When I was a kid, they drilled into me that I had to be nice and share. Entering adulthood was whiplash.
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When I was a kid, they drilled into me that being academically successful will get you into the top schools, and get you the best jobs.
Cut to me now in my 30s, been job hunting for the past year after being laid off from my previous job for not meeting their standards three months after one of my parents died, and having the gall to try to set boundaries against doing installs back to back.
Grades don't mean shit if you don't have the following:
Interview skills (aka the ability to BS your way through an interview), Experience (sad that those who start working in high school are ahead of the game, when really kids shouldn't have to be put in situations to start work that early), Connections (it's not what you know, it's who you know)
Barely had any of these when I graduated from college and spent close to 6 months trying to find a job from there.
This reminds me of a few rules of acquisition.
111: Treat people in your debt like family… exploit them.
211: Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.
It's so simple! Why didn't anyone else think of this?!
Yeah! Why don't we just switch to one of the other economic systems we've used in the past that was completely free of exploitation?
Wait...
Very sad. I've met people irl that have expressed as much.
"I would prefer not to step on anyone's neck, but hey, at least the boot's not on my neck"
SCAM ALERT!!!
Someone will hire you to “create wealth through hard work” but then take most of that wealth for themselves. This has happened to me and some of my friends too. Watch out!
Maybe if people stopped lying to each other?