Great post! I think that there should be more content like this—concise, accessible material on career decision-related topics, from the people in a position to know. I do have a couple of comments that I want to make, albeit about the footnotes and somewhat off-topic:
R.e. footnote 1 - why do you think that full-time work offers a “disproprtionately high return” vs, say, half-time work? Sources or an explanation of your thoughts would be appreciated
R.e. footnote 2 - I do think that if the movement is going to grow and influence many sectors & seats of power, we need to progress beyond this “elite schools only” culture. It could be worth thinking more deeply about our assumptions relating to the “promising-ness” of students at a tiny proportion of institutions, which are often governed more by socioeconomic background and life circumstances than individuals’ potential and/or competence.
Great post! I think that there should be more content like this—concise, accessible material on career decision-related topics, from the people in a position to know. I do have a couple of comments that I want to make, albeit about the footnotes and somewhat off-topic:
R.e. footnote 1 - why do you think that full-time work offers a “disproprtionately high return” vs, say, half-time work? Sources or an explanation of your thoughts would be appreciated
R.e. footnote 2 - I do think that if the movement is going to grow and influence many sectors & seats of power, we need to progress beyond this “elite schools only” culture. It could be worth thinking more deeply about our assumptions relating to the “promising-ness” of students at a tiny proportion of institutions, which are often governed more by socioeconomic background and life circumstances than individuals’ potential and/or competence.