not help to lift the tide.
Awesome post Adrian!
You are the first voice in the career and job space to express the backlash/dissent so eloquently. Came here from your linkedin post about the dad-kid analogy. As a millennial and former uni lecturer, I agree that for every entitled young person, there are loads and loads of driven individuals willing to work hard but are simply so burnt out being chased by a phantom matador. Many students keep in touch and those fortunate enough to land some form of employment aren't doing well mentally cos their creative education and thinking skills don't seem to be attractive to employers-only a handful are. A group of them recently told me that Singapore shouldn't even have art and design schools as it seems idealistic to promise creative work to the masses when the reality is "a desert"-the country should stop deluding itself. Income precarity is high for most of them if they wish to venture out independently, not to mention the use of scraping of original work for AI training which is another conversation altogether...
Hey Rachel, thank you for this.
As someone who constantly suffers from imposter syndrome, I really appreciate such a comment to shut my monkey brain. I think it is just so common for us to pinpoint the issue on others and not at ourselves (just because one survived), which is quite a sad thing. As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats. Just pinning the problem on others does not help to lift the tide.
Hear, hear