Bill Gurley

But I would look back...

before AI and the survey work that we had done and other work, Gallup polls and whatnot, you know, people aren't that engaged and happy in their careers writ large.

Yeah.

i think it's well intentioned and i don't think it's just the parents i think the counselors everybody it's it's uh you you it comes from the heart like you really want them to be okay um but we've gotten into this place jonathan height calls it the resume arms race

Where, like I said, by the time you're in sixth grade, your parents are worried about whether your college application is going to be successful or not.

So they're pushing you to play cello and volunteer at the thrift store.

And like you're doing all these things.

These kids are booked solid.

You know, when I was young and I've heard this from other people my age, we'd roam around the neighborhood.

No one knew where we were.

but that doesn't happen anymore they're just pressure pressure pressure and i think it has the con double negative consequence one they don't get to kind of explore and play and and find what they love and two um they're just burnt out you know they're just burnt out but then it even it gets worse at college if you go back 10 or 20 years

You would go to everyone would go to college as a generalist and you wouldn't declare your major until the end of your sophomore year.

Nowadays, they make you apply to a major.

And so you're putting the pressure on the kid to make the decision about the major when they're a junior in high school and filling out applications.

And they just don't know.

Yeah.

I mean, I've talked to so many of them.

I'm like, where do you want to be?

I don't know.

Like, they just don't know yet.